Smart insect: wasp or ichneumon?

[Hedera]

Was crawling underneath geranium leaves.

[Jason Green]

Hello Hed,

Yes, very smart! It's a wasp as you say - an Ichneumon Wasp particularly, but impossible to identify with certainty from a photograph.

Take care,

Jason

[JRsbugs]

This is one of the easy ones, female Ichneumon stramentor.

BioLib - Image - Ichneumon stramentor

[Hedera]

Thanks for that and the link. I've not come across it before.

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

This is one of the easy ones, female Ichneumon stramentor.

...'probably', or 'looks like' may be more fitting when you consider the huge number of these

[JRsbugs]

Originally Posted by Hedera

Thanks for that and the link. I've not come across it before.

It's one I see every year, and is quite common. It is distinctive. The male doesn't have the yellow bit on the tail tip nor the white bands on the antennae.

[JRsbugs]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

...'probably', or 'looks like' may be more fitting when you consider the huge number of these

I disagree Jason.

[Hedera]

Why no ovipositor as its female?