Life on a Quarter Acre

A Western Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni) oviposited on a dead or dying spruce tree in our yard. Since these wasps are host specific, I suspect it was targeting the larva of the White-Horned Horntail (Urocerus albicornis), which I haven't yet observed in the yard.

Links: Key to Megarhyssa in North America

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