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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Colorful Insect
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:22:27 -0500
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Hi Ric,

And I didn't get stung in the process, though there were some more 
conventional stinging types in the throng.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Colorful Insect


> thanks for the nice photo and the educational opportunity
>
> ric
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> 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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