Ichneumon Wasp

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Rob, wood wasps dont have stings they have ovipositors for probing bore holes in wood, it is possible it bit you but highly unlikely.

[Stubby]

Rob, wood wasps dont have stings they have ovipositors for probing bore holes in wood, it is possible it bit you but highly unlikely.

 

I saw a giant wood wasp when I was a small boy . It flew into my mates glass house . It looked the same as your usual jasper ( black / yellow stripes ) only much bigger with the long spike on the tail through which it lays its eggs . At the time I thought it was a sting but know better now . Was cutting a yew hedge and out came the orange hornets ! I limped off as fast as I could !

[RobArb]

It was orange and looked like a small stick insect, I'll see if I can find a similar google image

 

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[RobArb]

PS, I'm not arguing, I believe you and am actually intrigued to find out what it was that got me:biggrin:

 

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[dervishcarving]

hornet probably... and man! they hurt a lot

[HCR]

It was orange and looked like a small stick insect, I'll see if I can find a similar google image

 

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Sounds a bit like Enicospilus ramidulus, although they don't have a sting.

 

 

Or maybe Megarhyssa superba...

 

[Kennedy]

We've been splitting a lot of firewood lately with a large amount of larvae which I think are the normal giant or horntail wood wasp larvae, think these ones in the pic are laying their eggs in them.

[born2trot]

I had one on my woodpile last year , same as photo but with black and fawn zig zag back .

[RobArb]

Haha, this had turned into quite a good thread, after reading quite a bit and trying to find a decent pic (the ones above are pretty close) it turns out that Ichneumon's can sting if they feel threatened and do it out of self defence.

 

I got stung because one was in my bed sheets, I got into bed and must have rolled onto it, it DID, sting the back if my knee before it got squished, poor thing....

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Haha, this had turned into quite a good thread, after reading quite a bit and trying to find a decent pic (the ones above are pretty close) it turns out that Ichneumon's can sting if they feel threatened and do it out of self defence.

 

I got stung because one was in my bed sheets, I got into bed and must have rolled onto it, it DID, sting the back if my knee before it got squished, poor thing....

 

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lol, would seem you really are a "special case" Robin!