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Ichneumon

Posted by February 7th, 2007 at 1:00 am

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Ichneumons

Can you help me identify this skyscraper bug???
I spotted this interesting bug on the outside of a window on the 39th floor of a skyscraper in downtown Chicago. Is it an Ichneumon? It was not very large, maybe and inch and a half in length (including the stinger/ovipositer). I can’t seem to find out exactly what it is, and the fact that it was so high up on the building has me stumped. I see spiders in abundance outside the windows at certain times of the year, but never anything like this.
Thanks,
Nicole

Wow Nicole,
This is the best photo we have received in a long long time. Yes, it is an Ichnuemon.

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