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Mystery Bug - Megarhyssa macrurus
Copyright © 2013 mamacita874

Mystery Bug - Megarhyssa macrurus
New Mexico, USA
August 16, 2013
Odd wasp like bug with long hairlike extensions. Any ideas?
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Contributed by mamacita874 on 16 August, 2013 - 9:41pm
Last updated 30 March, 2023 - 8:52am

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 30 March, 2023 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 2 September, 2013 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

pls fill in exact location
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 27 August, 2013 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumon wasp
The hair extension things, one of them at least, is the ovipositor
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 16 August, 2013 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jimmy Wu!
Thanks Jimmy Wu!
… mamacita874, 16 August, 2013 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem.
Someone with better knowledge of wasps, ants, and bees maybe able to get your specimen down to genus and species...
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 16 August, 2013 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

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