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Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Highlander1 on July 20, 2007, 13:56:50: Found it on my window is 1.5 inchs in length ooooooooooooog.

bright yellow and black.
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Drift on July 20, 2007, 14:15:18: A sun burnt fly thats just gone pee pee :?

Sorry very unlikely, no sun :oops:
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on July 20, 2007, 14:30:39: A bee on steroids?
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: vtrdaz on July 20, 2007, 15:06:39: 1.5" long :shock: :shock:

Bet that sounds like a flippin chinook when it's flying! :lol:
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Boggert on July 20, 2007, 16:46:40: Possibly a "Digger Bee" and possibly a queen at that!

I'm no expert its a guess, but i have seen a large digger bee before.
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: strapping young lad on July 20, 2007, 17:28:23: something that will withstand a newspaper

encourage it to leave the premises and hope he doesnt bring the boys round :)
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: auf_wiedersehen_pet on July 20, 2007, 17:51:39: I see you live near to that Loch Ness place!!!

How do we know it's not a hoax??
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Boggert on July 20, 2007, 19:10:15: It also looks like a C130, perhaps you local airbase is missing one!
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Highlander1 on July 20, 2007, 20:03:23: It's no hoax I am not that good with the computery thing and certainly couln't come up with it from anywhere else i was gob smacked and desperate to find out what it was.

And yep it was noisy. low hummmmm.

:?:
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: ben_haynes on July 20, 2007, 21:19:38: Its got to be Scottish what ever it is

LOOK AT THAT HAIR :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Edge on July 20, 2007, 21:34:30: Saw something similar in size (about an inch) and looks in the Borders, it caught small flies in mid air (dont know if it ate them or laid eggs on them) :shock: :shock: .
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: freelanderpx54 on July 20, 2007, 22:51:38: I believe it could be a Tachina grossa from the Tachinidae family. It is the largest of the family of Tachinids. Larvae are internal p;arasites of larger butterflies and moths
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: beast5680 on July 20, 2007, 22:59:54: its a large buzzin fing
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: screwy on July 20, 2007, 23:44:34: Who cares, RAID it..... :twisted:
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Manicminer on July 21, 2007, 07:55:32: Quote from: "freelanderpx54"
I believe it could be a Tachina grossa from the Tachinidae family. It is the largest of the family of Tachinids. Larvae are internal p;arasites of larger butterflies and moths

Looks like it
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/P5/P58533.php
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Boggert on July 21, 2007, 08:39:50: Quote from: "Manicminer"
Quote from: "freelanderpx54"
I believe it could be a Tachina grossa from the Tachinidae family. It is the largest of the family of Tachinids. Larvae are internal p;arasites of larger butterflies and moths

Looks like it
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/P5/P58533.php

No Still think its a C130 :lol:
Title: Entomologists out there whats this
Post by: Highlander1 on July 21, 2007, 10:30:20: Quote from: "Manicminer"
Quote from: "freelanderpx54"
I believe it could be a Tachina grossa from the Tachinidae family. It is the largest of the family of Tachinids. Larvae are internal p;arasites of larger butterflies and moths

Looks like it
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/P5/P58533.php

Yep thanks I think we call them warvel and they use deer as their hosts.

Ugly huge larve which buries under the deers pelt. too many will kill the deer!!! This is because the holes in the pelt are so large that the rain gets in causing a condition known as wet back.

Got there in the end.

Thanks hope I haven't put anyone off their venison. :lol: