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didyw · August 2021

Lots of hoverflies and bees on the achillea but I don't recognise this insect. Can anyone help?

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mikeymustard · August 2021

some sort of ichneumon wasp I'd guess. @wild edges is your expert on these things

bertrand-mabel · August 2021

Great identification from here

https://www.naturespot.org.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/british-ichneumonid-wasps-id-guide.pdf

didyw · August 2021

Hmm. The long ovipositor - if that's what it is - seems to be coming from the middle of its back rather than its behind and then splits into two. And it doesn't have orange legs. But am happy to think it is some kind of ichneumon wasp. There were more in the garden today.

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