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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Pimplinae » Pimplini » Pimpla genus-group » Pimpla » Pimpla pedalis
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Pointy Wasp-wig any-type thingy - Pimpla pedalis - female
Copyright © 2006 danny

Pointy Wasp-wig any-type thingy - Pimpla pedalis - Female
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
December 28, 2006
Size: one inch long
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Contributed by danny on 29 December, 2006 - 6:11pm
Last updated 30 September, 2011 - 5:46pm

Date?
Is the date correct? Did you find it indoors?
… Beatriz Moisset, 30 September, 2011 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… John F. Carr, 29 September, 2009 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Pimpla pedalis
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… Bob Carlson, 28 September, 2009 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
...and now, the exact thingy.
Thanks once again, Bob.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 September, 2009 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Welcome to Bug Guide
While I'm no expert, I'd say you have one of two thingies here:

1. ichneumon wasp
2. braconid wasp

Hopefully an expert will visit and give you a more definitive answer. Meanwhile you can Search on the above two critters, see more Images here, and pick up some other helpful Info. Good hunting!
… Ron Hemberger, 30 December, 2006 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Down to one thingy:-)
Ron is correct, and I can confirm it is a female ichneumon wasp, perhaps in the genus Pimpla, or in that subfamily anyway. The 'stinger' is actually her egg-laying organ (ovipositor). She can do no harm to you. Ichneumons, in the larval stage, are parasitic on other insects, especially caterpillars.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 January, 2007 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

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