Eeeek giant wasps!

[ColinJ]

[QUOTE 4502870, member: 9609"]what was this, in my garden, it was huge, that is the top of a 4" board it is sat on.

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Gotcha! Female Giant Wood Wasp aka Urocerus Gigas - not a wasp, but a sawfly. Damn spectacular insect!

Aha - that's the same type of insect that I saw in Scotland a month ago!