Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Large Ichneumonid --> Rhyssa sp.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2007 03:43
#1

Hello!

Besides sitting on a leaf this wasp of about 30 mm length (without ovipositor) was mainly examinating pine trunks laying there in the forest yesterday (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Does it belong to genus Rhyssa? Thanks in advance!

Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2007 17:52

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2007 03:43
#2

Another picture.

Posted by Isidro on 11-08-2007 07:43
#3

Yes, Rhyssa for sure, Rhyssa persuasorioa as a guess.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2007 17:51
#4

Isidro wrote:
Yes, Rhyssa for sure, Rhyssa persuasorioa as a guess.


Thanks a lot, Isidro!