Ichneumon Wasp

Bhutan 1997Turky of North Cyprus 1998Taiwan 2012
Giant Ichneumon Wasp
Rhyssa rhyssa
(Ichneumonidae)
Giant Ichneumon Wasp
Rhyssa persuasoria
(Ichneumonidae)
Ichneumonid Wasp
Xanthopimpla pedator
(Ichneumonidae)
Falkland Islands 1984Falkland Islands 1984
Ichneumon Wasp
Alophophion occidentalis
(Ichneumonidae)
Ichneumon Wasp
Trachysphyrus penai
(Ichneumonidae)
Turkey 1980Cape Verde 1988Uruguay 1999Rwanda 1973
Parasitic Wasp
Bracon hebetor
(Braconidae)
Parasitic Wasp
Bracon bracon
(Braconidae)
Braconid Wasp
Apanteles sp.
(Braconidae)
Braconid Wasp
Archibracon fasciatus
(Braconidae)


Ichneumon Wasp is the bee which generally carried out the thin body, the body is black from ocher and brown and a black spot are in a wing. The body is thin and the connection part with a chest is very narrow. As for a egg laid pipe, it is common that it is long and is conspicuous. A female attacks the pupa of insects, such as a beetle, a fly, moth, and a bee. Using a long egg laid pipe, eggs are laid to the main surfaces and inside of the body of the Lord of a hotel.

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