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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Hornets and Wasps</title>
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		<title>Spider Wasp attacking Spider in New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/spider-wasp-attacking-spider-in-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spiders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spider wasps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spider Eating Bug
November 18, 2009
Dear Bugman, my friend was out in his garden the other day and saw this bug attacking a spider. It eventually carried it off down a hole. The bug was about the size of a small car&#8230; or maybe more like 5 or 6 centimetres. Later he found his cat screaming [...]


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		<title>Spider Wasp</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/spider-wasp-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spider wasps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strange fly with Curly Q Antenna
November 18, 2009
This bug was witnessed in our office this afternoon walking across a desk. Another person in the office said that they saw it earlier and it flew away. I was fascinated by the antenna, which I hope you can see in the picture, as the ends of them [...]


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		<title>Squashed Giant Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/18/squashed-giant-ichneumon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/18/squashed-giant-ichneumon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ichneumons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unnecessary carnage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[large wasp-type bug with long &#8216;tail&#8217;
November 17, 2009
This bug came in when we opened our back door one evening a few nights ago. Sorry, my husband squished it. The envelope it&#8217;s sitting on is a business-sized (10 inch) envelope for size reference. It&#8217;s very dark or black with a long jointed looking body, black wings [...]


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		<title>Velvet Ant</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/14/velvet-ant-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black and Orange Fuzzy Butt Bug
November 13, 2009
I saw this bug today, while hiking at Lake Pleasant (Arizona), it was walking very quickly on the ground. I only had a chance to get one photo.
Hundewanderer
Lake Pleasant, Arizona
Hi Hundewanderer,
This is a Velvet Ant, a flightless female wasp in the genus Dasymutilla.  We believe, based on the [...]


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		<title>European Hornet</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/13/european-hornet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/13/european-hornet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paper Wasps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Exotics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is this a yellowjacket?
November 13, 2009
this fellow chomping on some tasty pears i thought was a really nice looking creature, i&#8217;m still not sure what he is, a wasp, yellow jacket, got me.
Danny Tincher
london, ky
Hi DAnny,
This behemoth is a European Hornet or Giant Hornet, Vespa crabro, an introduced species that potentially is cause for concern [...]


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		<title>Scoliid Wasp from Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/12/possibly-scoliid-wasp-from-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/12/possibly-scoliid-wasp-from-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bug covered in pollen
November 12, 2009
I photographed this bug near the San Pedro River 5 miles east of Sierra Vista, AZ August, 26, 2008. It caught my eye because it was covered in pollen. I am interested in knowing what it is called.
Juanita
South East Arizona near San Pedro River
Hi Juanita,
We are requesting assistance from Eric [...]


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		<title>Great Golden Digger Wasp</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/07/great-golden-digger-wasp-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/07/great-golden-digger-wasp-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is kind of bug?
November 7, 2009
We did found out what kind bug is?
we found on Sept 11 2009 and my dad sent me picture and we want to know what is kind of bug is?
It is look like mix bee type to me.
m.o
Canada,eastern
Hi M.O,
This beauty is a Great Golden Digger Wasp.  It preys upon [...]


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		<title>Seagrape Sawfly from Honduras</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/05/sawfly-or-free-living-hemipteran-from-honduras/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/05/sawfly-or-free-living-hemipteran-from-honduras/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horntails, Wood Wasps and Sawflies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Possible sawfly laying eggs
November 4, 2009
I was encouraged by Eric Eaton (Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America) to forward my question and photo to you for help in identification. He indicates that the insect is not a cicada, but is most likely a sawfly of some type. Thank you in advance for any [...]


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		<title>Wingless Female Flower Wasp from Tasmania</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/wingless-female-flower-wasp-from-tasmania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/wingless-female-flower-wasp-from-tasmania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tiphiid Wasps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some sort of Hymenoptera from Tasmania, Aus.
October 31, 2009
On a recent trip to the apple isle (Tasmania) my girlfriend and I snapped this little beauty. I found it crawling around in the sand at the boundary between a beach and dry sclerophyll in Freycinet National park on the east coast. It looks terribly vicious but [...]


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		<title>Spiny Tachina Fly and Sand Wasp (we think)</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/spiny-tachina-fly-and-sand-wasp-we-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/spiny-tachina-fly-and-sand-wasp-we-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sand Wasps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tachinid Flies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fake Bumblebee?
October 19, 2009
On Saturday (October 17th) our local Audubon club came across a rabbitbrush in full bloom. There were a lot of bugs visiting the bush, including what we first assumed were lots of bumble bees. As we got closer it became obvious they weren&#8217;t bumblebees, and we were undecided if they were actually [...]


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