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Ichneumon Wasp - Pimpla pedalis - female
Copyright © 2006 Cheryl Moorehead

Ichneumon Wasp - Pimpla pedalis - Female
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
October 11, 2006
Size: 25mm
This wasp kind of confused me...I guess it was looking for food for itself, instead of a hapless victim to plant an egg on or into.
The measurement excludes the ovipositor.
It was very active and constantly moving it's wings. I was able to get close to it because the time was going on to sunset and I've found that a lot of day-flying insects have trouble seeing in sunset (and sunrise) conditions.

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 11 October, 2006 - 7:56pm
Last updated 1 October, 2009 - 10:16pm

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