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I was so impressed to see one of these beautiful, elaborate creatures last evening at 1370 Robie Street. She landed on the picnic table before flying off. Thanks, Jim for providing the name. I just now googled Pelecinidae polyturator on BugGuide and found a match. Cheers, Joan. James W. Wolford wrote: > *AUG. 21, 2008* -- Today on the Acadia Univ. campus today, I found > lots of apparent globular *SCALE INSECTS* on twigs of a honey-locust > tree. Best match in one of my tree-insect books is the *BLACK > SCALE,* /Saissetia oleae /(Olivier)(Coccidae?), which occurs on a wide > variety of trees, including honey-locust. > > Also I saw an impressive long, black, female *PELECINUS WASP* -- this > is the primarily parthenogenetic (cloning?) wasp that uses her long > abdomen to reach into the soil to get her ovipositor down to larvae of > June beetles, which then are "parasitized" (actually predated -- > outcome is death of beetle), after detecting such beetles apparently > with special sensors in their enlarged hind tibiae? > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1628 - Release Date: 8/22/2008 6:32 PM >
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