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This beast...?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:19 pm
by NickB
This large wasp(?) landed nearby at the weekend...
Any ideas...?
![Bug_1_low_MRC_08_08_2010.jpg (331.48 KiB) Viewed 271 times male Giant Wood Wasp (Urocerus gigas)](./files/thumb_1151_dbb569ab667ad9d77dfc226796ba4afb)
- male Giant Wood Wasp (Urocerus gigas)
![Bug_2_low_MRC_08_08_2010.jpg (335.84 KiB) Viewed 271 times male Giant Wood Wasp (Urocerus gigas)](./files/thumb_1151_97b2690a41672efacc20c78088eea63a)
- male Giant Wood Wasp (Urocerus gigas)
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Re: This beast...?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:29 pm
by Catteraxe
Maybe a type of Sphecid wasp, or an Ichneumon?
Re: This beast...?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:32 pm
by NickB
...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
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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...
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Re: This beast...?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:19 pm
by Lee Hurrell
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
Re: This beast...?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:28 pm
by millerd
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
Re: This beast...?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:30 pm
by Lee Hurrell
And I've never seen a Giant Wood Wasp either....
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Re: This beast...?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:34 pm
by NickB
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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