| I have never seen anything like this and was curious if someone could ID it for me. I took this photo in Lancaster, Pa on 8/13/06.
You can see a full resolution image of this at:
http://download.shireinteractive.com/insect.JPG
Thanks for any and all help!!
Karldiff |
Image link: Can someone help me ID this insect? (55 k)
It's an ichneumon wasp, genus Megarhyssa. Parasitic on other woodboring larvae, such as Tremex, a large horntail wasp. Completely harmless to people. It uses the long ovipositor to lay eggs down in the tunnels of the woodboring wasp larvae, which then become food for the Megarhyssa larvae. Ain't bugs great? The link below has good pics of a different, but similar species.
Tucker |
Here is a link that might be useful: Megarhyssa wasp
