gardenmama
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject: What kind of bug is this? |
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My husband and son found this bug on a tree today...i have some pics of it and video as well. Though I have no idea how to upload a video to Gardenstew.
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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it appears to be a Ichneumon wasp, and it was laying eggs. All I know it is ugly and very strange.
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Eeeew, looked like a new light fixture at first. Nature can be beautiful then she throws a few "Ha, wait until you see this!!" features at you to keep it real. 
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Looks like she (Mother Nature) threw in all the left over stuff she had laying around to make that bug! Wow... Did you about flip when you saw it??? I would have! Then I would have run in to get the camera, just like you! That is AMAZING.
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Rather wretched looking! And was laying eggs, so you will have some more!  You're right DB, a little bit of this, a wing off of that, eye from this! Yuck!
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Boy am I glad I don't live in Vermont!!! 
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:17 am Post subject: |
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| daisybeans wrote: | | Looks like she (Mother Nature) threw in all the left over stuff she had laying around to make that bug! Wow... Did you about flip when you saw it??? I would have! Then I would have run in to get the camera, just like you! That is AMAZING. |
My husband is the one who flipped, ran in the house to get me. I ran out with my camera in hand. It is certainly the ugliest thing that i have seen. And to find out what it was i googled " ugly bug with really long tail". And that thing popped right up!
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daisybeans
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:35 am Post subject: |
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 That is a great story!
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Canadian Chelsea
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Holey cricket crap!
Uuuugly! How big is that bug?
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gardenmama
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| Canadian Chelsea wrote: | Holey cricket crap!
Uuuugly! How big is that bug? |
that bug is about the size you see in the pictures...over 4 inches total length when the tail thing isn't pulling eggs out of its body.
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You have to remember that you must have two of them, now that would be a pretty sight to see, double the pleasure.  .
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WWWWWOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!! 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! I thought it was some sort of garden ornament
attached to that tree. That wasp is something from
one of my nightmares!
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