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

[BabaBooey]

Deep fry that bitch,looks yummy....:thumbsup:

But ya can't eat just one....

 

[Murloc]

lol what need was there to kill it, they don't sting apparently...

Animals with metallic parts, that's quite intriguing.

Wasps are the insect I hate the most.

 

[Analog]

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?

Middle of Michigan.

 

[KoolAidKid]

I had one of these come into my garage while i was working on the car last summer... Sounded like an RC helicopter.

 

[dr150]

This is known known to inject sulfuric acid into your eyesocket.

I had one of these come into my garage while i was working on the car last summer... Sounded like an RC helicopter.

 

[Iron Woode]

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

Ichneumon Wasps needs braces!

 

[uclaLabrat]

lol what need was there to kill it, they don't sting apparently...

Animals with metallic parts, that's quite intriguing.

Wasps are the insect I hate the most.

In all fairness, it's not like it has a metal tip in that thing, it just has a metal salt incorporated into the protein...kinda like the stuff floating in your blood right now

 

[iGas]

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?

I don't know why you have the need to kill it. It is a good bug, one that is use to control pests.

 

[blinblue]

One more reason never to leave the house

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

That's not a bug, this is bug.

 

[busydude]

Wasps are the insect I hate the most.

That distinction belongs to Mosquitoes, roaches and bed bugs.

 

[iGas]

That's not a bug, this is bug.

I thought that the largest centipede and millipede are around a foot long. Not that insane size.

I have seen centipede and millipede that are around 12" long and the body is about as thick as an adult thumb during a flood at my grand parents farm.

So far the largest Beetle that I have seen was around 4" long but the pic be low take the cake for giant beetle.

 

[fantolay]

Crazy looking

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

So far the largest Beetle that I have seen was around 4" long but the pic be low take the cake for giant beetle.

Well sure, if you're hung up on reality.

 

[AMCRambler]

That's a Japanese Anus Wasp. You spray em with insecticide and they play dead, then when you pick them up they burrow into your ass. Its a little painful but the worst part is the buzzy farts.

 

[Alone]

God damn it, I hate bugs.

 

[CZroe]

I'm known the word "Ovipositor" for about 24 of my 30 years on this planet and never would have described that as a "stinger."

 

[Loop2kil]

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Your username is the nickname of my nickname... I think my copyrights cover that one too...just sayin'

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I'm known the word "Ovipositor" for about 24 of my 30 years on this planet and never would have described that as a "stinger."

I didn't know that word until reading this thread.

 

[qliveur]

I had one of these come into my garage while i was working on the car last summer... Sounded like an RC helicopter.

Tarantula hawk?

They're supposed to have one of the most painful insect stings.

 

[eLiu]

Tarantula hawk?

They're supposed to have one of the most painful insect stings.

Jesus christ. Tarantula hawks are "spider wasps." SPIDER WASP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_wasp

It eats/carries/etc shit that is WAY bigger than it. What a beast. Would kill on sight, omg fear.

 

[yhelothar]

awesome thread

 

[bignateyk]

Jesus christ. Tarantula hawks are "spider wasps." SPIDER WASP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_wasp

It eats/carries/etc shit that is WAY bigger than it. What a beast. Would kill on sight, omg fear.

Spider wasp dragging its captured prey in Sydney, Australia

Who would have ever guessed?

 

[Ichinisan]

That's not a bug, this is bug.

Well, no. Not really.

 

[CZroe]

Jesus christ. Tarantula hawks are "spider wasps." SPIDER WASP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_wasp

It eats/carries/etc shit that is WAY bigger than it. What a beast. Would kill on sight, omg fear.

Ever broken open a Dirt Dauber's nest? They are packed full of little spiders for their larvae to eat. The behavior is not limited to "Spider Wasps" and has been happening in back-yards everywhere all along.