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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Short-tailed Ichneumon

Megarhyssa nortoni

About

A large parasitoid wasp with a distinctive reddish-brown coloration. It has a shorter ovipositor compared to its Megarhyssa relatives.

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Did You Know?

Unlike its eastern relatives, this species specializes in parasitizing horntails found in softwood conifers rather than hardwoods.