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flying insect thingy
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Posted by all_in_ur_head PE7 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 17, 05 at 13:39
| recently whilst sitting in the garden a large (about 2 inches)6 legged flying insect landed on my shoulder.as somebody else shewed it away from my shoulder we decided to catch it to get a closer look.on capture of the insect we could see it had a jet black head and two yellow eyes a red/brown top half and a yellow rear also with a stinger looking thing about an inch long it has 6 bright yellow legs and two yellow antenna's ive never seen anything like it before and cannot find it on the internet anywhere.please help!! |
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RE: flying insect thingy
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| Is it a wood wasp? If so the long stinger looking thing is an ovi-depositor. Try Google pictures. |
RE: flying insect thingy
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| AKA Hornet. Usually harmless. |
RE: flying insect thingy
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No, a hornet is different from a wood wasp, but alot of people think a wood wasp is a hornet.
Do a google.co.uk image search for both. |
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