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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Jul 14, 2009

Sitting pretty on the bloom!

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 14, 2009

This appears to be an an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in the genus Zelus - see http://tinyurl.com/mxcl6c for an example. They are general predators on other small arthropods.

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Jul 14, 2009

Many thanks. ^_^

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goldybitsy Jul 28, 2009

Can anyone i.d. this bug? It was on our cedar sided garage. We live in the woods. Thanks!

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goldybitsy Jul 28, 2009

p.s. we live 40 miles sw of Chicago

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Sheila_FW Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 28, 2009

Perhaps.....? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonoidea

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 29, 2009

Definitely a female Megarhyssa sp. - see http://tinyurl.com/2dza9z for some great images.

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Jul 29, 2009

Cool looking wasp!!!

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Sheila_FW Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 29, 2009

Lucky guess / google for me. Definately a strange process for egg laying (video). Glad we were watching a tree as the subject instead of a caterpillar.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4000/ Here is the Bugfiles link for it, please add your super pictures.

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