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Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
May 19, 2004
I have seen many of these at night near our porch lights, like here:

But I was much happier to get a shot of one in it's natural setting. It was flying low in our lawn landing on the taller grass and weeds. Probably hunting for caterpillars.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 26 May, 2004 - 11:57am
Last updated 15 July, 2004 - 7:20am

Excellet picture
Wonderful image.

Here's a page with several images of a very similar looking ichneumon:
http://www.eugraph.com/photos/insects/hymenop/ichneumon

Also note this bugguide page:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/98192
… Stephen Hart, 18 March, 2007 - 8:04pm

 
Thanks Stephen,
As a total hobbyist, I am always open to corrections for my ID's. The adjoining image notes on how I came to this one and I am sure (eventually) they'll be confirmed/corrected:)
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 21 March, 2007 - 7:19am

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