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It looked like a wasp, but it had a sting I would not like to be around.... maybe is not a wasp?! It is a wasp a Ichneumon wasp.
Spotted on May 29, 2014
Submitted on Jun 13, 2014
2 Comments
Thank you so much for the information and Link, John La Salle. This is a very interesting wasp, it was fascinating reading about it.
Yes, it is a wasp in the family Ichneumonidae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonid...
The long sting is actually an egg-laying tube called an ovipositor - and they will not actually sting you with it.
In some wasps this ovipositor has been modified into a sting which injects venom - and these are the wasps you are more familiar with.
And also why only female wasps and bees can sting you.