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I keep coming across these huge mutant wasp type creatures in my garden, or should I say may cat does, she loves to swat and eat them.
I was wondering if anyone knew what they were, they are black and yellow and are around 2-3 inches long including the very long pointy stinger on their tail. There actually seems to be 3 spiky bits coming off the back of them.
Ideally this needs a photo, but havnt managed to MTFU to get close enough to one of them yet!
Could it have been a Hornet;
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Giant Wood Wasp [i]Urocerus gigas[/i]
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some sort of wood wasp, big spikey thing could be the ovipositor
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Ichneumon Fly?
I thought that at first, but its bigger and the stinger/barb coming off the back of it is probably the same size as its body, along with 2 other smaller pointy bits. I have a really bad photo from my phone which I will try and upload.
I too have a really 'bad' photograph on my phone, in fact I have several.....
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I think it is maybe a Ichneumon Fly
looks a bit like [url= http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ray.hamblett1/nature/natimages/insects/flies/ichneum9398.jp g" target="_blank">
So if it is, does it sting, and should I let my cat eat them?
[url= http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=35471601 ]Pet Wasp[/url]
Some type of tree wasp, theres lots of varieties.
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GIANT WOOD WASP!! makes sense as we have a huge wood at the back of our garden!!!
So, is it dangerous?
Not dangerous - when I used to fell trees for a living at lunch time with resin soaked chainsaw trousers often the dosey sods would try boring into my leg with their ovipositor. More alarming than frightening/dangerous
As long as they don't think your a tree then you're fine!
Had a hornet in the kitchen the other, exactly the same as the first pic. Scary looking things 😀 if they were any bigger id be shit scared of em.
They use the ovipositor to lay eggs in your brain while you sleep. Other than that they are harmless 😀
I found a Hornet's nest in the shed once, complete with a circle of grubs squirming away. The parent performed a funky breakdance routine to scare me away which was er, weird!!!
Fascinating and terrifying at the same time 😐
actual ovipositors = fine (unless you're a caterpillar)
modified ovipositors = stinging hurtiness
That's nothing, look at what I found...
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Ahh, the Namibian Elephant Hornet, noted particularly for the high-pitched trumpeting noise it makes as it attacks.