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Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp
Megarhyssa atrata
Megarhyssa atrata, also known as the black giant ichneumonid wasp, is a species of large ichneumon wasp. It is known from North America, where it is found from Quebec, Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut, and North and South Carolina to Florida.
Adults are on wing from May to July.
From the article Megarhyssa atrata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
The larvae are parasitoids of the larvae of the woodwasp Tremex columba in dead deciduous trees. Female M. atrata burrow into wood with their ovipositor while secreting a substance that breaks down the wood.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
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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 47941.