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Female Mystery Wasp - Megarhyssa nortoni - female
Copyright © 2013 Chelsea A Stewart

Female Mystery Wasp - Megarhyssa nortoni - Female
Threelakes, Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA
July 11, 2013
Size: 2 inches

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Femal Mystery Wasp - Megarhyssa nortoni - female Female Mystery Wasp - Megarhyssa nortoni - female
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Contributed by Chelsea A Stewart on 11 July, 2013 - 12:12pm
Last updated 21 July, 2015 - 8:27pm

Moved
First BG record from Lake States. Looks like a pine in the background; can't tell about the tree she is ovipositing in, but it would be a conifer. The host of M. macrurus feeds only in hardwoods.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 11 July, 2013 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Tree
It is in a Pine forest, but the tree she was on is a Birch.
… Chelsea A Stewart, 11 July, 2013 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmmm
That doesn't look like a birch to me; I thought the bark to suggest it might possibly be a fir. The known plant and insect associates of M. nortoni are listed here, and that is definitely M. nortoni.
… Bob Carlson, 11 July, 2013 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumon wasp.
Not exactly sure the species.
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 11 July, 2013 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
I think it may be Megarhyssa
I think it may be Megarhyssa macrurus.. please confirm?
… Chelsea A Stewart, 11 July, 2013 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

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