Scariest insect I've ever seen

[csservices]

Haha, first time I saw one of those was laying a path on a garden job, heard this droning behind me and turned to see one those hovering at eye level about 6 inches from the end of me nose, I reckon I gave linford christy a run for his money that day

[difflock]

JHC:001_tt2:

What a pack o pussies youz iz.

I nivver yit bin stung by a Hornet mind you:lol:

[codlasher]

They can smell fresh Larch from a long way away and turn up to investigate.

This is a close up of a beautiful insect. The black thing that looks like an extra leg is the borer/egg laying device.

[Tom D]

Felix, have you met Stevie?

 

Because whats funny is that actually looks quite like him!

[Gray git]

At collage we used to catch these and let them out in the student union bar, sit back and enjoy the panic :eek: then help one's self to another drink before becoming the hero and catching the 'hornet' with bare hands

[felixthelogchopper]

Felix, have you met Stevie?

 

Because whats funny is that actually looks quite like him!

 

I've met him twice, Tom.I always thought he looked a bit like the lead singer of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers but I know what you mean.

[Mull]

Have watched these beasties when they land on roofs while we're doin sarking, they bore in to it 10-15mm in seconds, scary looking buggers though !!

[what a feller]

i had one of those little blighters on my arm... how did i not hear it coming??

[Steve Bullman]

Have watched these beasties when they land on roofs while we're doin sarking, they bore in to it 10-15mm in seconds, scary looking buggers though !!

 

Its efficiency hasn't been overlooked by humans either...

 

'Researchers and scientists have been inspired by the ovipositor of the female wood wasp. They have created a prototype neurosurgical probe that works on the same principle. Its needle is silicon. It has two valves that oscillate. Each of these valves has teeth that are micro-sized. This enables it to penetrate deep into the brain causing little damage.

There is to be an added feature to this instrument. According to the New Scientist magazine, “Unlike existing rigid surgical probes, the device will be flexible enough to move along the safest possible route, bypassing high-risk area of the brain during surgery, for example”. A probe like this would considerably reduce the number of incisions necessary to access areas that are difficult to reach.'

[Mull]

It's interesting stuff! Guess we take a lot innovations from nature, remember reading about the guy designing the cutter on early chainsaws on the jaws of a wood eating bug.

You guys will know all about that one I'm sure.