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Is this a bee, hornet, mutated insect?

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Posted by karldiff (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 14, 06 at 10:39

I have never seen anything like this in my life. Can anyone tell me what it is?

Please visit this link to see a high res image of the insect.

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I saw this in Lancaster, Pa when I went out to catch our horses in their pasture. It was sitting on a log by a creek. Fortunately, I decided to grab my camera on the stroll out to get the horses.

Thanks,

Karldiff

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It's one of the very specialized Ichneumon wasps, a female. They are parasitoids on a wide range of insects...this one on borers in wood.

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RE: Is this a bee, hornet, mutated insect?

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Thanks a bunch. I see I posted 2x here. For some reason I thought my original post did not go through but it looks like it did. Sorry for the double post!

  
 

 

 


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