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Identify an insect.

  • 23-08-2022 11:53PM
    #1
    Mach Two
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    No photo I am afraid just a description. Length 1 1/2 inchs. Colour yellow/Black mostly yellow like a wasp. Spike protruding from it's rear end about 10 mm long. Can't be too many insects with a description like that. Very wasp like appearance but definitely not a common wasp. Seen one before but never checked it out.



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  • #2
    Birdnuts
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    Sounds like a sawfly or an ichenium wasp



  • #3
    Mach Two
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Mach Two


    Yes. Maybe a saw fly. What length is a saw fly?


    Or a wood wasp.

    Post edited by Mach Two on


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