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Ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae), Skidmore North Woods, Saratoga, NY, June 2023

• Distinctive colors - yellow, red/rust, and dark/black - not quite matching anything else I can find on iNaturalist.
• Antennae dark, very long, almost as long as body, head to tip of abdomen. Antennae insertion high on the face.
• Face is yellow. Smooth texture with some pubescence, especially at the base.
• Around the eyes is yellow, except for red/rust above and behind the eyes, about 1/4 of the circumference, e.g.: 12 to 3 o'clock on a clock face.
• Top of head, with three ocelli, is black, rougher in texture than the face. Seems to be depressed relative to the antennal ridge and eyes, like it's wearing a mask.
• Thorax is mostly red/rust. Some dark/black markings.
• Fore and mid legs roughly equal in length. Both are yellow, with some darkening toward the tip of the tarsi, especially on the mid legs.
• Hind legs are much longer, more than double the length of the others. Trochanter and femora dark. Tibia dark red fading to dark/black. Metatarsi brighter yellow in middle, fading to darker red at both ends. Tarsi are dark.
• Wings appear clear, unmarked, no stigma. Wing attachment points appear to be yellow.
• Thorax is "pinched", becoming conical toward the petiole of the abdomen.
• Petiole dark, thin, rising upward to a gentle bend before leveling out. * Abdomen gently tapers wider to the end. Mostly light red/orange in color.