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Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Megarhyssa

Habitat:

It likes my New England wood pile.

Notes:

I did see two smaller ones flying around the same wood pile this last summer also.

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Giant ichneumon
Megarhyssa sp.


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4 Comments

ToFastenWithStitches
ToFastenWithStitches 12 years ago

Thank you jumpingspiderman for the id. :) I think he is quite alien looking! lol

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Stranger,,

July Llanes
July Llanes 12 years ago

wow, cool insect!

ToFastenWithStitches
ToFastenWithStitches 12 years ago

Amazing insect to watch......

Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Jul 29, 2010
Submitted on Nov 28, 2011

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