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    Photos Pimpla rufipes

    These are incredibly skittish - always twitching, always flying away as you approach - but occasionally, they do stop and pause for whatever reason giving a chance to snap a few images. They do tend to re-visit the same part of the garden - usually around my variegated laurel. Pimpla rufipes is one of the Ichneumonidae but like many Ichneumon wasps it is badly under recorded.



























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    Default Re: Pimpla rufipes

    Those last two looks like he’s tilting his head like a dog looking at you
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    Default Re: Pimpla rufipes

    Quote Originally Posted by Teajunkie View Post
    Those last two looks like he’s tilting his head like a dog looking at you
    Not quite as nice to stroke though, lol...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo_baggin View Post
    Not quite as nice to stroke though, lol...

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    Do these sting like wasps?
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    Default Re: Pimpla rufipes

    Quote Originally Posted by Teajunkie View Post
    Do these sting like wasps?

    No, they have no stingers. The females have an ovipositor (that's what you can see at the rear end) with which they lay eggs and are completely harmless to humans.

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