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Photo by AmityHood
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Field Notes

Description:

About 8 of them sticking stingers into the trees

Species ID Suggestions

Giant ichneumon

Megarhyssa macrurus

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Doren B
This is an Ichneumon Wasp. There are many species of these wasps and it is difficult to identify from just this one photo. The "stinger" is actually a tube for laying eggs. They drill into the wood of trees and find caterpillars in which to lay their eggs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonoidea
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PublishedOctober 1, 2014

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