Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/01

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Colorful Insect
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:13:39 -0400
References: <F847359C4577474AAD01F2CBE347BC7A@jimnichols><904374.89095.qm@web82103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4A4BA540.9050201@gmail.com> <D12305F603C6433B9245A8BC83C8C760@jimnichols>

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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