Perhaps this quote from the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz summarizes the following pages and images best:
"I spent the summer traveling; I got halfway across my back yard."
Friday, September 18, 2009
Giant Ichneumon Wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus)
Despite the female's fearsome appearance these large wasps cannot sting. Their long ovipositors are used to deposit their eggs within the wood of decaying trees on the larvae of the woodboring Pigeon Horntail (Tremex columba).
