Summary description from Wikipedia:

Megarhyssa nortoni in languages:

English

Giant Sirex Parasitoid Wasp

English

Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp

English

Norton's Giant Ichneumon

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Parent Taxon

• Megarhyssa

Sibling Taxa

• Megarhyssa arisana
• Megarhyssa atomistica
• Megarhyssa atrata
• Megarhyssa aurantia
• Megarhyssa babaulti
• Megarhyssa belluliflava
• Megarhyssa bicolor
• Megarhyssa bonbonsana
• Megarhyssa cultrimacularis
• Megarhyssa fulvipennis
• Megarhyssa gloriosa
• Megarhyssa greenei
• Megarhyssa hainanensis
• Megarhyssa indica
• Megarhyssa insulana
• Megarhyssa jezoensis
• Megarhyssa laniaria
• Megarhyssa lenticula
• Megarhyssa longitubula
• Megarhyssa macrurus
• Megarhyssa middenensis
• Megarhyssa mirabilis
• Megarhyssa nortoni
• Megarhyssa obtusa
• Megarhyssa perlata
• Megarhyssa praecellens
• Megarhyssa rixator
• Megarhyssa rotundamacula
• Megarhyssa strimacula
• Megarhyssa superba
• Megarhyssa taiwana
• Megarhyssa vagatoria
• Megarhyssa verae
• Megarhyssa weixiensis
• Megarhyssa wugongensis

Child Taxa

• Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni
• Megarhyssa nortoni quebecensis

Top Observation Places

• Wellington
• Dunedin