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Hugely Long Ovipositor - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
Copyright © 2006 Stephen_WV

Hugely Long Ovipositor - Megarhyssa macrurus - Female
Stonecoal Wildlife Management Area, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
August 6, 2004
This is one of those photos that you are really glad you got to take, but on the other hand you wish the subject had stayed around for more than eight seconds. Any ideas about species?

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Hugely Long Ovipositor - Megarhyssa macrurus - female Hugely Long Ovipositor - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 8 October, 2006 - 6:16am
Last updated 30 March, 2023 - 8:55am

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
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Moved
Moved from Orange and Brown.
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