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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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Large Forest Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
Copyright © 2011 coykoi

Large Forest Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - Female
Prospect Park, Brooklyn County, New York, USA
September 12, 2011
Size: Body, about 2" long
Saw a great post on one of these recently...can someone please remind me what this is. Scared the crap out of me as it flew right across my path.
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Contributed by coykoi on 13 September, 2011 - 10:44am
Last updated 7 April, 2023 - 4:14am

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 7 April, 2023 - 4:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 October, 2011 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Megaryssa macrurus (female)…
You're right - these wasps can be quite intimidating-looking.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 13 September, 2011 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the quick response
Thanks for the quick response. Great insect!
… coykoi, 13 September, 2011 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Megarhyssa of sorts, i presume [macrurus?]
… v belov, 13 September, 2011 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

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