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don't know where to look - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
Copyright © 2006 prnc

don't know where to look - Megarhyssa macrurus - Female
bessemer, lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 15, 2006
Size: over 2"
thought i was chasing a dragonfly. then it landed. then i saw that it wasn't.
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Contributed by prnc on 15 September, 2006 - 3:43pm
Last updated 24 October, 2007 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Orange and Brown.
… john and jane balaban, 23 October, 2006 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

just found it
sorry, i just found it myself. giant ichneumons
… prnc, 15 September, 2006 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool image.
I really like the composition of this image, maybe because of the drastic contrast between the gray tree trunk, the orange wasp, and the green foliage. Very nice and artistic.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 September, 2006 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
got lucky, just a point and shoot pic. just enough time for focus. then it flew away.
… prnc, 15 September, 2006 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

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