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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) » Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa nortoni) » Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni
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Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa nortoni
Copyright © 2008 Peter Devereaux

Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa nortoni
Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA
October 19, 2008
Size: Body 1"
This beautiful wasp was seen mid-afternoon very, very sluggish. Body was 1" overall approx. 3". I would suspect Ichneumon and female.

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Contributed by Peter Devereaux on 19 October, 2008 - 5:48pm
Last updated 30 March, 2023 - 8:45am

Moved
Moved from Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 30 March, 2023 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Yes.
This is probably a (female) specimen of Megarhyssa nortoni, which I think is the only species in the genus found in Oregon. Nice find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 October, 2008 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Ichneumon
Thanks Eric - I am still amazed at the beauty of this family of Wasps.
… Peter Devereaux, 19 October, 2008 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome.
Yes, me too, amazed at the diversity. When I was collecting in Cincinnati, almost every ichneumon I found was different from the last....and I'm not exaggerating by much. Broadleaf forests seem to have an infinite variety of ichneumons and syrphid flies:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 October, 2008 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

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