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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Parasitic Hymenopterans</title>
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		<title>Squashed Giant Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/18/squashed-giant-ichneumon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[large wasp-type bug with long &#8216;tail&#8217;
November 17, 2009
This bug came in when we opened our back door one evening a few nights ago. Sorry, my husband squished it. The envelope it&#8217;s sitting on is a business-sized (10 inch) envelope for size reference. It&#8217;s very dark or black with a long jointed looking body, black wings [...]


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		<title>Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/06/ichneumon-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ichneumons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ichneumon wasp
October 5, 2009
Dear Bugman, I am resubmitting this tiny wasp from july 30, 2009. After sending it to Bugguide, it was identified on Oct. 4, as Messatoporus rufiventris. I thought it ironic, that she should stand on the ISBN of an insect identification book. I have an old camera with no macro. So the [...]


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		<title>Giant Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/25/giant-ichneumon-32/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/25/giant-ichneumon-32/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ichneumons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What the hell is this thing??
September 23, 2009
My uncle asked me to help him identify this insect. Picture taken today, Sept 23, 2009, in Hopkins MN. The tail end of this bug can fold out &#38; fan out like a chinese fan and it looks like a left&#8211;bright green. The long probiscus&#8217; off the back [...]


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		<title>Giant Ichneumon on Windshield</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/giant-ichneumon-on-windshield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/giant-ichneumon-on-windshield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ichneumons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[XL Gold Colored Flying Six-legged Black Tail Bug
September 20, 2009
I was startled, thrown back, shocked and subsequently frozen in my driver&#8217;s seat after I saw an insect on my windshield today that I have never seen before. It took me a second to gather myself and try to surmise whether the bug was inside the [...]


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		<title>American Pelecinid</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/american-pelecinid-15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/american-pelecinid-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long scorpion like tail.
September 20, 2009
This picture taken today, September 20, 2009 in the Northern reaches of Michigan&#8217;s Upper Peninsula, Iron River.
I think it is some sort of a wood borer that uses it&#8217;s long segmented tail to burrow deep under the bark of a tree and lay it&#8217;s eggs.
During the first attempt to take [...]


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		<title>Giant Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/19/giant-ichneumon-31/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/19/giant-ichneumon-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[wood boring bug
September 18, 2009
I observed this bug on this tree for over an hour. We live in Worcester County, MA
We also live near a small lake.
JAG
Boylston, MA
Hi JAG,
You have been mislead.  The Giant Ichneumon, Megarhyssa atrata, is not in the true sense of the word, a wood boring insect.  This non-stinging wasp relative is [...]


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		<title>Giant Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/16/giant-ichneumon-30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/16/giant-ichneumon-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;What&#8217;s this bug?
September 15, 2009
Please&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;What&#8217;s this bug?
 Your letter to the bugman    Found these at a day care. Is this bug something to be worried about?
cstan &#8212; MN
St. Paul, MN
Dear cstan,
This is a harmless female Giant Ichneumon in the genus Megarhyssa.  The long ovipositor cannot sting, and is used to lay eggs in wood infested [...]


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		<title>American Pelecinid</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/14/american-pelecinid-14/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/14/american-pelecinid-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winged black bug with 2 inch hook-like thing
September 14, 2009
Dear Bugman,
I awoke this morning, and on my window screen I found this bug. It&#8217;s about 3 inches long, and black. It has a long, hooked appendage below its wings. It&#8217;s 6 segments, but possibly 7. The very tip is at an angle, but it&#8217;s only [...]


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		<title>American Pelecinid</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/08/american-pelecinid-13/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/08/american-pelecinid-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[looks like a flying scorpion
September 7, 2009
this fly landed at my camp table over the weekend in the Adirondack region of NY. I thought it immediately looked like a flying scorpion and looked it up online. There are scorpionflies, but this one doesn&#8217;t resemble that. Any ideas?
perplexed in the north country
Long Lake, Adirondacks, NY
Dear perplexed,
This [...]


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		<title>Ensign Wasp squashed out of fear</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/06/ensign-wasp-squashed-out-of-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/06/ensign-wasp-squashed-out-of-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black wasp with blue eyes
September 5, 2009
I found this black wasp in our chihuahua&#8217;s bed after it had apparently bitten or stung her. It was inside the house and seemed to prefer to crawl rather than fly as I had to chase it out of the bed to catch it. My initial instinct was to [...]


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