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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Rhyssinae » Giant Ichneumonid Wasps (Megarhyssa) » Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) » Megarhyssa macrurus macrurus
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Ichneumons - Megarhyssa - Megarhyssa macrurus
Copyright © 2015 Michael Battenberg

Ichneumons - Megarhyssa - Megarhyssa macrurus
Toronto - Ontario Science Centre, Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
June 13, 2015
After a day chasing bugs during the Ontario Bioblitz I returned to base camp only to find 5 Ichneumons congregating on a Maple adjacent to the main parking lot! 4 were in pairs and were definitely (??) communicating -- tapping antennae. Does anyone know if research has been done on this sort of thing?

The sun was in a perfect position too -- all round exciting day!
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Contributed by Michael Battenberg on 19 June, 2015 - 1:29pm
Last updated 7 April, 2023 - 3:48am

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