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Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni
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Copyright © 2011
Cosmio
Flying Monster -
Megarhyssa nortoni
Burnaby, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
September 9, 2011
Size: 5 inches overall
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Contributed by
Cosmio
on 10 September, 2011 - 1:01pm
Last updated 30 March, 2023 - 8:37am
Moved
Moved from
Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 30 March, 2023 - 8:37am
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John S. Ascher
, 10 September, 2011 - 9:29pm
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Megarhyssa nortoni
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Bob Carlson
, 10 September, 2011 - 2:47pm
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One of the giant ichneumons
in the genus
Megarhyssa
. She was completely harmless. That long "tail" is her ovipositor. She used it to lays eggs in the tunnels of wood-boring insects, on which her larvae would feed.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 10 September, 2011 - 1:09pm
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