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Can anyone identify this ?

  • 26-07-2006 2:54pm
    #1
    Muineach
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    I live in Meath and was out in a field last week, when I saw an insect that looked a bit like a wasp, but it wasnt. I managed to take a picture so you can examine that.
    The insect seemed to be completly hairless, its skin looked more like a beetles skin, hard and black and as it flew it didnt make any noise. I found it on a tree in the middle of a field, it seemed to be interested in the holes in the tree, after looking around on the web I think it may be a "paper" wasp but I'm still not sure as the colouring seemed all wrong.

    So any ideas ?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Irish Gardener
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭Irish Gardener


    Hello, Muineach.
    Possibly a hornet........ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornet


  • #3
    Muineach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 575 ✭✭✭Muineach


    Yea I was looking at them last night but I'm not too sure, i probably should have mentioned that the "wasp" was smaller than a normal wasp, about 50% the size of it.
    From all the pictures of hornets I havent seen one where the back of the wasp/hornet was a similar shape, with the one I found it starts off very small, then bulges out and then tapers off, and I havent found anything that looked like that.
    As for the markings the closest I came up with was http://www.vespa-crabro.de/baldfaced/baldfaced.htm
    but that type of hornet has hairs which mine did not have.

    Then again it probably is a hornet but one which nobodys put on the web :P


  • #4
    Irish Gardener
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭Irish Gardener


    Muineach wrote:
    but that type of hornet has hairs which mine did not have.
    Maybe it was just coming back from getting a "Brazilian". :p


  • #5
    Muineach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 575 ✭✭✭Muineach


    :)


  • #6
    myjugsarehuge
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    sorry to interupt the Brazilian train of thought u guys, but I think it is more possibly a wood wasp. Hornets are big frightening things can be 2 inches long and more yellow and wasp like. We get a sort of wood wasp in the local woods (amazing but true).

    Julie
    www.enjoy-our-hospitality.com


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  • #7
    artieanna
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    I haven't a clue maybe wood wasp but if you e-mail your picture to info@biology.ie you should get definite identification..


    artieanna


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