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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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Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
Copyright © 2017 Kelly Vowels

Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - Female
Bernheim Forest, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
April 1, 2017
Seen boring into a shag, laying its eggs.

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Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - female Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
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Contributed by Kelly Vowels on 22 May, 2017 - 6:11am
Last updated 7 April, 2023 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 7 April, 2023 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Ichneumonid Wasps.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 14 December, 2020 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 22 May, 2017 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

Giant ichneumon
Megarhyssa sp. It's one of two species easiest to separate by the markings on the wings.

What's a shag?
… Larry de March, 22 May, 2017 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

 
I meant snag.
I meant snag.
… Kelly Vowels, 23 May, 2017 - 5:21am login or register to post comments

compare
… John S. Ascher, 22 May, 2017 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

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