Little anecdote #1:
The first time I saw an Ichneumone she landed on my thigh
when I was squatting with my pants and panties on the ankle to do "what you know" in aplastic bag between two big rocks...(#2)

And when I saw this big black wasp on me I really thought it was going to prick me with its huge needle and suck me a liter or two
in soffering and excruciating pain OUFF!
It was in 1994 on Mont Jacques-Cartier in the Gaspésie National Park, the "extreme conservation" park of the Chic-Chocs in Quebec.
That year I had made a request to PCA (Parks Canada Agency) and at the Ministration of naturel resource and Conservation of Fauna and Flora
at québec for an exemption in order to have permission to spend a night in the tower at the top to add to my photo bank sunsets and
sunrises as well as panoramas of this beautiful park, Not to mention the fauna and flora. The permit with a registered letter was
required because, it is strictly forbidden to be on the mountain or in the trails after sunset. And of course it is also forbidden
to pick plants, feed or catch animals and of course to hunt and kill them... OUPSS!

In short. As I hit the insect with a good slap with my hand (to save my life), it did not survive but...
...back home with the monster, I carefully deployed and secured it to keep its shape and put it in a glass box to keep it in good shape.

Little anecdote #2:
Afterwards I contacted the founder of the Montreal Insectarium, Mr. George Brossard, a world-renowned entomologist (unfortunately died in2019)
to show him my stinging devil monster. When he saw my Ichneumone that I thought was huge (4 inches long with needle) he immediately offered me
an exchange with one of his captured in Africa (8 inches long) because he "didn't" or no more have this specimen in his collection.
WOW! ... Can you beleave this? But I refused.
He smiled at me and told me that he too would have refused.
He also told me that he thought I had pinned and presented my insect very well. I confessed to him that to protect my insects I sprayed them
with suede protector because it leaves no trace. We talked around 2 hours.

Mr. Brassard was a very sympathique and kind man.