I came home yesterday afternoon and there was some kind of bug flying around the carport. I sprayed it with insecticide, because I thought it was just a wasp. I looked at it, though, and it doesn't look like any wasp I've ever seen.
This is a picture of the bug, but obviously not a very good one:
i51.tinypic.com/312xwdi.jpg
I tried to look up what kind of bug it could be, and the only thing I found that looked kind of similar was a bug called an Ichneumonoidea, which is apparently native to New Zealand? I live in South Carolina, so that didn't make much sense to me.
The only thing, though, is that this bug appeared to have hairs of some sort coming out the back of it, and I didn't see that on the Ichneumonoidea.
If anyone out there knows about bugs, help would be appreciated. This is purely curiosity, of course, but I'd definitely like to know what it is.
This is a picture of the bug, but obviously not a very good one:
i51.tinypic.com/312xwdi.jpg
I tried to look up what kind of bug it could be, and the only thing I found that looked kind of similar was a bug called an Ichneumonoidea, which is apparently native to New Zealand? I live in South Carolina, so that didn't make much sense to me.
The only thing, though, is that this bug appeared to have hairs of some sort coming out the back of it, and I didn't see that on the Ichneumonoidea.
If anyone out there knows about bugs, help would be appreciated. This is purely curiosity, of course, but I'd definitely like to know what it is.
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I can't tell much from the picture, but the orange "hairs" you see are likely the antennae, and possibly from a wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. This is an extremely large group of insects, with at least 5,000 species in North America. This isn't the only family of wasps that can have long orange antennae either, I just wanted to mention Ichneumonidae since you brought up "Ichneumonoidea", which is actually an even larger group that also includes the family Braconidae. So, Ichneumonoidea is not a wasp found in New Zealand, but actually a very large group that contains over 60,000 species worldwide (by some estimates).
Here are just a few shots of wasps with long orange antennae. While you are browsing this site, perhaps you will find one that resembles your wasp:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/313197
http://bugguide.net/node/view/320335
http://bugguide.net/node/view/115985/bgi…
Here are just a few shots of wasps with long orange antennae. While you are browsing this site, perhaps you will find one that resembles your wasp:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/313197
http://bugguide.net/node/view/320335
http://bugguide.net/node/view/115985/bgi…
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Hmmm, very interesting indeed. That looks like some mutation between a mayfly and possibly a long bodied wasp or other hymenopteran species. It might just be the blur of the poor quality, but I am into all of this stuff very deeply and I can honestly say this:
If you still have it, take it to your local Dept. of Agriculture and request the genus identified. I’m not familiar with your states complete list of entomology, so it might just be something I’ve never come across, though quite possibly documented.
Good find my friend, if it's a new species you’ll get to name it =D
If you still have it, take it to your local Dept. of Agriculture and request the genus identified. I’m not familiar with your states complete list of entomology, so it might just be something I’ve never come across, though quite possibly documented.
Good find my friend, if it's a new species you’ll get to name it =D