This large wasp(?) landed nearby at the weekend...
Any ideas...?
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This beast...?
This beast...?
Last edited by NickB on Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: This beast...?
Maybe a type of Sphecid wasp, or an Ichneumon?
Re: This beast...?
...h'mmm I just don't know! It could equally be a mimic longhorn beetle or something like a wood-wasp, or some equally bizarre fly, for all I can find
Edit: I would post on the British Wasps Bees and Ants website - if I didn't have to register for Yahoo to do that
I DON'T WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF YAHOO JUST TO JOIN A FORUM OR POST A PIC .........
Unlike UKB, which is simple and does not involve joining up for anything else...
Edit: I would post on the British Wasps Bees and Ants website - if I didn't have to register for Yahoo to do that
I DON'T WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF YAHOO JUST TO JOIN A FORUM OR POST A PIC .........
Unlike UKB, which is simple and does not involve joining up for anything else...
"Conservation starts in small places, close to home..."
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Re: This beast...?
Hi Nick,
Now you've said beetle...I can't see a wasp in there at all. I've never seen a wasp with legs or antennae like that.... but I know that doesn't help much!
Cheers
Lee
Now you've said beetle...I can't see a wasp in there at all. I've never seen a wasp with legs or antennae like that.... but I know that doesn't help much!
Cheers
Lee
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.
Re: This beast...?
My little "Oxford Book of Insects" has a picture of something like this - a male Giant Wood Wasp (Urocerus gigas). Otherwise known as the Giant Horntail, as the female has a startling-looking ovipositor. A quick scan of the internet supports this idea somewhat.
Dave
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Re: This beast...?
And I've never seen a Giant Wood Wasp either....
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Re: This beast...?
Neither had I! Thanks millerd - male Giant Wood Wasp (Urocerus gigas)
I saw a picture or two of the female - but not of the male!
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I saw a picture or two of the female - but not of the male!
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