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th Thanks, Steve, especially for the tip re flies versus bees & wasps. Angus At 03:20 AM 8/9/2006, you wrote: >Angus, >The last one appears to be a large crane fly or daddy-longlegs (fly family >Tipulidae) not a wasp, though halteres are not visible in the pic. Halteres >are club-like, supposed balancer appendages, found in place of the hind wings >that are present in other winged insects. True flies (Diptera) all carry a >pair >of halteres, meaning that you can always distinguish flies from the bees or >wasps that some of them quite closely mimic (syrphid and stratiomyid flies in >particular are good at this) -- just look for halteres. One other rarely >encountered insect group has haltere-like front 'wings', but no other insect >group has them in place of hindwings. >Steve > >Quoting Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>: >>A few species someone may be able to help me with: >>... >> > What is this creature? It appears to have the abdomen of a wasp! >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/210500070/ >>Thanks for any help. >>Angus >> > >--
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