Up along the upper Smith River today checking out some of the streams in the area and came upon this bug. Anybody know what it's called?
Appreciate any help.
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Green Assassin Bug?
Zelus luridus
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Thanks guys.
Listen to the Audio Sample... :o :P
'Murder Hornets' in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet
In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it.
As he pulled his truck up to check on a group of hives near Custer, Wash., in November, he could spot from the window a mess of bee carcasses on the ground. As he looked closer, he saw a pile of dead members of the colony in front of a hive and more carnage inside — thousands and thousands of bees with their heads torn from their bodies and no sign of a culprit.
"I couldn't wrap my head around what could have done that," Mr. McFall said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/murder-hornets-in-the-us-the-rush-to-stop-the-asian-giant-hornet/ar-BB13va3Q?ocid=spartanntp
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/world/asia/crews-seek-to-destroy-hornets-that-have-killed-dozens-in-china.html
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I've seen some interesting insects in the last 15 years that I did not see as a youth. There is one variety of of brown striped hornet that is quite intimidating, and considerably larger than the bald face, or European hornets that comes to mind. These guys are 2 inches long, but are not the Asian variety making the news. Google has not come through for me.
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on May 03, 2020, 16:45:37 PM'Murder Hornets' in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet
In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it.
As he pulled his truck up to check on a group of hives near Custer, Wash., in November, he could spot from the window a mess of bee carcasses on the ground. As he looked closer, he saw a pile of dead members of the colony in front of a hive and more carnage inside — thousands and thousands of bees with their heads torn from their bodies and no sign of a culprit.
"I couldn't wrap my head around what could have done that," Mr. McFall said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/murder-hornets-in-the-us-the-rush-to-stop-the-asian-giant-hornet/ar-BB13va3Q?ocid=spartanntp
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/world/asia/crews-seek-to-destroy-hornets-that-have-killed-dozens-in-china.html
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Vespa_Mandarinia_Magnifica_-_Filippo_Turetta.jpg/240px-Vespa_Mandarinia_Magnifica_-_Filippo_Turetta.jpg)
Foreigners killing foreigners, who is right?
Quote from: Onslow on May 03, 2020, 17:34:51 PMI've seen some interesting insects in the last 15 years that I did not see as a youth. There is one variety of of brown striped hornet that is quite intimidating, and considerably larger than the bald face, or European hornets that comes to mind. These guys are 2 inches long, but are not the Asian variety making the news. Google has not come through for me.
Cicada Killers?
https://youtu.be/LGa7Par6Dl4
Quote from: Dougfish on May 04, 2020, 05:36:32 AMQuote from: Onslow on May 03, 2020, 17:34:51 PMI've seen some interesting insects in the last 15 years that I did not see as a youth. There is one variety of of brown striped hornet that is quite intimidating, and considerably larger than the bald face, or European hornets that comes to mind. These guys are 2 inches long, but are not the Asian variety making the news. Google has not come through for me.
Cicada Killers?
Bigger. Doesn't have the girth of a carpenter bee, but a good bit longer.
Quote from: Onslow on May 05, 2020, 19:43:09 PMQuote from: Dougfish on May 04, 2020, 05:36:32 AMQuote from: Onslow on May 03, 2020, 17:34:51 PMI've seen some interesting insects in the last 15 years that I did not see as a youth. There is one variety of of brown striped hornet that is quite intimidating, and considerably larger than the bald face, or European hornets that comes to mind. These guys are 2 inches long, but are not the Asian variety making the news. Google has not come through for me.
Cicada Killers?
Bigger. Doesn't have the girth of a carpenter bee, but a good bit longer.
Did you search Ichneumonidae? If it ain't one of the obvious, then ichneumonid is the only related critter I can think of that long, particularly the females.
Hey Onslow. I would second Doug's choice of Cicada Killer - I have never heard of one stinging a human,but it would probably put you in the hospital
JT
Quote from: Onslow on May 03, 2020, 17:34:51 PMI've seen some interesting insects in the last 15 years that I did not see as a youth. There is one variety of of brown striped hornet that is quite intimidating, and considerably larger than the bald face, or European hornets that comes to mind. These guys are 2 inches long, but are not the Asian variety making the news. Google has not come through for me.
Giant resin bee? They just showed up here a couple years ago. They take over carpenter bee holes. If not, it would about have to be a cicada killer or Giant European hornet. There are also some horntails and ichnumen wasps that get that big.
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on May 02, 2020, 06:41:40 AMZelus luridus
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Anyone who has been stung by a large bumble bee knows this chart is BS. Been stung once by one, and the sting was worse than any previous sting, including a hornet. The hornet sting resulted in significant swelling, but the bumble bee was quite painful...like being being shot with a nail gun with red hot nails.