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09-07-2009, 09:06 PM
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| | | giant fly seen in forest...
Hi all,
Just joined the site, cos i was looking round my local nature reserve today and came across the largest ???? Bug??? i've ever seen and wondered if any of you learned people out there could i dentify it for me....
with no exageration it was approx 2 to 3 inches long and 1/2 an inch wide at the abdoman, it had longish spindly yellow legs, and a long black ?? sting/probe from its hind end. it had four black wings and flew away as i was trying to memorise its features. when first spotted i thought it was a pupua and was morphasising as its rear end was pulsating/throbing, i since wonder if it was boring its probe into the log on which it was resting..
Has anyone any idea what it might have been ? it wasn't a dragon fly, it was much too heavily built..
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09-07-2009, 09:09 PM
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| | | Re: giant fly seen in forest...
Urocerus gigas, a harmless species thats larvae feeds in wood. |
09-07-2009, 09:09 PM
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| | | Re: giant fly seen in forest...
Horntail or Woodwasp? Sounds like one of the large sawflies or ichneumons, at any rate... |
09-07-2009, 09:18 PM
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| | | Re: giant fly seen in forest...
Hi Thanks for your prompt reply, just checked the horntail and wood wasp, this sure looked bigger, i forgot to mention its abdoman,(hind part) was yellow and vary long, it was dragging it along the log just before it flew regards Dennis |
09-07-2009, 09:25 PM
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| | | Re: giant fly seen in forest...
Did it look like this..sorry about the poor quality.  |
09-07-2009, 09:40 PM
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| | | Re: giant fly seen in forest...
similar, but didnt have the black band on its abdoman and its wings were black... |
10-07-2009, 07:47 PM
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| | | Re: giant fly seen in forest...
Thank you everyone who replied to my query, it must have been the greater Horntail, it was very big.
thanks again for taking the time to reply...
Dennis. |
10-07-2009, 09:29 PM
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| | | Re: giant fly seen in forest...
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Originally Posted by DAD!!!  Thank you everyone who replied to my query, it must have been the greater Horntail, it was very big.
thanks again for taking the time to reply...
Dennis. | Welcome to the site Dennis..  | | |
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