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I found the image a bit too dark to play with. O)verall shape is wasp-like=
, Nancy... any chance for a paler image?
Andrew
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on beha=
lf of Angus MacLean [cold_mac@hotmail.com]
Sent: August-04-13 6:24 PM
To: naturens
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Bug or Wasp
The creature is quite dark on my monitor so I cannot make out any detail. T=
he shape of the head is wrong for a Alydus. It appears to be an Ichneumon w=
asp. The smell is another mystery!!
Angus
> Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Do not disturb this Bug
> From: nancypdowd@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 18:27:42 -0300
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> It has been thoughtfully pointed out to me that maybe this smelly creatur=
e is a wasp rather than a bug. Insects can be difficult.
>
> So I will ask any insect people to please take a close look. I have tried=
and am still sitting on the fence.
>
> Whatever it is, it certainly released a foul odour. Maybe that is fairly =
common reaction for many insects who feel threatened rather than just the o=
nes we consider "stink bugs"?
>
> Nancy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013-08-04, at 6:28 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Last week this Broad Headed Bug (Alydus spp) landed on my shoe. The ID
> > should be correct at least to genus level:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9428490966/
> >
> > You cannot miss these attractive insects- they have such a deep,
> > shiny, black body with glossy black wings they really stand out. Very
> > active. Quite common in E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
> >
> > What you don't want to do is threaten them. I reached down to sweep
> > this bug onto the ground and it released the most obnoxious odour-
> > incredibly awful! Reading up on them later I see the BH Bug family
> > (Alydidae) even outstinks the Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) who get all
> > the press in that department.
> >
> > Incidentally brightly coloured Crocs (footwear) are fine insect
> > attractors. So far this bug, dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies and
> > butterflies have landed on them. Even Hummingbirds check them out.
> >
> > Nancy
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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Andrew</p>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">The creature is quite dark on my monitor so I cannot make =
out any detail. The shape of the head is wrong for a Alydus. It appears to&=
nbsp;be an Ichneumon wasp. The smell is another mystery!!<br>
Angus<br>
<br>
<div>> Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Do not disturb this Bug<br>
> From: nancypdowd@gmail.com<br>
> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 18:27:42 -0300<br>
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>
> <br>
> It has been thoughtfully pointed out to me that maybe this smelly crea=
ture is a wasp rather than a bug. Insects can be difficult.
<br>
> <br>
> So I will ask any insect people to please take a close look. I have tr=
ied and am still sitting on the fence.
<br>
> <br>
> Whatever it is, it certainly released a foul odour. Maybe that is fair=
ly common reaction for many insects who feel threatened rather than just th=
e ones we consider "stink bugs"?<br>
> <br>
> Nancy<br>
> <br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
> <br>
> On 2013-08-04, at 6:28 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wro=
te:<br>
> <br>
> > Last week this Broad Headed Bug (Alydus spp) landed on my shoe. T=
he ID<br>
> > should be correct at least to genus level:<br>
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9428490966/<br>
> > <br>
> > You cannot miss these attractive insects- they have such a deep,<=
br>
> > shiny, black body with glossy black wings they really stand out. =
Very<br>
> > active. Quite common in E Dalhousie, Kings Co.<br>
> > <br>
> > What you don't want to do is threaten them. I reached down to swe=
ep<br>
> > this bug onto the ground and it released the most obnoxious odour=
-<br>
> > incredibly awful! Reading up on them later I see the BH Bug famil=
y<br>
> > (Alydidae) even outstinks the Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) who get a=
ll<br>
> > the press in that department.<br>
> > <br>
> > Incidentally brightly coloured Crocs (footwear) are fine insect<b=
r>
> > attractors. So far this bug, dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies a=
nd<br>
> > butterflies have landed on them. Even Hummingbirds check them out=
.<br>
> > <br>
> &