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12-18-2007, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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Very Strange Bug
Has anyone ever seen a bug that looks similar to this.. or even know what it is? *shudder*
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12-18-2007, 09:25 AM
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Looks alot like a mosquito of some sort.
Or, it could be a wasp.
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12-18-2007, 03:33 PM
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Location: Houston, TX
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would they get that big? The body if this thing was the size of my hand.. about 4 - 5 inches.. and the tail thing was longer than the body.
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12-18-2007, 03:40 PM
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I can't see your picture, but we have mosquito-looking bugs that are huge. I don't know what the correct name is, but we call them mosquito-eaters because that is what they do. Needless to say, we don't kill them.
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12-18-2007, 03:55 PM
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I have no idea, but keep them in your part of the state
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12-28-2007, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Texas
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It looks like a female Ichneumon wasp. According to the bug book, that long stinger looking thing is an "egg-laying structure". They are considered beneficial bugs because the larva eat other, more annoying bugs. They will sting, but only if you pick them up. They eat dead wood, so they're leave the animals alone, too. This is according to the Texas insect book. Of course, since you found it in Houston, it's probably some mosquito that got mutated by all the pollution.
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12-28-2007, 08:05 PM
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I told my boyfriend that if that's what the bugs look like in Houston and if I came across anymore mutant insects, I was dragging his butt to Colorado with me; give me three feet of snow of giant insects any day! |
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12-28-2007, 08:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Texas
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Well, you know, everythings bigger in Texas!
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12-28-2007, 08:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: A Whole Other Country-TX Of Course
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Um-if that is a baby.....
where is the MOMMA?? |
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12-28-2007, 09:51 PM
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Halter broke
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: San Antonio/Helotes, TX
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*shrieks!* ahhhhhh Kill it! Kill It! Kill It! It's a bug....bugs are bad! Bugs carry diseases! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Just joking....but I seriously would kill it. Looks like a mosquito to me. 
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12-28-2007, 10:58 PM
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well I looked up that wasp that jewel mentioned and its just about an exact match.. so its a wasp. Yup definately need to move somewhere the bugs are smaller.
 I really really don't like bugs. |
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