insect id?

[LilyPad]

I was thinking the pic was not so great also. Someone suggested a sawfly (ironically it landed next to our saw hahaha) Thanks for the advice

[JeffreH]

It isn't a sawfly (close, but not quite) - but a female parasitic wasp ('Parasitica') who might be searching for an oviposition site. Probably in the family Ichneumonidae.

About how large was it? And where was it found, specifically? As in, is that bark that it is on? And if so, what tree species? It is not uncommon for Ichneumonids and related species to bore through wood to find hosts.

She's beautiful, by the way! =)