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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) » Greene's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa greenei)
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Mystery Bug - Megarhyssa greenei - female
Copyright © 2012 L.M.Berry

Mystery Bug - Megarhyssa greenei - Female
Pointe-Du-Chene, New Brunswick, Canada
August 19, 2012
Size: 2 cm??
This guy/girl was found in a pool, I kept him/her because it is such an extravagant insect. I haven't the faintest idea what it is, it looks closely related to a wasp, but, obviously, isn't.
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Contributed by L.M.Berry on 27 September, 2012 - 8:02pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 27 September, 2012 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

Oh, but it is a wasp :)
It's one of the giant ichneumons in the genus Megarhyssa. Others will tell you which one.

And since I neglected to say it before, welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 September, 2012 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
:)
Thank you for the warm welcome, I appreciate it, immensely! I am very glad this site exists, I am always finding new discoveries, (new to me, they are not new to an expert) but I have so much trouble trying to find the identifications on the interWEB, snicker. So, in short, Hahaha, thank you for helping me!
… L.M.Berry, 27 September, 2012 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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