Insect lovers WTF is this?

[McJim]

Ewww! That looks dangerous. Bet it has a nasty sting.

Not all wasps can sting. I suspect this particular breed has forgone the option of self defense in favour of an ovipositor that can drill through wood and into the larvae of the wasps it has evolved to lay it's eggs in.

But what the fuck would I know?

[dangerous]

And I was thinking of stopping off at your place next time I was passing thru.
Back to the idea of camping overnite in Hagley park.

well as you can see we let all kinds a critters and north Islanders in our houses, I wouldnt have really shot it cos then I would heve needed to repair the window, and besides I havent shot 98 yet.

[kro]

They were introduced to prey on another pest insect, they can get quite big. The seem to be pretty harmless to humans, I held one that was prolly 10cm from top to tail last year, it was very docile.

[98tls]

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well as you can see we let all kinds a critters and north Islanders in our houses, I wouldnt have really shot it cos then I would heve needed to repair the window, and besides I havent shot 98 yet.

Fair play,bad enough to be shot but shot by a Ginga on a Guzziand no at least i got hair comments eh..........im not going bald its a halo,mum always did say i "was her little angel".

[Goblin]

Sting or no sting it'd give me the willies.

[doc]

well as you can see we let all kinds a critters and north Islanders in our houses, I wouldnt have really shot it cos then I would heve needed to repair the window, and besides I havent shot 98 yet.

Yep them "Critters" from the south can be scary alright.

[darkwolf]

Sting or no sting it'd give me the willies.

Nope wrong animal there.

[Colapop]

Ah, I read that the Rhyssa Persuasoria is a kind of wasp, so we were right.

I reckon you could've gotten away with saying "It's a fucken big bug!"

[The Pastor]

can it sting?

[smoky]

No, I was wrong, it's Rhyssa_persuasoria, the largest ichneumon fly and an impressive insect. Associated with mature pine woods and flies October - .

Well it is a Ichneumon fly / wasp – commonly called a pole fly
But there are approximately 60,000 different species worldwide – and I don’t think it’s a Rhyssa Persuasoria, they tend to be more black and white than your photo, could be a Lissonota

And the tube is not always just for laying eggs, some Ichneumons inject venom along with the egg.

May of found it’s way inside the home by mistake – but do you have any newish furniture made from pine, including a new lounge suite - it could’ve come from inside the timber

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Crazy man! That is the extremly dangerous long sting tailed Leptropedarious Hugmonius Frigniest Wasp. How you even were brave enough to encourage it on to something to transport it out side is beyond me.



You should have called Maha man, he deals to rats with the nastiest flyspray known to man.

were you on the rums again

[Goblin]

Nope wrong animal there.

Well it wouldn't have lasted long if it was on my curtain. Would just be a stain.

[98tls]

Well it is a Ichneumon fly / wasp – commonly called a pole fly
But there are approximately 60,000 different species worldwide – and I don’t think it’s a Rhyssa Persuasoria, they tend to be more black and white than your photo, could be a Lissonota

And the tube is not always just for laying eggs, some Ichneumons inject venom along with the egg.

May of found it’s way inside the home by mistake – but do you have any newish furniture made from pine, including a new lounge suite - it could’ve come from inside the timber

No new furniture mate.am thinking it must have come in with an arm load of wood.