Did you find an unusual looking insect in your yard or house? Maybe we can help you identify it. You can email our EGSA outreach coordinator Jamie Zahniser (zahniser@uiuc.edu) with your questions, and he'll try to get you some answers.

Information to include in your email:

• where did you find it and when
  
  
• what does it look like (be as detailed as possible or attach a photograph)
  
  
• how big is it?
  
  
• where do you live?

We get a lot of questions about this giant ichneumonid wasp (Megarhyssa sp.) This female will use her long
ovipositor to drill into wood and lay eggs on her host: siricid wood wasp larvae (Tremex spp.) She is incapable
of stinging you with that long ovipositor.