gorgeous long-tailed giant ichneumonid wasp Megarhyssa macrurus spotted outside of my apartment! and she even came close enough for me to get a good photo :) she uses that gargantuan ovipositor to drill into dead wood and lay her eggs inside of pigeon horntail larvae (Tremex columba), another hymenopteran with impressive oviposition hardware
third photo isn’t mine, it’s from bugguide
