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THIS IS HOW BIG SHE WAS
I went back and took pics of a ruler next to the tree she was on; the angle & distance aren't perfect but you can get an IDEA of her size
#norton's giant ichneumon wasp#giant ichneumon wasp#ichneumon#ichneumonidae#ichneumon wasp#wasp#hymenoptera#insect#bug#big wasp#big bug#personal#friend shaped
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I FOUND MY NEW BEST FRIEND AT WORK TODAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I think she's this bitch
#she is genuinely the fucking BIGGEST wasp i have EVER seen in person in my FUCKING LIFE#and she is SO SO SO SO SO PRETTY LOOK AT HER COLORS????????? THAT LONG OVIPOSITOR????????#SHE'S AS LONG AS MY FOOT. LONGER THAN MY HAND. I LOVE HER SO SO SO SO MUCH#I FUCKING GASPED SO LOUD WHEN I SAW HER#she did not want to be picked up and she flew away when i tried. i was being VERY gentle so she pretty easily escaped my grasp.#but I LOVE HERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR#giant ichneumon wasp#norton's giant ichneumon wasp#ichneumonidae#ichneumon wasp#wasp#hymenoptera#insect#bug#big wasp#big big#personal#friend shaped#also idk if she was asleep or just super docile but she let me take a BUNCH of pictures RIGHT next to her and didn't even flinch...#...when i moved to pick her up. she only had an issue after i plucked her off the tree and then she wriggled out and flew off#which like. fair. i just wanted a picture of her on my hand for size reference but i should've just put my hand next to her and taken a...#...pic while she was chilling.#oh i just looked at the size ref in that link and my GOD she was WAY bigger than that but i didn't get a good size pic 😭#maybe i'll go put a ruler on that tree and take a pic of the part of the tree where she was standing so you can see how fucking BIG she was#like. without her ovipositor she was fucking HUGE. i am in LOVE with her and i want to see her every fucking day#hmmmmmmmmm wikipedia also says she's supposed to be smaller? maybe she's a different one. she was HUGE.#like when she flew past my face i didn't have a CLUE what th#*what had flitted past me. NO CLUE. it took a second for my eyes to adjust and then my jaw hit the fucking ground.#i gotta go take a pic of that tree with a ruler she was fucking ENORMOUS#like. i CANNOT emphasize enough how big she was. i love her. i lover her so so so so so so so so so much.
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