I was sitting at my desk yesterday and something big buzzed by my head. I lost track of it until later when I was in the bathroom and happened to raise my eyes to the top of the door. Not a great position to be in when one discovers that something very large and spiky is sitting there watching you. (At least I wasn't asleep this time?)
So last night's google search was for "insects with a long spike coming out of the back".
Turned out to be a female
ichneumon wasp. Harmless to humans, lethal to ash borer larvae. We caught her and put her outside.
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