Wasp? ID

[cwd500]

And idea what this thing is? Body was a couple inches long and stinger thing is about 6" long.

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[flywise]

Never seen one of those but can say that’s not his stinger.
I believe that’s a sex organ

[Rubberdown]

Murder. Hornet. Seriously I don’t know. Wasps and hornets all look the same to me. I spot one, I start batting the air and running I circles to get away. My wife thinks it’s funny as heck.

[Hammerhead]

Looks like a “refueling line”

[Hammerhead]

This it?

http://www.knowyourinsects.org/Hymenoptera1.html

[Draco]

Good going Hammerhead.

[camoclad]

Crap! Now the Chinese are releasing demon insects!

[dustoffer]

Ichneumon wasp or something spelled like that

[lovemylegacy]

Ichneumon wasp or something spelled like that

this

[bakin7005]

Hammerhead got it. What does he win?

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[4dog]

ATTABOY!!!!!.....hammerhead!

[ATI]

I remember these from when I was a young boy back in the Middle East. Don't know the name, I do remember that they're harmless.

[Pope]

Never seen one of those but can say that’s not his stinger.
I believe that’s a sex organ

It is. That is an ovipositor. Ovi=egg and positor=deposits. You probably noticed these on female crickets as a kid. This species likely deposits eggs in some out of the way location.

[Cory.Shumate]

It is. That is an ovipositor. Ovi=egg and positor=deposits. You probably noticed these on female crickets as a kid. This species likely deposits eggs in some out of the way location.

I believe posterior = rearward. Opposite of anterior.