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Megarhyssa macrurus
I found this Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) in the process of laying her eggs deep in the wood of a fallen tree. I watched for about 30 minutes as she bored a hole with her ovipositor using chemicals to break down the wood. Then she located the larvae of the pigeon tremex somewhere deep inside the wood and laid her eggs on the larvae that will serve as food for her growing progeny.
Spotted on Jun 14, 2014
Submitted on Jun 14, 2014
32 Comments (1–25)
Fantastic series, johnlguerin.
Congratulations on the SOTD, you deserve it.
What an intense looking creature. Very nice congrats :)
a well deserved SOTD Congratulations John, awesome :)
congrats on a amazingly cool SOTD, johnlgerin! :-)
Wow johnlguerin,amazing spotting,excelent series,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thanks you all for the incredible honor of receiving SOTD. I am so glad I was able to share this spotting with my friends at Project Noah. It is so nice to be part of this community that all share a special passion for nature.
Congratulations John! Wonderful pictures!
Congratulations! Very nice series.
Splendid series ! Congratulations on your SOTD ! :)
Congratulations! is a very beautiful spotting and thanks to it I learned what the wasps were really doing!
Well deserved SOTD John, congrats.
Congrats on sotd!
Superb spotting! Congratulations.
Congratulations, johnlguerin, great SOTD from a very patient observer!
Congrats john! Great series!
John, this has to be one of the most amazing egg-depositing rituals in nature. Thanks for capturing this awesome event and for sharing so many incredible nature encounters. This was an easy choice for Spotting of the Day! Congrats and we can't wait to see what you come across next!
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Excellent work John.. You have shown the details very clearly in this beautiful find..
beautiful series of pics!
Really awesome find! Thanks for sharing :)
spectacular series!
amazing spot John, your patience paid off :)
Thanks again for the nice comments. It was such a thrill to witness the whole event.
Incredible images, congrats
Amazing creature and series.
Amazing!