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J Smith
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 Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:26 am Post subject: Not a bee...... but |
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Late night visitor to our carport tonight.
From inside the house looking out
From outside the house looking back in toward the utility room
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J Smith
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Correct, the Orange Icneumon. Common in NZ- Australia & Java.
It is an "ovipositor" parasitic egg laying solitary Wasp.
We also have one with a variegated black and white body- but same orange (ish) coloured legs and another that is more solid black in colour.
This particular one is around 3/4" long in the body (not counting antenna). |
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