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Megarhyssa atrata
Giant Ichneumon Wasp
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Photographer: Joyce Gross
ID: 1111 1111 2222 0578 (2005-09-26)Copyright © 2005 Joyce Gross
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date of photo Jun 8, 2005
location
off Ellis Hollow Rd, 4 miles east of Ithaca (Tompkins County, New York, US)family
Ichneumonidae
order
Hymenoptera
class Insecta
notes Female laying eggs. Her long ovipositor is poking into a hole in the wood. Note the other ovipositor coming out of the hole, towards the upper right corner of the photo. This ovipositor is probably from another female whose ovipositor got stuck after laying eggs, or who got eaten while laying her eggs--and her ovipositor ripped off and is still stuck in the tree stump.camera Canon EOS 20D; 180mm macro lens
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect
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Giant Ichneumon Wasp (photographer)
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