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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject: Bug ID.
Can anyone tell me what kind of bug this is? Found this guy in the car when i got in. He is not dead he is trying to get out and i took the photo from my back window. The bug was not harmed. _________________ Want to help our earth? Go to: http://www.wecansolveit.org/

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:00 am Post subject:
Kinda looks like a variety of yellowjacket, but that looks like an ovipositer out the back, which has me leaning toward something using yellowjacket coloring as camaflouge. Now I'm curious too! _________________ Mary I have a mind like a steel...sieve

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:
Maybe its a Cicada Killer? http://www.whatsthatbug.com/killerwasps.html

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject:
It's a type of Robber Fly. They are major predators. _________________ Ready to Grow?

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