Way off topic - What the hell are these
 

I found these things at least 3 or 4 of them in my front yard. I have never seen any bug like this in my entire life.

Can anyone confirm this is a known pest, its darn crazy looking

http://penguinbait.com/100_3330.jpg

http://penguinbait.com/100_3331.jpg

http://penguinbait.com/100_3332.jpg

Seriously this things creepy looking

Re: Way off topic - What the hell are these
 

American Pelecinid

http://bugguide.net/node/view/6945

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I for one welcome our Pelecinus insect overlords.

http://www.lesinsectesduquebec.com/images/pelicide.JPG

EDIT: Wes beat me to it :)

Re: Way off topic - What the hell are these
 

hey, mind the big images. even my dsl ended up crawling...

and all that for a damn bug, go fig...

Re: Way off topic - What the hell are these
 

A note to anybody else trying to identify stuff like this in the future, a google search along the lines of "wasp identification", or "beetle identification", or "bird identification" will usually pull up a number of decent identification guides that you can follow through to figure out what you're looking at.

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Cmon, they are not that big, about 1MB a piece. Just be glad I didnt use my camera, they would have been 4-5MB a peice :eek:

Seriously I said "way off topic" and I am sure it was my cable modem trying to serve the pictures, not your DSL slowing down ;)

I intruiged you with the "what the hell are these" didn't I? You just had to look :cool:


Its all about the marketing ;)

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Since I could not just click the Thanks button, I had to quote you and say thanks. I actually did do some searching from google first but I could not find it. I figured I would share with my friends at ITT, and I was truly amazed it was identified that quickly. I never have luck finding plants either. Maybe I should post them out here too :)

pb

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While not pics of "penguins"....



.....it sure was pretty good "bait"....



Sorry, couldn't resist ;-)

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it took my poor deblet 7 minutes to load this topic and it was hardly responding....to see bugs :P.

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Yeah, sometimes it's hit and miss, but it's a reasonable place to start that not everybody would think of.

Thankfully I have a number of biologist friends to identify stuff like this for me, too. ;)

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It was not found in the wiki....:D