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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Colorful Insect
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:09:56 -0500
References: <F847359C4577474AAD01F2CBE347BC7A@jimnichols><904374.89095.qm@web82103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4A4BA540.9050201@gmail.com>
 
Hi Jeffery,

Charlie Geilfuss, on the Oly list, gave me a link that identifies it as a 
Scoliid Wasp. The photos on that site are quite similar.  Thanks for 
looking.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Colorful Insect


> It's doing a pretty good impression of a wasp, but I don't often see 
> orange on wasps (they tend to have yellow markings, like yellow stripes). 
> There are other insects not in the Order Hymenoptera that mimic wasps. I'm 
> wondering if this is a wasp mimic with aposematic coloration, so we will 
> leave it be (or bee).
>
> Jeffery
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Replies: Reply from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] IMG: Colorful Insect)
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