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<p class=MsoNormal style --Apple-Mail-163--177897275 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Cindy and Randy, Pelecinus polyturator (Drury) is an endoparasite of the larvae of June Beetles (Phyllophaga). The very long abdomen is used to extend into the soil to locate the larvae on which the female deposits eggs. In tropical populations both males and females are present and the species is normally bisexual. In temperate regions males are almost non-existent and females reproduce by parthenogenesis (the species occurs from Canada to Argentina). They are very striking and beautiful wasps. Cheers, Chris On 11-Aug-08, at 3:06 PM, Randy Lauff wrote: > This is a pelecinid wasp, a female. I don't know much about them, > but males are tough to find. Here's the Wikipedia entry: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecinus > > > > 2008/8/11 Cindy Creighton <creighton@eastlink.ca> > Hi All: > > > We were over at a friend's place in Greenwood on Saturday and saw > this weird bug in the garden and Jeff took a photo of it. The tail > (which looks like it has a stinger) reminded me a bit of a > scorpion. Does anyone know what this is? > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/101524127 > > > Cheers, > > Cindy > > > > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-163--177897275 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Cindy and = Randy,<div><br></div><div><i>Pelecinus polyturator</i> (Drury) is an = endoparasite of the larvae of June Beetles (<i>Phyllophaga</i>). The = very long abdomen is used to extend into the soil to locate the larvae = on which the female deposits eggs. </div><div><br></div><div>In = tropical populations both males and females are present and the species = is normally bisexual. In temperate regions males are almost = non-existent and females reproduce by parthenogenesis (the species = occurs from Canada to Argentina). They are very striking and beautiful = wasps.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 11-Aug-08, at 3:06 PM, Randy Lauff = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>This is a pelecinid wasp, a female. = I don't know much about them, but males are tough to find. Here's the = Wikipedia entry:</div> <div> </div> <div><a = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecinus">http://en.wikipedia.org/wi= ki/Pelecinus</a></div> <div><br><br> </div> <div = class=3D"gmail_quote">2008/8/11 Cindy Creighton <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:creighton@eastlink.ca">creighton@eastlink.ca</a>></span><br= > <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: = 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang=3D"EN-US" = vlink=3D"purple" link=3D"blue"> <div><p><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi = All:</span></font></p><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We were = over at a friend's place in </span></font><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Greenwood</span></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> on Saturday and saw this = weird bug in the garden and Jeff took a photo of it. The tail = (which looks like it has a stinger) reminded me a bit of a = scorpion. Does anyone know what this = is?</span></font></p><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a = href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/image/101524127" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.pbase.com/image/101524127</a></span></font></= p><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Cheers,</span></font></p><p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Cindy</span></font></p><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"> </span></font><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><b= r>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the = boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> = </div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">