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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Ichneumons</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>
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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>
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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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		<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>Ichneumon Wasp</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/braconid-wasp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/braconid-wasp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[wood wasp?
August 20, 2009
Found at 8700&#8242; elevation on the summit of Robinson Peak in Washington&#8217;s Pasayten Wilderness. Ichneumon? Wood Wasp?
\Tvashtar
Summit of Robinson Peak in N central WA
Hello again Tvashtar,
Your gorgeous images are monopolizing our postings today.  This is not a Wood Wasp.  It is a Braconid Wasp.  Braconid Wasps and Ichneumons are classified together in [...]


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		<title>Giant Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/12/giant-ichneumon-29/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/12/giant-ichneumon-29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this?
August 11, 2009
I saw this critter in North East Ohio. It was boring into a tree with its 4 or 5 inch tail&#8230;the body was maybe 2 to 3 inches long. What the heck is it?
Kenny
North Eastern Ohio
Hi Kenny,
You have spotted a Giant Ichneumon, Megarhyssa macrurus, in the process of ovipositing.  Giant Ichneumons [...]


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		<title>Giant Ichneumon:  female of the species</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/31/giant-ichneumon-female-of-the-species/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/31/giant-ichneumon-female-of-the-species/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wood hornet?
July 31, 2009
This bug was flying around the lights in front of my house in Richmond, Virginia on the night of July 29, 2009. I think it could be a wood hornet and I think the whip-like tail could be an ovipositor (thanks to the information your website provided!) but I am not sure. [...]


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		<title>Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/31/giant-ichneumon-male-of-the-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crane Fly? Damsel Fly? Really Off-Course Fly?
July 31, 2009
Hey there &#8211; Here&#8217;s a very interesting looking flying insect found yesterday, July 30th, at Massassauga Point Conservation Area, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Very sunny day, humid, temperatures around 28 Celsius. My wife works for the conservation authority and was in the field when she spotted it. [...]


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