What kind of wasp species is this?

Question

Location:Virginia

I was sitting on my couch early in the morning when I looked up on my window screen and seen a wasp like creature. I got a picture of it, It is a very long wasp like creature. It looked like 2 wasps at first, but when I looked closer it was all one. It's black and has yellow on the legs, long wings like a wasp, a face like a wasp and a body like a wasp, 3 sections and the body and bottom look to be the size of a normal wasp. It also has a long black singer on the bottom. If anyone can please help me identify it I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

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Answer 1

Learn to ID  it with the help of these sites and even if you do not find what you are looking for you will be able to ID any bug in the future -

http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

http://greennature.com/article1899.html

http://www.einsteins-emporium.com/life/a...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

http://www.insectimages.org/

Answer 2

The long black "stinger" is actually an ovipositor for depositing its eggs.  It might be a mud-dauber wasp.

Answer 3

can you post a foto?  or else, look in google images, put in wasp, maybe large wasp, black, yellow legs, and maybe whatever country you live in.  it's so hard to guess what kind without seeing a foto....

sorry, i just saw that you live in virginia...duh!!

http://images.whatsthatbug.com/images/gi...

these are giant hornets in winchester virginia, dunno if this is your bug or not, i'll keep lookin and edit if i find more!!  fun question, thanks ^_^

i don't know how to add a foto from my camera, some people do it though.  i only know how to attach a link like the one i attached above.