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  1. 06-28-2009, 12:40 PM #1
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    Wasp (or Hornet?) with kill

    Big guy snatched this bug (nymph of some sort?) right in front of me.

    Not great shots, wind was whipping him around a lot.
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  2. 06-28-2009, 06:19 PM #2
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    Re: Wasp (or Hornet?) with kill

    I do believe that is a parasitic wasp who stings the prey and burrow the ground to lay an egg on it... food for the egg that hatches
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  3. 06-29-2009, 10:48 AM #3
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    Re: Wasp (or Hornet?) with kill

    Okay... I can't decide whether I think that's gross or cool!
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    Re: Wasp (or Hornet?) with kill

    Well its less environmental damage than a refrigerator.
    I'd say it must be one of those wasps too. Far as I know bees only gather pollen and aren't meat of vegetable eaters.
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  5. 06-29-2009, 05:52 PM #5
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    Re: Wasp (or Hornet?) with kill

    Interesting shots.

    The wasp will probably paralyze (but not kill) the caterpillar, then lay egg/s in it. Not a nice way to die... being eaten alive from the inside out.
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    Re: Wasp (or Hornet?) with kill

    Quote Originally Posted by A.M.D.A.
    Interesting shots.

    The wasp will probably paralyze (but not kill) the caterpillar, then lay egg/s in it. Not a nice way to die... being eaten alive from the inside out.
    Okay, veering more towards gross!

    It wasn't a caterpillar though, it was some sort of nymph, the ones that I always think look like itty bitty grasshoppers
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