8/8/21 Megarhyssa
It was just another day. Way too humid, mosquitos abundant, the forest already feeling like the Ohio river valley swamp jungle it becomes every summer. I was prowling around as usual off the trail, hand pulling invasive Garlic mustard and Stickseed. And then a large, slender insect caught my eye, its shiny wings glittering as it danced around a tall stump. Something long was dangling behind, and when it landed on the stump I realized it was a large ichneumon wasp of a species I'd never seen before.....
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Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa atrata)Observer
rosemary71Description
ovipositing female
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