Creature from a sci-fi thriller? 👽😱 Or gigantic insect? 🤔 Spotted by one of our forest health specialists in Chengwatana State Forest, this is a black giant ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa atrata)! These wasps are a sight to behold not just for their striking colors, but also because they’re HUGE. At nearly 6 inches long, this impressive lady was on a special mission when this video was captured. Her super-long “tail” is actually an egg-laying tube called an ovipositor that can dig up to several i
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Creature from a sci-fi thriller? 👽😱 Or gigantic insect? 🤔 Spotted by one of our forest health specialists in Chengwatana State Forest, this is a black giant ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa atrata)! These wasps are a sight to behold not just for their striking colors, but also because they’re HUGE. At nearly 6 inches long, this impressive lady was on a special mission when this video was captured. Her super-long “tail” is actually an egg-laying tube called an ovipositor that can dig up to several i
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Meet Megarhyssa, one of the largest non-stinging wasp genera native to Oregon. In silicon bronze atop a 23-foot steel microscope, an artist’s interpretation of the wasp can be found outside the new home of the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s entomology department. https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2024/11/why-theres-a-9-foot-bronze-wasp-outside-oregons-newest-state-building.html?utm_campaign=theoregonian_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 📹 @editorswindler | The Oregonian
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Meet Megarhyssa, one of the largest non-stinging wasp genera native to Oregon. In silicon bronze atop a 23-foot steel microscope, an artist’s interpretation of the wasp can be found outside the new home of the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s entomology department. https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2024/11/why-theres-a-9-foot-bronze-wasp-outside-oregons-newest-state-building.html?utm_campaign=theoregonian_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 📹 @editorswindler | The Oregonian
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Snagbug on Instagram: "Using an ovipositor that can be more than twice of the own insect's body length, this black giant ichneumon wasp or Megarhyssa atrata as filmed here by @frass_happens searches for woodwasp larvae within this piece of wood. Adults can be spotted performing such across Eastern North America during early summer! Initially, a small hole is drilled into the wood with the elongated body part. A smaller tube within will then proceed to slide an egg down into the host. After a few
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Wasp Deposits Parasitic Larvae Deep Inside Tree Trunk This giant wasp's method of laying eggs will blow your mind! The giant ichneumon wasp, megarhyssa rixator, has an unusual method for laying eggs. Using her overly-long ovipositor to drill deep into a tree trunk, she deposits a single egg on to the surface of an immobilized wood wasp larva. Her egg turns into a larva, that will eat the paralyzed host...bit by bit. | Yasser-Agronomist
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