BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Greater Horntail Wasp)
| Date: | 16 July 2007 |
| Location: | Cardigan, Wales |
| State: | Female imago |
| Record Summary: | Female, in flight |
| Identification Notes: | We spotted it flying around while we were eating lunch, caught it in a net, transferred to a tube where it waited in the shade until we'd finished lunch. I let it go on a fallen branch, hoping (but not expecting) it'd stay put for a few seconds to get a photograph. To our surprise it walked around for a minute or so, then started ovipositing in the branch. |
| Photo Summary: | Female, close-ups and ovipositing in fallen conifer wood |
Images etc
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Female - at rest - dorsal view - close-up | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Female - at rest - dorsal view | 500 by 286 pixels | ||
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Female - at rest - dorsal view | 500 by 285 pixels | ||
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Female - at rest - latero-dorsal view | 500 by 310 pixels | ||
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Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - enlarged | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Female - ovipositing - lateral view - close-up | 500 by 362 pixels | ||
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Female - ovipositing - lateral view | 500 by 340 pixels | ||
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Female - ovipositing - lateral view | 500 by 331 pixels | ||
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Female - ovipositing - lateral view | 500 by 295 pixels | ||
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Female - ovipositing - lateral view | 500 by 259 pixels | ||
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Female - ovipositor sheath - dorsal view - enlarged | 500 by 356 pixels | ||
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Female - ovipositor sheath and ovipositor - dorsal view - enlarged | 319 by 500 pixels |
