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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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Giant Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - male
Copyright © 2019 Peter Cristofono

Giant Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - Male
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 11, 2019

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Giant Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - male Giant Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - male
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 11 September, 2019 - 6:57pm
Last updated 7 April, 2023 - 12:33pm

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 7 April, 2023 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Thanks
Moved from Megarhyssa atrata.
… Peter Cristofono, 11 September, 2019 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
M. macrurus male…
Peter, this one is also an M. macrurus male. Some of the males can be difficult (but not impossible) to separate out without a view of the wing.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 11 September, 2019 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again, Ross.
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… Peter Cristofono, 11 September, 2019 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

An M. macrurus male…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 11 September, 2019 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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