American Pelecinid in Canada

Subject :  Alien Bug
Geographic location of the bug:  Ottawa
Date: 08/09/2021
Time: 09:08 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Looks out of this world!
Scary too!
Can anyone identify?
About 2″ long I think
thx 🙂
How you want your letter signed:  UFO’s are real 😉

American Pelecinid

This is an American Pelecinid, a species of parasitic wasp that preys upon the larvae of June Beetles.  The female American Pelecinid inserts her long abdomen into the dirt when she locates a Scarab Beetle grub feeding underground.  The Wasp eggs hatches and the larval Wasp feeds on the Beetle grub.

American Pelecinid

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