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Dusona sp.
Sitka Spruce in a residential area
Spotted on Jul 12, 2016
Submitted on Sep 11, 2016
2 Comments
Green Nature, the experts on bugguide placed it into the genus Dusona, so it is an Ichneumon Wasp. Please take a look at the link I added to the references section and compare.
After looking at all the pictures, it looks like an Amophilia wasp. The thread-waist gives it away. Otherwise, great golden digger wasps also have the black and red abdomens. Amphilia are not at all aggressive and they help pollinate flowers.
http://greennature.com/article294.html