No Idea what this is.. (1 Viewer)

[Orionthehunter]

Anyone know what Insect this is? I can't say as I have seen one of these before..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesdyson/6112345624/in/photostream/lightbox/

Thanks

James

 

[DaveN]

It's one of the many types of ichneumon wasps.

 

[falconer2406]

I believe this is Rhyssa Persuasoria the largest of the Ichneumon family.
Was it taken near pine trees by any chance?

 

[etudiant]

Hi,
You have a particularly fetching specimen of an Ichneumonid wasp.
If you google that, you will see a fine picture of your wasp in action, threading the ovipositor through an inch of solid wood to lay an egg into the larva of a wood beetle. The wonderful long antennae are what helps the wasp spot the larva, but I do not know if it is scent, sound or something else that they use to home in on their prey. There are many species of ichneumonid, some with much longer ovipositors even than your impressive specimen.
Excellent picture, by the way.

 

[Orionthehunter]

Thanks everyone for the help

This was taken in my garden by chance I was doing some test with the lens '100-400 is L) and this flew next to me then towards some flowers where I got the image...

The size as this was impressive I would estimate around 5 to 6 inches long.