The Nature Photography Thread

[ssssnakeluvr]

Possibly cicada killer wasp.

not big enough...this was about an inch long...and I haven't seen cicadas here.....

[Zephyr]

Huh.
Dunno then.
Probably not a member of Vespidae.

[count dewclaw]

Perhaps it is a wasp-mimic moth...the tuft at the end of the abdomen and the antenae don't look right for a wasp. My insect guide does not have a picture of that particular one though...

[Zephyr]

Perhaps it is a wasp-mimic moth...the tuft at the end of the abdomen and the antenae don't look right for a wasp. My insect guide does not have a picture of that particular one though...

Good point. And the legs don't look like Hymenoptera to me.

[ssssnakeluvr]

wasp mimic moth eh?? haven't heard of that one....my entomology skills aren't as great as my herp skills..... most of my ento studies were with ants....had numerous ant farms!!

[count dewclaw]

My kids did 4H entomology projects (with my help) so I have seen some interesting insects, but there are so many insects that I am by NO means an expert. It just reminds me of some of the clear-wing moths we have around here.

[Zephyr]

Heh, not to brag but I'm the state's 2 year in a row Entomology winner at Science Olympiad. :P

[count dewclaw]

Take a look at this:
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/philjs/ste...pdf/LPNN34.pdf

[Zephyr]

OMG... So that huge "wasp" last weekend... May have been a moth. x.x
Oh well, not taking any chances. We have to many flying stingy and biting things around here anyways.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I won the entomology part of he county fair where I grew up, and also won best miscellaneous proect!!!! I did some searching, kinda looks like a hornet clearwing moth.....Paranthrene simulens