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Megarhyssa female ovipositing - Megarhyssa greenei - female
Copyright © 2006 Bruce Marlin

Megarhyssa female ovipositing - Megarhyssa greenei - Female
Winfield, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
June 9, 2005
Size: 2" plus
This female is depositing eggs into an existing emergence hole.

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Megarhyssa female ovipositing - Megarhyssa greenei - female Megarhyssa female ovipositing - Megarhyssa greenei - female Megarhyssa female ovipositing - Megarhyssa greenei - female
Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 24 October, 2006 - 1:16pm
Last updated 17 January, 2011 - 1:54pm

Moved
Moved from Megarhyssa macrurus.
… Bob Carlson, 17 January, 2011 - 1:54pm

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