What’s this?

[crappyice]

 

Baby Dragonfly???

 

 

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[Skillet]

Looks mean, whatever it is.

[doebuck1234]

^^^what he said!!!im curious to know aswell.i had one the other day on a screen window

[bugsNbows]

Looks to be a beneficial wasp. Likely something in the Ichneumonidae family.

[crappyice]

Looks to be a beneficial wasp. Likely something in the Ichneumonidae family.

What’s so beneficial about it? And is that crazy long thing a stinger on the business end?


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[ny hunter]

Nasty looking.

[bugsNbows]

Parisitoid wasps lay eggs into various pest insects (such as caterpillars, beetles, etc) that eventually kill the pest species. They are generally smaller than their prey. They are not interested in humans! LOL

[mowin]

A soon to be dead bug if it was in my house. 

[grampy]

I'd scream like a little girl if that thing landed on me!!!

[moog5050]

I am with Mowin, not sure what it is now but it would be a splat spot shortly.  

[jperch]

It's hard for me to judge size from the picture but it appears to be something I see frequently around pignut hickory trees.  My guess would be the female deposits eggs into something that burrows into diseased hickories with that spikey protuberance.

[turkeyfeathers]

1 hour ago, bugsNbows said:

Parisitoid wasps lay eggs into various pest insects (such as caterpillars, beetles, etc) that eventually kill the pest species. They are generally smaller than their prey. They are not interested in humans! LOL

pretty sure these are the ones I just read about researching tomato horned worms. thought the tomato worms were responsible for the black spots on our beefsteak tomatoes but turns out you guys put me onto it's flower rot   Was not aware of these wasps until the other day. Once again you folks schooled me on a few things.

[bugsNbows]

DO NOT KILL THESE... THEY ARE BENEFICIAL! 

[The_Real_TCIII]

It has a mayfly look to it but I don’t think it is


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[Chef]

It has a mayfly look to it but I don’t think it is


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It’s like a mayfly and a stonefly had kids


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[bugsNbows]

3 hours ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

It has a mayfly look to it but I don’t think it is


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No, I already identified it. It is an Ichneumonid wasp. Man up girls... it won’t kill ya! LOL

[crappyice]

I promise I did not kill it but it is indeed dead
Standard match for size comparison.



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[Marion]

I promise I did not kill it but it is indeed dead
Standard match for size comparison.



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MURDERER!

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[crappyice]

MURDERER!

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I’m surprised you even looked at the pic. Sleep with the lights on so you don’t get nightmares!


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[jperch]

There are some neat videos on youtube about this.  It makes sense about these being attracted to diseased hickories, they always have these large maggots under the bark.  I imagine they are the prey.  If you cut a hickory tree up those wasps will appear in a matter of days, there must be a distinctive smell.  Life (and death) is amazing.

[Robhuntandfish]

40 minutes ago, crappyice said:

I promise I did not kill it but it is indeed dead
Standard match for size comparison.



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CSI ing this and there is usually more than one match in a package .... I believe Jerkman is right! 

 

32 minutes ago, The Jerkman said:

MURDERER!

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