Comments | je_suis_rouge: moose wasp!

je_suis_rouge

moose wasp!

Jul 03, 2008 15:37

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smokypines July 3 2008, 21:01:09 UTC

gah! I'd like to think I'm fairly well rounded in the insect department but I have never seen anything like that ever

herlament July 3 2008, 22:03:04 UTC

that is wild.

peacock_hunting July 3 2008, 22:05:25 UTC

WHOA.

ziuziuziu July 4 2008, 01:25:18 UTC

so scary! moose wasp is unbelievably fitting.

herlament July 5 2008, 05:03:27 UTC

OK! so I looked up this bug! Here are the "options:
1)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Rhipiceridae (feather or fan-horned beetles)
Genus: Rhipicera

2) family: pyrochroidae--google images look MOST like that one....but only like...2 pictures of it..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Beetle_with_antler_like_antennae_(pyrochroidae%3F).jpg

OK! i just couldn't stand not looking it up a little

je_suis_rouge July 5 2008, 05:23:31 UTC

i can't believe you looked it up! that's so rad!