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Megarhyssa macrurus
Copyright © 2006 John Young

Megarhyssa macrurus
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
June 29, 2006
Size: 36 mm
The body was approximately 36 mm but there was a long whip-like appendage protruding out of the tip of the abdomen that was approximately 80 mm and about the thickness of a piece of thread

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Megarhyssa macrurus ID me please - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
Contributed by John Young on 29 June, 2006 - 7:48pm
Last updated 20 June, 2007 - 2:32pm

Moved
Moved from Orange and Brown.
… john and jane balaban, 23 October, 2006 - 5:21pm

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