Do you know the species of that ichneumon?

[pilonm]

Hello,

I got a lot of those ichneumons flying continuously around my cedars in Sherbrooke, Quebec (near the Vermont borders). Is it possible to know its species? First I thought it was Megarhyssa atrata lineata but I'm really not sure when you look at the reddish abdomen, the colors of the legs and of the head. Any idea???

Here are links to the pictures:

http://parcours.pilonm.org/pictures/inconnu20.jpg
http://parcours.pilonm.org/pictures/inconnu21.jpg
http://parcours.pilonm.org/pictures/inconnu22.jpg
http://parcours.pilonm.org/pictures/inconnu23.jpg
http://parcours.pilonm.org/pictures/inconnu24.jpg
http://parcours.pilonm.org/pictures/inconnu25.jpg

Thank you very much for your help!

Michel Pilon
Sherbrooke Quebec (Canada)
http://parcours.pilonm.org

[John Apple]

My guess would be???????...the only problem I have is that I can not see the ovispositor in the pics making me think it is a sawfly sp.
Time to break out the books :rolleyes: :cool:

[pilonm]

Hello John,

I think you are right! This is not an ichneumon and they are all female I think. Anybody has an idea about the family?

Thank you in advance,

Michel