The title of this post is what I googled to find the identity of this bug. Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes. Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. The long-tailed giant ichneumon wasp, Megarhyssa macrurus, belongs to a genus called the giant ichneumons. Thank you Peter - I think you might be right - any thoughts on the tail? Yes,I scolded him.It actually mimicked the aggressive behavior of a stinging wasp. Tweet; Description: This beautiful wasp is a deep amber color, with yellow and black markings covering its body. It moved from leaf to leaf for about 7 minutes and then flew away to an area I couldn't follow. Beautiful! Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera), Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea). - a thread-like egg-laying structure. Megarhyssa macrurus has a reddish-brown body approximately 2 inches (51 mm) long. A friend of a friend just sent her a pic of one! Using her 4-inch-long ovipositor, the female of this species drills through decaying wood to deposit eggs onto a larval pigeon tremex, a type of horntail wasp. You may download my photos for your personal enjoyment, but any use for monetary gain is forbidden and subject to appropriate punishment by law, as well as recompense to the copyright holder. I'll Shut Up About Them When I Get Tired of Them. Long-tailed Giant Ichneumon Wasp. Are You Drunk, or Just Talking on Your Cell Phone. So this is a female. Interesting..Joy.. You are right - I've been researching this insect since you pointed me in the direction of Ichneumonidae. The long-tailed giant ichneumon wasp, Megarhyssa macrurus, belongs to a genus called the giant ichneumons.Using her 4-inch-long ovipositor, the female of this species drills through decaying wood to deposit eggs onto a larval pigeon tremex, a type of horntail wasp. Fascinating. Fredon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Its wings are transparent and the body elongated. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office. It moved from leaf to leaf for about 7 minutes and then flew away to an area I couldn't follow. Megarhyssa macrurus. Everything else copyright © 2003-2020 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted. Am I right? The "tail" was extraordinary I estimate that it was 3 to 4 inches long. The pen, by the way, is 5.5" long, though it seems smaller in Hugh's giant hand. flew out of the woods and landed on these leaves to drink. It's the ONLY one I have encountered during my more than 50 years of insect watching. The long stingerlike "tail" is her ovipositor and it enables her to lay eggs deep in borer infested wood. Beautiful insect.She moved very slow and cautiously because of her leginess and the long ovipositor. The food for the young Megarhyssa is the larval form of wood boring insects like Horntails. The wasp's body is about 1.5 inches long, and the ovipositor of the female is about 3 inches long (this one's is slightly longer than 3 inches). I never cease to be amazed that I can have lived for plenty of years so far and yet be surprised on a daily basis by things I've never seen before. I recently found one(queen with long ovipositor) on my dogs water dish.I am in lower Alabama near Dothan Al. flew out of the woods and landed on these leaves to drink. Long tailed wasp - Megarhyssa atrata - Fredon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA May 31, 2006 Size: 1.5 inch before "tail" This wasp(?) Her tail is about 2" long..Never have seen one like it? Males are … [citation needed] It has black and yellow-orange stripes. WOW ! This wasp(?) Awesome insect. Unfortunately, my 17 yr.old son killed her. I noticed a long-tailed wasp entering my chimes metal tubes (in, & out all day long) I assume it's a female building a nest, & laying eggs? The body and ovipositor together can be more than 5 inches (130 mm) long. I was near a stream in a wooded area photographing basking northern water snakes - this wasp was a bonus.

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