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Giant Ichneumonid Wasps
Megarhyssa
Megarhyssa is a genus of large ichneumon wasps, with some species known for having the longest ovipositors of any insects. They are idiobiont endoparasitoids of the larvae of wood-boring horntail wasps. The ovipositor can be mistaken for a large stinger.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp
speciesMegarhyssa macrurus
Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp
speciesMegarhyssa atrata
Greene's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp
speciesMegarhyssa greenei
Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp
speciesMegarhyssa nortoni
Megarhyssa perlata
speciesMegarhyssa perlata
Megarhyssa praecellens
speciesMegarhyssa praecellens
Megarhyssa rixator
speciesMegarhyssa rixator
Megarhyssa vagatoria
speciesMegarhyssa vagatoria
Megarhyssa superba
speciesMegarhyssa superba
Megarhyssa jezoensis
speciesMegarhyssa jezoensis
Megarhyssa verae
speciesMegarhyssa verae
Megarhyssa gloriosa
speciesMegarhyssa gloriosa
Megarhyssa arisana
speciesMegarhyssa arisana
Megarhyssa atomistica
speciesMegarhyssa atomistica
Megarhyssa belluliflava
speciesMegarhyssa belluliflava
Megarhyssa aurantia
speciesMegarhyssa aurantia
Megarhyssa babaulti
speciesMegarhyssa babaulti
Megarhyssa bicolor
speciesMegarhyssa bicolor
Megarhyssa bonbonsana
speciesMegarhyssa bonbonsana
Megarhyssa cultrimacularis
speciesMegarhyssa cultrimacularis
Megarhyssa fulvipennis
speciesMegarhyssa fulvipennis
Megarhyssa hainanensis
speciesMegarhyssa hainanensis
Megarhyssa indica
speciesMegarhyssa indica
Megarhyssa insulana
speciesMegarhyssa insulana
Megarhyssa laniaria
speciesMegarhyssa laniaria
Megarhyssa longitubula
speciesMegarhyssa longitubula
Megarhyssa middenensis
speciesMegarhyssa middenensis
Megarhyssa mirabilis
speciesMegarhyssa mirabilis
Megarhyssa obtusa
speciesMegarhyssa obtusa
Megarhyssa strimacula
speciesMegarhyssa strimacula
Megarhyssa taiwana
speciesMegarhyssa taiwana
Megarhyssa weixiensis
speciesMegarhyssa weixiensis
Megarhyssa wugongensis
speciesMegarhyssa wugongensis
Megarhyssa rotundamacula
speciesMegarhyssa rotundamacula
Megarhyssa lenticula
speciesMegarhyssa lenticula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47935.