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  Ichneumon Wasps - Hymenoptera family Ichneumonidae
Ichneumon wasps are important internal parasites of other insects.
Ovipositors and stingers are analogous structures; some Ichneumons inject venom along with the egg, but they do not use the ovipositor as a stinger, per se.
Ichneumon wasps of both sexes will wander over the surface of logs, tree trunks, and even grass stems tapping with their antennae.
www.cirrusimage.com /hymenoptera_ichneumonidae.htm   (564 words)

  
  The Amazing Ichneumon
Ichneumons are often incorrectly referred to as flies, but they are directly related to wasps and bees.
Ichneumon wasps are economically and environmentally important because their larvae feed on and destroy many insects injurious to humans and plants, especially to food crops.
Ichneumons are important in the control of clinch bugs, boll weevils, codling moths and asparagus beetles, just to name a few.
mdc.mo.gov /conmag/2002/05/30.htm   (1230 words)

  
  Ichneumon Fly - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Ichneumon Fly, common name applied to a large group of parasitic insects, which are not flies but wasps.
Ichneumons are worldwide in distribution and are economically...
The common Egyptian species, the ichneumon, was worshiped by the ancient Egyptians.
encarta.msn.com /Ichneumon_Fly.html   (127 words)

  
  Ichneumon - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Ichneumons are worldwide in distribution and are economically...
The common Egyptian species, the ichneumon, was worshiped by the ancient Egyptians.
Ichneumon Fly, common name applied to a large group of parasitic insects, which are not flies but wasps.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Ichneumon.html   (87 words)

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