Giant Warrior Wasp discovered

[jupiter57]

Next week on Two and a Half Inch Wasps, Charlie messes with the wrong Queen Bee...

"When he brags about the time he & his buddies had a "Gang Stang" with her"!

 

[trmiv]

That's pretty nasty looking. The other night we had this thing below fly into the house. Finally got it outside and snapped the pics. I guess it's a Cicada Killer wasp.

 

[spidey07]

That's pretty nasty looking. The other night we had this thing below fly into the house. Finally got it outside and snapped the pics. I guess it's a Cicada Killer wasp.

That it be. Cool bug. If it's around there's a nest somewhere. Good thing they are solitary though.

I find it amazing how many different wasps there are, each with their own role and prey/food. Take the fig wasp for example. Or the tiny ones I was happy to see it's larva on a hornworm during a battle years ago. I checked in on that worm from time to time telling him "yes, yes, you are food for the precious, feed them, yes"

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-04_braconid_wasp_on_hornworm.htm

 

[AstroManLuca]

The problem with killing it with fire is you go from having a swarm of giant hornets attacking you to having a swarm of giant hornets on fire attacking you.

 

[bfdd]

i bet they taste delicious.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

The new species, dubbed a "warrior wasp" due to its huge ninja-like mandibles...

Those mandibles look nothing like a ninja's... Science fail.

 

[KidNiki1]

that thing is ridiculous!

made me think of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKOGvw2TwQU&feature=related

 

[911paramedic]

 

[vital]

I'd like to see how well it'd do against other bugs in http://www.gladiatorbugs.com/

 

[mrblotto]

why does it say 'edited tomorrow at .......'?

http://gallery.clan-tlb.com/data/560/medium/que_-_Copy.bmp

 

[911paramedic]

why does it say 'edited tomorrow at .......'?

Got another one! :thumbsup:

 

[mrblotto]

oh you! *shakes fists*

good one!

 

[NeoV]

my money is on those hornets in Japan - those things are badass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54exo8JTUs

 

[HomerSapien]

Im glad tarantula hawks are native in my area. I actually had two in our sunflowers in the backyard. They supposedly have the second most painful sting for an insect. I didnt want around to find out as I ran away from it as fast as it flew away from me.

Damn big bugs are just creepy.


I did watch a male black widow drag a worm up the window ledge today. That was cool.

 

[Zeze]

my money is on those hornets in Japan - those things are badass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54exo8JTUs

WTF, that fucking wasp owned a full blown PRAYING MANTIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ENFVZhfjp8

 

[CraigRT]

This

 

[jhansman]

I'm grateful for wasps-were it not for them, we'd be up to our asses in spiders. Still, a nest of those things could probably take over a small town.

 

[BladeVenom]

That's pretty nasty looking. The other night we had this thing below fly into the house. Finally got it outside and snapped the pics. I guess it's a Cicada Killer wasp.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/trmiv/wasp1.JPG

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/trmiv/wasp2.JPG

Cicada Killers can get 2 inches long, and they are probably heavier.

 

[Udgnim]

thread got me curious about big bugs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=2S5wN0ttTnU

it actually kind of looks friendly instead of scary as fuck

 

[Lithium381]

thread got me curious about big bugs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=2S5wN0ttTnU

it actually kind of looks friendly instead of scary as fuck

my aunt brought me back a dead one of those in a display case from i think singapore when i was little..... may still have it somehwere!

 

[BUTCH1]

I'd like to see how well it'd do against other bugs in http://www.gladiatorbugs.com/

Nice link! enjoyed watching the battles!..