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Megarhyssa macrurus - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
Copyright © 2013 Mark Fedosick

Megarhyssa macrurus - Megarhyssa macrurus - Female
Crescent, Allegheny County County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 30, 2013
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Contributed by Mark Fedosick on 4 September, 2013 - 8:02am
Last updated 7 April, 2023 - 3:34am

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 7 April, 2023 - 3:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 4 September, 2013 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

if it really crawled out of the house
and didn't just land there, then you have pideon tremex in the boards and she is will get rid of them for you..probably just lit there tho
she doesnt sting.thats an ovipositor
… Edna Woodward, 4 September, 2013 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
Tremex in Lumber
Tremex can emerge from green lumber, but it doesn't lay eggs in anything but intact trees. Even a brand new house wouldn't be built with green lumber, so this Megarhyssa female would not have emerged from the wood of the house.
… Bob Carlson, 4 September, 2013 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
thanks
… Mark Fedosick, 4 September, 2013 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Megarhyssa macrurus (female)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 4 September, 2013 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

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