Help! Bug from Hell on porch screen! What is it???

[Analog]

The stingers are over 3" long and there are three of them!D:

 

[fixxor]

Holy... I don't know what they are but shouldn't they be dead by now anyways? :twisted:

 

[moshquerade]

looks like some horny bee was messing with a grasshopper

and here i thought the bug i saw last night on my screen door that looked like a slightly opened pea pod with one pea in it was odd.

you won.

 

[nsafreak]

Killing that with fire isn't going to be enough. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[IronWing]

Ichneumon Wasp

The "tail" is the ovipositor.

 

[Analog]

Ichneumon Wasp

The "tail" is the ovipositor.

What tail - you mean the stinger?

 

[IronWing]

What tail - you mean the stinger?

It's not a stinger, it is an ovipositor. It is used to lay eggs inside stuff, like its victim's skull.

Ichneumon wasp species are highly diverse, ranging from 3 millimetres (0.12 in) to 130 mm (5.1 in) long. Most are slender, with the females of many species (particularly in the genus Megarhyssa) having an extremely long ovipositor for laying eggs. The female finds a host and lays an egg on, near, or inside the host's body.

 

[Nebor]

It's not a stinger, it is an ovipositor. It is used to lay eggs inside stuff, like its victim's skull.

So it's stinger is full of baby wasps?!

 

[PieIsAwesome]

"Upon sensing the vibrations emitted by a wood-boring host, the female wasp will drill her ovipositor into the substrate until it reaches the cavity wherein lies the host. She then injects an egg through the hollow tube into the body cavity. There the egg will hatch and the resulting larva will devour its host before emergence"

"How a female is able to drill with her ovipositor into solid wood is still somewhat of a mystery to science, though it has been found that there is metal (ionized manganese or zinc) in the extreme tip of some species' ovipositors."

". . . the high metal concentrations are not limited to the female's ovipositor as the mandibles of the adult are also hardened with metals and it uses these to chew itself out of the wood."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Dolichomitus_imperator_Oviposition_R_Bartz.jpg


Kill it before its too late.

 

[IronWing]

The ovipositor is coated with an anesthetizing compound. Human hosts may not realize that anything has laid eggs inside them until hatching. The only external symptom of implantation is a mosquito bite like reddening and swelling in the area of implantation.

Okay, I just made that part up.

 

[Analog]

Okay, so I sprayed it with wasp killer and it keeled over. Here it is in my hand and you can see those three "tails" (not stingers I've been corrected!). Pretty awesome piece of insect - no?

 

[IronWing]

Okay, so I sprayed it with wasp killer and it keeled over. Here it is in my hand and you can see those three "tails" (not stingers I've been corrected!). Pretty awesome piece of insect - no?

Wasp killer is dermal-sorptive. Your hand is going to be impotent.

 

[Analog]

Wasp killer is dermal-sorptive. Your hand is going to be impotent.

Good, so I won't go blind then... :awe:

 

[JPS35]

Now we have to nuke you because you touched it! For Pete's Sake, haven't we learned from Aliens, Zombie flicks, and The Blob that once you confirm it is dead, YOU DON"T TOUCH IT!!!!

 

[ThatsABigOne]

It's not a stinger, it is an ovipositor. It is used to lay eggs inside stuff, like its victim's skull.

Wow, thanks for the info. When I will see this bug next time, I will nuke it from the orbit.

 

[davmat787]

"Upon sensing the vibrations emitted by a wood-boring host, the female wasp will drill her ovipositor into the substrate until it reaches the cavity wherein lies the host. She then injects an egg through the hollow tube into the body cavity. There the egg will hatch and the resulting larva will devour its host before emergence"

"How a female is able to drill with her ovipositor into solid wood is still somewhat of a mystery to science, though it has been found that there is metal (ionized manganese or zinc) in the extreme tip of some species' ovipositors."

". . . the high metal concentrations are not limited to the female's ovipositor as the mandibles of the adult are also hardened with metals and it uses these to chew itself out of the wood."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Dolichomitus_imperator_Oviposition_R_Bartz.jpg


Kill it before its too late.

What a fascinating insect. The fact that metals end up in the tip of ovipositor to aid in drilling is quite the adaptation. Thanks for the info.

OP, what state are you in where this insect was found?

 

[SilverThief]

Damn, thats one hung wasp. I'm pretty sure you just killed the re-incarnation of John Holmes.

 

[Nebor]

What a fascinating insect. The fact that metals end up in the tip of ovipositor to aid in drilling is quite the adaptation. Thanks for the info.

OP, what state are you in where this insect was found?

So giant versions of these things could penetrate even our best armored fighting vehicles and insert baby giant wasps? We're boned.

 

[L00PY]

Okay, so I sprayed it with wasp killer and it keeled over. Here it is in my hand and you can see those three "tails" (not stingers I've been corrected!). Pretty awesome piece of insect - no?[/IMG]

Congratulations! You killed something that consumes just water and nectar as an adult! Hang onto that wasp killer as there may be some butterflies lurking around the corner!

 

[zinfamous]

doesn't look like a stinger to me. ovipositer (to lay eggs)?

 

[zinfamous]

Ichneumon Wasp

The "tail" is the ovipositor.

looks like I'm Ironwing's echo.

 

[marmasatt]

I live in RI and my sandbox is essentially above a Cicada's nest. Two years in a row now. Well guess what lives by Cicadas? Yes, we've got inch and a half Cicada Killer Wasps flying around. http://www.google.com/search?q=cicada+killer&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=610&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ZJlaTsPEIqPZ0QHj5cWUCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQsAQ

 

[davmat787]

So giant versions of these things could penetrate even our best armored fighting vehicles and insert baby giant wasps? We're boned.

Apparently so. If the terrorists ever get hold of this technology, we are really screwed.

 

[silverpig]

Born with braces? I hope they have a good dental plan.

 

[Red Squirrel]

You need to grind it up with americium 241, put the mixture in a pressure cooker at the highest setting it goes for 3 days, then nuke it from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.