Big A$$ hornet pictures

[Nesikep]

I have no idea what kind of wasp or hornet this is, I found it clinging to some grass underneath the irrigation line half drowned to death... I've never seen one before... I include a pic of it on my thumb for size reference... it was about 1 1/4 long and the same in width
For those of you who don't like bugs... click back now...

 

[1982vett]

Looks like just a little ole bumble bee..... ;-)

 

[skyhightree1]

I just know I wouldn't want to get stung by it.

 

[Jogeephus]

That's what I call a Japanese Hornet.

 

[Nesikep]

That thing is huge.. very different though

 

[ga.prime]

Looks like a Cicada Killer.

 

[CKC1586]

Very very "buggie" around here. Been a very wet Spring. Never seen so many hornets and wasps, trying to nest everywhere!

 

[inyati13]

It is not a wasp or hornet but you are in the right Order, Hymenoptera which means membrane wings. Let's not go there but think of the hymen membrane. Words have the same derivation. The club shaped antenna are not characteristic of wasps or hornets. It is a sawfly which is not a fly at all. If you want to confirm. Google Elm Sawfly and go to images. You will see your fellow on that yellow flower.

I had about 21 college credits in Entomology. At one time, I knew them on sight but actually had to get one of my old texts books (1971) to figure this one out. BTW, the one you have in that area may not be an Elm Sawfly but I am 95% sure it is one of the species of sawflies.

I was born about 10,000 years ago,
And there is nothing in this world I do not know. ;-)

PS W/O the great pictures, I could not have done it.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

The one Nes is holding has more yellow on it than the ones I found when I Googled Elm Sawfly.

Hoe do you account for that oh Ancient One?

 

[inyati13]

The one Nes is holding has more yellow on it than the ones I found when I Googled Elm Sawfly.

Hoe do you account for that oh Ancient One?

Harken, I hear a voice. I am awaken from my slumber. Yes, my friend the penguin, that is why I said the species in BC may not be the Elm Sawfly. But it is certainly the same genera but maybe a local species. Now, away with you, I must return to my slumber. Some one of my stature requires rest.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Lol! In other words "Paw Paw needs a nap".

 

[inyati13]

The one Nes is holding has more yellow on it than the ones I found when I Googled Elm Sawfly.

Hoe do you account for that oh Ancient One?

Look at the fourth one over in the second row down, picture shows the sawfly on a yellow flower. Almost identical in distribution of yellow.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Yes it does.

Looking at the map of their range it would appear that the Elm Sawfly is indeed what our friend in Canada is holding.

Case closed.

 

[inyati13]

Yes it does.

Looking at the map of their range it would appear that the Elm Sawfly is indeed what our friend in Canada is holding.

Case closed.

Now can I take a nap. Hey I need it. Been up since 4 am. Out to the farm and back. Give me a break, penguin.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Good work today Professor.

 

[Richardin52]

I include a pic of it on my thumb for size reference...

Looks like a dirty bugger, and the bee looks mean too :lol:

 

[greybeard]

Ugliest critter I have seen lately is a mature male Dobson fly. I don't have a pic handy, but the pincer looking things have a unique purpose in it's life--short tho it may be. Found several on our screens earlier this year, as well as a few females.

http://www.realmonstrosities.com/2011/01/dobsonfly.html

 

[inyati13]

Ugliest critter I have seen lately is a mature male Dobson fly. I don't have a pic handy, but the pincer looking things have a unique purpose in it's life--short tho it may be. Found several on our screens earlier this year, as well as a few females.

http://www.realmonstrosities.com/2011/01/dobsonfly.html

Greybeard, they were once abundant in the Licking River which happens to be only a mile from the family farm. When we went to the river to fish, we caught hellgrammites (larva of the Dobsonfly). Yes, ugly critter. They have smaller jaws but still can bite. You put your hook under the collar and float them through a riffle. They are almost gone now.

 

[greybeard]

Almost gone cuz you and others stuck so many on a hook. Plenty of em around the edges of my pond.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

That's what I call a Japanese Hornet.

looks like it, thank God' their not as aggressive as they look..they live in the ground.. aint seen any the last year are so