Giant Ichneumon Wasp video

Giant Long-Tailed Ichneumon Wasp is a parasitoid wasp that lives in close association to its host and later kills it. In this case, the wasp uses its ovipositor to lay its eggs into a hole previously drilled into a tree by the Pigeon tremex horntail (wood wasp). It would be cool to actually see the Ichneumon Wasp actually laying eggs. As for what the wasp is doing here with its ovipositor, we don't know. There are two outer sheaths that protect the ovipositor between them, and maybe she is making sure all parts are properly in place.