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Field Notes

Description:

Red body with black and yellow stripes. Purple irridescent wings and a stinger extending out of the back of it.

Habitat:

Foliage

Species ID Suggestions

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp

Megarhyssa macrurus

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Brian38
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Comments (1)
Brian38
Welcome jamiefisher138 to Project Noah. Great picture and spotting. You have found a female Ichneumonid Wasp and the long extension that she has (that looks like a stinger) is her ovipositor, which it uses to deposit an egg into a tunnel in dead wood.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2022

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