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# can anyone tell me what this is?



found it by the window, looks like a half crane fly half wasp
(THE_TRUFFLE_PIG, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:51, archived)
# How big is it?
(I helped save b3ta! Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Mon 8 May 2006, 13:52, archived)
# what is it
bout same size as a crane fly
(THE_TRUFFLE_PIG, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:52, archived)
# Send it here..
whatsthatbug.com/

I'll have to get a pic of the creepy red things that keep appearing in my house, make me shiver they do.. also saw my first humming bees at the weekend. Contender for best insect ever.

EDIT: Here you go..



They's evil, evil I tells ya
(I helped save b3ta! Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Mon 8 May 2006, 14:03, archived)
# bee fly's are ace! I had not seen one until recently.
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:11, archived)
# Agreed, They're also called Humming Bee Hawk Moths.
I stood and stared at it for what must have been minutes.

I saw another one today, but I'm not convinced it wasn't the same one :)
(I helped save b3ta! Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Mon 8 May 2006, 14:20, archived)
# or even
hummingbird hawk moths (Macroglossum stellatarum)

apologies for lepidopedantry

www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3063.shtml
(prostheses, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:45, archived)
# Not a problem, I sit corrected.

and you have more than earned my respect and admiration for the introduction of Lepidopedantry. Best. Made. Up. Word. Ever!
(I helped save b3ta! Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Mon 8 May 2006, 14:51, archived)
# That looks like
some kind of parasitic wasp, possibly a ichneuman (sp?) fly or a sawfly.
(I helped save b3ta! F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed., Mon 8 May 2006, 14:24, archived)
# If you didn't check the filename I offer you a round of applause.

That is indeed what it is, I've been told that they don't sting, but, I know people who have been stung by them so I'm still wary of them. More than anything it's the way they stare at me when I've trapped them in a glass for release outside..

\Doesn't like things with wings that sting..
(I helped save b3ta! Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Mon 8 May 2006, 14:37, archived)
# I was about to ask how you knew that
but evidently you have the Knowledge of the Gods.

Woo to that.
(I helped save b3ta! Albert the Mildly Deranged purveyors of nothing much since a year or two ago, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:39, archived)
# A
threadwaste?
(I helped save b3ta! routine has perfected burgers, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:52, archived)
# it's a porridge skater
in it's natural habitat
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:52, archived)
# polystyrene
duh!
(Ronnie Spleen MMMMNEURRGH I AM A GAY SPAZ AND I LOVE IT UP MY BU, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:52, archived)
# Oooh, ooh, ooh... I know.
There is a website about them here
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:53, archived)
# HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:56, archived)
# crane fly
or daddy-long-legs
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:53, archived)
# ^This
a crane fly. Diptera: Tipulidae (sorry don't know genus or species).

Daddy long legs are spiders (Opiliones), but common names vary by region. Here in the US South, people call crane flies "mosquito eaters" even though they don't eat mosquitos.
(I helped save b3ta! setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:01, archived)
# In the UK
we call crane flies daddy-long-legs. It's a shame they don't eat mosquitos, the useless fuckers.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:05, archived)
# I went to the rainforst yesterday
and the humble guppy was sent from the Amazon to India as they eat shed-loads of mosquito larvae! \o/


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:08, archived)
# it's a 'wtf.jpg'
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:53, archived)
# It looks like...
...a Water Boatman, nasty bastards them things...
(starbucks 'just wrong' since 1975, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:53, archived)
# not so sure
(pdjpdj, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:56, archived)
# ah fucksocks...
...you're right I meant a pond skater.
I'd not make a very good David Bellamy!
(starbucks 'just wrong' since 1975, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:03, archived)
# Do you want pictures of people bums with random items between the cheeks?

Or have I confused myself here?
(I helped save b3ta! Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Mon 8 May 2006, 14:27, archived)
# it's a pond skater
(pdjpdj, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:54, archived)
# Is is a nonsense?
Try and milk it.....
(I helped save b3ta! wefbhweiufhweiu party, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:55, archived)
# What does it smell like?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:56, archived)
# duh
(I helped save b3ta! Grampa, Mon 8 May 2006, 13:58, archived)
# beautiful
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:02, archived)
# it's a
nit
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:00, archived)
# This should help



(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:01, archived)
# pffft
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Mon 8 May 2006, 14:07, archived)