Huge black and orange insect

KittyColdNose

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Huge black and orange insect

04-09-2014, 04:46 PM

Holy moly!! Can anyone identify this scary beastie please? It was flying around in work today and the only way to get it out was to sway it. Fly & wasp spray (which I hate) didn't do a thing.

Size wise, it's about an inch and a half including the sting/tail.

*Update. It looks like it's a female Ichneumon Wasp with a tail, not a sting. Mostly harmless I believe but it certainly gave my colleague the heebies
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04-09-2014, 05:22 PM

Got me curios,it could be a sirex wood wasp,sounds a bad thing

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04-09-2014, 05:32 PM

I thought it could be a sirex wood wasp too but am not sure. It looks more like the Ichneumon but I could be wrong.

When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
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