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Ichneumonidae
Orange femurs and black and white banded tibia and tarsi; a strongly black and white irregularly banded abdomen; ovipositor is robust and abdomen length; long fine antennae with black and white bands; black head and eyes with strongly white outer margins; several thorax white spots; about 30mm long not including antennae.
On eucalyptus bark in parkland.
Yet to confirm this one. Very similar to previous spottings but these can be tricky. Closest is 250 My others need sorting out here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/169... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/158... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/169...
Spotted on Apr 5, 2013
Submitted on Apr 5, 2013
5 Comments
Nice
Amazing! I only ever see brown ones....I put up a brown one last night. This one is the psychedelic dream of my sad little brown one! :)
Welcome to Project Noah Hannah. This is a type of wasp in the bark of a gum tree. This female is possibly looking for a spider to plant an egg into. You can see the whole thing if you click on pic 2.
what is it???
Fascinating structure and color!