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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita) » Braconids and Ichneumons (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumon Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Rhyssinae » Giant Ichneumons (Megarhyssa)

Genus Megarhyssa - Giant Ichneumons

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Stump Stabber (giant ichneumons) - Megarhyssa macrurus Large Ichneumonoid Wasp? - Megarhyssa atrata Large Ichneumonoid Wasp? - Megarhyssa atrata Unidentified bug - Megarhyssa macrurus - female Ichneumon - Megarhyssa atrata - female Megarhyssa males - Megarhyssa atrata - male Megarhyssa macrurus lunator - Megarhyssa macrurus - female Megarhyssa - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita))
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconids and Ichneumons)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps)
Subfamily Rhyssinae
Genus Megarhyssa (Giant Ichneumons)
Other Common Names
Stump Stabbers
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1)
Size
Males 23-38 mm, females 35-75 mm (body), 50-110 mm with ovipositor(2)
Identification
Females:
M. atrata
M. greenei
M. macrurus
M. nortoni
Males:
M. atrata
M. greenei
M. macrurus
M. nortoni
Range
Forested areas of North America; all 4 spp. widely distributed in the east, two also in w. US(1)
Habitat
Forests
Season
Apr-Oct in NC(3)
Food
adults do not feed; larvae parasitize wood-boring horntail larvae
Life Cycle
see Crankshaw & Matthews 1981, Gibbons 1979
Internet References
Texas Coop. Extension Megrarhyssa page
Works Cited
1.Ichneumonidae Database, By R.W. Carlson
2.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
By Lorus and Margery Milne
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 8 June, 2004 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette, v belov
Last updated 16 September, 2010 - 8:36am

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