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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Hornets and Wasps</title>
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		<title>Great Golden Digger Wasp</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/07/great-golden-digger-wasp-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thread Waisted Wasps]]></category>

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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 [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/12/23/blue-flower-wasp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Blue Flower Wasp'>Blue Flower Wasp</a> <small>Black bodied, blue winged wasp like bug Hey bug people,...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/13/unknown-mutilated-wingless-australian-fly-is-actually-a-wingless-female-chiromyzinae-species/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Unknown Mutilated Wingless Australian Fly is actually a wingless female Chiromyzinae species'>Unknown Mutilated Wingless Australian Fly is actually a wingless female Chiromyzinae species</a> <small>Australian bug Hi These pictures are of a bug which...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/03/12/homopteran-and-flower-wasp-from-australia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Homopteran and Flower Wasp from Australia'>Homopteran and Flower Wasp from Australia</a> <small>Thorn mimic? Hi What&#8217;s That Bug, I&#8217;m pretty good with...</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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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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		<title>Ichneumon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/06/ichneumon-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/06/ichneumon-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ichneumons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ichneumon wasp
October 5, 2009
Dear Bugman, I am resubmitting this tiny wasp from july 30, 2009. After sending it to Bugguide, it was identified on Oct. 4, as Messatoporus rufiventris. I thought it ironic, that she should stand on the ISBN of an insect identification book. I have an old camera with no macro. So the [...]


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		<title>Digger Wasp</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/05/digger-wasp-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/05/digger-wasp-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scoliid Wasps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wasp, Black and Rust with Two Yellow Spots
October 4, 2009
I photographed this beautiful wasp October 2009 in NE Oklahoma. It is similar in size to a red wasp and yellowjacket.
Bugged about Bug
Northeastern Oklahoma
Dear Bugged,
This is a Digger Wasp or Blue Winged Wasp, Scolia dubia.  According to BugGuide:  &#8220;Adults take nectar, may also feed on juices [...]


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		<title>Paper Wasp in the Shower</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/03/paper-wasp-in-the-shower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/03/paper-wasp-in-the-shower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paper Wasps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mystery Wasp in Shower
October 3, 2009
Greetings, bug people!
Well, last week a buddy and me were just sitting around hanging out on our day off. He got up to go use the bathroom and I heard him say from around the corner, &#8220;Uh&#8230;you&#8217;ve got a wasp in the shower&#8230;&#8230;it&#8217;s looking at me&#8230;&#8221;
Naturally my curiosity had me [...]


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		<title>Velvet Ant Sting</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/02/velvet-ant-sting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/02/velvet-ant-sting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Velvet Ants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orange, furry stinging &#8220;beetle&#8221; in Mojave desert, California.
October 1, 2009
I live in Lancaster, California in the high desert. One day while working outdoors I saw a furry orange insect about an inch long. It resembled a large furry ant or wingless bee and ran very quickly. I tried to pick it up using my handkerchief [...]


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		<title>European Hornet attacted to light</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/29/european-hornet-attacted-to-light/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/29/european-hornet-attacted-to-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paper Wasps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Weird looking demon wasp bug
September 28, 2009
Hey WTB,
I saw this bug crawling outside my window tonight and I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it here! It looks like a cross between a mutated yellow jacket and a wasp. I checked your site but the closest thing I think could be is some kind of cicada killer [...]


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		<title>European Hornets</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/28/european-hornets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/28/european-hornets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paper Wasps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large Bees- Wool Carders?
September 27, 2009
In searching through your site, I think I have identified these bees as Wool Carder Bees, but I am unsure. In looking at the link you supplied to the Wool Carder website, it said that these bees are active in June and July, and less active in August. It is [...]


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