Mark McCaughrean on Nostr: And returning to today, I only caught a brief & distant glimpse of this ichneumon ...

And returning to today, I only caught a brief & distant glimpse of this ichneumon wasp. When it flew off, it flashed a bright yellow abdomen.

My best guess based on the patterns is a yellow-striped Darwin wasp, Ichneumon xanthorius.

I saw one a few weeks ago, but its abdomen indeed had multiple yellow & black stripes.

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