Any idea what sort of an insect is this?

Broken Hearted Road · 11-05-2016 7:55pm #1

I found something crawling on the sitting room window. I thought it was a wasp or a bee or something but it wasn't flying. It crawled around but did not flying.

It looks like a cross between a wasp, a fly and a very large ant.

Sorry I don't have any clear pictures. I trapped it under a glass jar on the window sill and I'm not going to lift it again for another picture.

Barry Badrinath · 11-05-2016 8:00pm

It's a common Waspflyant.

Very poisonous.

There are only 3 things they love, crawling, windows and being trapped.

Photos only enrage them, tread easy hey.

The Backwards Man · 11-05-2016 8:01pm

Let the poor thing go if you're not going to torture it and kill it.

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:01pm

McGruber wrote: »

It's a common Waspflyant.

Very poisonous.

There are only 3 things they love, crawling, windows and being trapped.

Are you sure? I think it might be a manbearpig. Half man, half bear and half pig.

me_irl · 11-05-2016 8:01pm

Burn down your gaff.

Problem sorted.

Ruu · 11-05-2016 8:02pm

Sounds like a chazwazza to me.

Keane2baMused · 11-05-2016 8:03pm

Are you sure it not a dying wasp/bee?

Broken Hearted Road · 11-05-2016 8:05pm

Here's hoping I attached the picture and it works

me_irl · 11-05-2016 8:06pm

F*ckin' Bee.

/thread.

kneemos · 11-05-2016 8:07pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Here's hoping I attached the picture and it works

That be a Bee.

Broken Hearted Road · 11-05-2016 8:07pm

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Are you sure it not a dying wasp/bee?

Wasps/bees have a striped yellow and black body. This lad has an all black body.

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:07pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Here's hoping I attached the picture and it works

Just looks like a bee? I can't tell whether the fuzzy bits on its wings are because of a crap photo or it's got cobweb on it.

me_irl · 11-05-2016 8:08pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Wasps/bees have a striped yellow and black body. This lad has an all black body.

You might have yellow colour blindness so.

Get that checked.

chillin117 · 11-05-2016 8:08pm

It's a Bee, Honey bee

Gen.Zhukov · 11-05-2016 8:08pm

Give it a drink of sugary water and send it on it's way...ffs

Broken Hearted Road · 11-05-2016 8:08pm

I'll try and get a picture of it from a different angle.

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:09pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Wasps/bees have a striped yellow and black body. This lad has an all black body.

BEE RACIST!!

stoplooklisten · 11-05-2016 8:09pm

Ask him where he hid the honey. He has to tell you.

XR3i · 11-05-2016 8:10pm

looks like a death watch beetle, don't panic, burn the house down and run

J Mysterio · 11-05-2016 8:10pm

Ruu wrote: »

Sounds like a chazwazza to me.

Was trying to figure out what you meant then realised you were referring to the Chozwozzer (Apis Maleficus).

Broken Hearted Road · 11-05-2016 8:11pm

chillin117 wrote: »

It's a Bee, Honey bee

This insect doesn't have yellow strips.

Barry Badrinath · 11-05-2016 8:11pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Here's hoping I attached the picture and it works

Yep,

That's a Manbearpig if I ever seen one.

Get the petrol!

Alf Stewart. · 11-05-2016 8:11pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Here's hoping I attached the picture and it works

I thought it was a wasp or a bee or something but it wasn't flying

And so the search for a David Attenborough replacement continues.

Bloody hell.

stoplooklisten · 11-05-2016 8:12pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

Was trying to figure out what you meant then realised you were referring to the Chozwozzer (Apis Maleficus).

What That's a funny name, I'd have called them chazwazzas

Arsemageddon · 11-05-2016 8:13pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Here's hoping I attached the picture and it works

It's some type of hoverfly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:14pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

This insect doesn't have yellow strips.

He's got at least as much yellow on him as this lad:

http://science-all.com/image2.php?pic=/images/bee/bee-08.jpg

stoplooklisten · 11-05-2016 8:14pm

I just checked with google, it's grand, killer bees are the ones with no stripes

Broken Hearted Road · 11-05-2016 8:18pm

maudgonner wrote: »

He's got at least as much yellow on him as this lad:

http://science-all.com/image2.php?pic=/images/bee/bee-08.jpg

The lad I have, his behind is all black.

Alf Stewart. · 11-05-2016 8:21pm

but it wasn't flying

On that......

Anyone know what this strange lookin bastard might be?

kneemos · 11-05-2016 8:22pm

Looks pretty similar to this. https://www.google.ie/url?q=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dark_bee&sa=U&rct=j&ved=0ahUKEwiExuun7NLMAhWsDsAKHWwXBjMQFghYMAw&usg=AFQjCNE5lKRojPkjHppFrEZMLtFDayEoMw

The Backwards Man · 11-05-2016 8:22pm

It's a bloody bee!

Bees don't look like this in real life

me_irl · 11-05-2016 8:22pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

The lad I have, his behind is all black.

Looked at your pic again.

There are definite faint yellow stripes on its ar$e.

I'd recommend getting an eye exam.

The Backwards Man · 11-05-2016 8:23pm

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

On that......

Anyone know what this strange lookin bastard might be?

It looks like some sort of albino platypus

J Mysterio · 11-05-2016 8:23pm

Probably a Backwards Bee.

Jawgap · 11-05-2016 8:24pm

Probably a masonry bee

.......they kill you stone dead

Barry Badrinath · 11-05-2016 8:24pm

Have you tried asking it what it is?

It looks like it speaks English

me_irl · 11-05-2016 8:25pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

Probably a Backwards Bee.

An eeb?

stoplooklisten · 11-05-2016 8:25pm

Jawgap wrote: »

Probably a masonry bee

.......they kill you stone dead

Lucky it wasn't a carpenter bee, because they wood not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_bee

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:29pm

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

On that......

Anyone know what this strange lookin bastard might be?

I love that little sucker, never get tired of his cheeky face!

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:30pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's a bloody bee!

Bees don't look like this in real life

Ay carumba!

Broken Hearted Road · 11-05-2016 8:31pm

me_irl wrote: »

Looked at your pic again.

There are definite faint yellow stripes on its ar$e.

I'd recommend getting an eye exam.

OK, I zoomed in on my picture and now I can see some faint yellow strips.

MRnotlob606 · 11-05-2016 8:33pm

That's Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees.

me_irl · 11-05-2016 8:35pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

OK, I zoomed in on my picture and now I can see some faint yellow strips.

Couldn't you have just put your face closer to the bee?

By the by, bees are awesome. Wasps are c*nts.

the evasion_kid · 11-05-2016 8:36pm

Bee...that's looks like it's been through the wars

12Phase · 11-05-2016 8:37pm

That's a bee. Let it out before it dies. It's a bit late and cold for bees to be out of their hives.

learn_more · 11-05-2016 8:40pm

I'ts a spider wearing a bee costume. Thats why it's not flying.

J Mysterio · 11-05-2016 8:43pm

learn_more wrote: »

I'ts a spider wearing a bee costume. Thats why it's not flying.

You learn something every day.

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:43pm

me_irl wrote: »

By the by, bees are awesome. Wasps are c*nts.

And parasitic wasps are massive c*nts, but parasitic fungi that invade ants' brains and control them are the biggest c*nts of all though.

(Viewer discretion is advised. And woohoo, it's David Attenborough!)

J Mysterio · 11-05-2016 8:49pm

maudgonner wrote: »

And parasitic wasps are massive c*nts

C*nt-wasps.

nkav86 · 11-05-2016 8:49pm

Possessed bee, possibly a steroid user, burn the gaf down. Only logical option

maudgonner · 11-05-2016 8:50pm

nkav86 wrote: »

Possessed bee

Bee-witched, surely?

Any idea what sort of an insect is this?

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