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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Ichneumons</title>
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		<title>Ichneumon from Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/14/23366/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five-eyed wasp?
February 14, 2010
Hi Bug People!
On my weekend hike in the nothwestern Negev desert, Israel, I came across this wasp. I don&#8217;t even know where to start looking for information on it. It wasn&#8217;t very active and let me take close ups.
Later, when I looked at the pictures, I noticed three extra &#8216;eyes&#8217; on its [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2004/12/27/solitary-sphecid-wasp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Solitary Sphecid Wasp'>Solitary Sphecid Wasp</a> <small>Pics of Great Black Wasp Hello Bugman, Our house is...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/28/short-tailed-ichneumon-wasp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Short Tailed Ichneumon Wasp'>Short Tailed Ichneumon Wasp</a> <small>Wasp/Grasshopper Cross? December 27, 2009 Hi Bugman, I&#8217;m hoping you...</small></li>
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		<title>Orchid Dupe Wasp from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/12/ichneumon-we-think-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/12/ichneumon-we-think-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Australian Flying Bug
February 11, 2010
Another Australian Flying Bug
 Your letter to the bugman    Hello again, Bugman
I&#8217;ve been trying to identify this one, but I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s a fly or something else.
Ridou Ridou
Sydney, Australia
Hi again Ridou,
This is not a fly, but rather, a Hymenopteran, a member of the order that consists of Ants, [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/11/25/orange-potter-wasp-from-australia-is-no-longer-unknown/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Orange Potter Wasp from Australia is no longer Unknown'>Orange Potter Wasp from Australia is no longer Unknown</a> <small>Australian Spider Wasp?? Hi, I have this &#8216;wasp&#8217; nest outside...</small></li>
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		<title>Short Tailed Ichneumon Wasp</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/28/short-tailed-ichneumon-wasp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/28/short-tailed-ichneumon-wasp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wasp/Grasshopper Cross?
December 27, 2009
Hi Bugman,
I&#8217;m hoping you can help me identify this odd red bug. I&#8217;ve not seen one before and a cousin thinks it looks like a cross between a wasp and a grasshopper. Don&#8217;t know about that . . . anyway, it was very angry with me for bothering it and waved it&#8217;s [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/07/09/giant-ichneumon-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Ichneumon'>Giant Ichneumon</a> <small>Long tailed wasp Hi Bugman, I tried looking on your...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/05/10/unknown-ichneumon-wasp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Unknown Ichneumon Wasp'>Unknown Ichneumon Wasp</a> <small>Another question Dear Bugman, First of all, you guys are...</small></li>
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		<title>Giant Ichneumon Ovipositing</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/22/giant-ichneumon-ovipositing-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/22/giant-ichneumon-ovipositing-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Possible Giant Ichneumon &#8211; Megarhyssa atrata
May 31, 2009
We found a number of these bugs on the side of a tree while walking through a forest preserve in Northern Illinois (Rockford). They didn&#8217;t seem skittish and allowed us to take quite a few hi-res photos of them. There were probably eight or so of them on [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/10/08/two-species-of-giant-ichneumon-ovipositing-photo-by-allens-brother-jon/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Two species of Giant Ichneumon Ovipositing (photo by Allen&#8217;s brother Jon)'>Two species of Giant Ichneumon Ovipositing (photo by Allen&#8217;s brother Jon)</a> <small>two sp. of ichneumon ovipositing together Hi Bugman, Thanks for...</small></li>
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		<title>Squashed Giant Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/18/squashed-giant-ichneumon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/18/squashed-giant-ichneumon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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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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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/20/giant-ichneumon-26/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Ichneumon'>Giant Ichneumon</a> <small>Horse Hair Tail Insect Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:49...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/20/giant-ichneumon-27/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Ichneumon'>Giant Ichneumon</a> <small>Wasp or Dragonfly? July 19, 2009 While hiking around in...</small></li>
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		<title>Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/06/ichneumon-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/06/ichneumon-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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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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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/braconid-wasp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ichneumon Wasp'>Ichneumon Wasp</a> <small>wood wasp? August 20, 2009 Found at 8700&#8242; elevation on...</small></li>
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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>
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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>
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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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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/27/giant-ichneumon-28/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Ichneumon'>Giant Ichneumon</a> <small>Wasp Style Insect Found in Ohio July 27, 2009 Hello...</small></li>
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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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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/08/14/pigeon-horntail-13/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Pigeon Horntail'>Pigeon Horntail</a> <small>Is this an Ichneumon? I was taking some pics of...</small></li>
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