Mayfly

Edit:  Mollyblobs has identified this insect as a mayfly (Ephemeroptera).  See her comment below.  It is not an ichneumon wasp as I thought.  Thank you Mollyblobs.

It is similar to the captured one that I blipped a few days ago.  When this one was done posing for me it flew away.  I managed several shots of it, some of which showed up the three-part tail better, and others had more detail in the head. The shiny dome is its right eye, which obscures the other eye and the head.  I chose this one because of the wings, folded together so that they are not so transparent as the other one.

I liked the delicate pleating along the veins.  There is also a small wing visible, which I hadn't noticed on the captured fly.  Once again the body plus head measured about 10mm.  

More detail in large.


Aided by a 10x magnifying filter