Giant Ichneumons tend to live in wooded areas and throughout all of North America, though they do stay away from the arid and hot desert regions and scarcely treed central plains. Ichneumon adults do not eat at all. Larvae are parasites of Pigeon Horntail larvae, another type of wasp that deposits eggs in wood.

Can ichneumon wasps sting you?

And while most ichneumon species do not sting, some do, although they do not inject venom like a bee or wasp does. ... Like many of these wasp species, the giant ichneumon wasp depends on one particular insect species for laying their eggs.

Are ichneumon wasps aggressive?

Some are banded like stinging wasps but differentiated by their long, slim body shape and non-aggressive behavior. Ichneumon wasps' wings may range in color from brown to blue.