Mutant Insect ???[pics]

Bob Myers1 · Nov 7, 2002

I know the nuke plant is just down the road but I thought we were safe

This guy is less than a quarter inch long ! To me it looks like a cross between a dragon fly & a bee.
Bob

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Clicker · Nov 7, 2002

Keep em comin' ! Love these macros. Now THAT is one cool lookin' bug! What's with those antennae? His/her head looks WAY too big for the body.

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Bob Myers1 · Nov 7, 2002

Isnt it a wierd looking bug ... dont have clue either but thanks for the look see.
Bob

Clicker said:
Keep em comin' ! Love these macros. Now THAT is one cool lookin'
bug! What's with those antennae? His/her head looks WAY too big
for the body.

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2b · Nov 7, 2002

...this two-headed kid I knew from Arizona had one hatch itself from his distended kidney.

He chased it around the yard trying to catch it. He had an advantage, you see, with his third arm and all, but his festering toe boil burst and caused him to lose his balance.

Lucky for him, the thumb coming out of the heel of his foot...

ok, I'm sorry.

2b

ps- Great capture Bob. The B/G looks noisy but the subject looks good. And, I have no idea what it is. I'm not sure I wanna know either.

Bill Huber · Nov 7, 2002

How did you take it.
What lighing and lens and the like

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kram105249 · Nov 7, 2002

Looks sorta like a fly that's disguised as a mud dauber wasp...sorta like those hover flies that look like bees. Sure does look strange, though...

Bob Myers1 said:
I know the nuke plant is just down the road but I thought we were
safe
This guy is less than a quarter inch long ! To me it looks like a
cross between a dragon fly & a bee.
Bob

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Bob WB7SBW
Olympus C2100
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http://members.cox.net/robert.myers2/

Willa · Nov 7, 2002

Eeewww!

I am sitting here with some kind of upper respiratory flu, and when I read your response, I started laughing so hard that I almost choked to death! It would have bveen YOUR fault!

I thought I was going to bust a lung AND a gut! You are a NUT! That was the best laugh I've had in a while!

Willa

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Bob Myers1 · Nov 7, 2002

you knew him too - man o man small world !
Bob

2b said:
...this two-headed kid I knew from Arizona had one hatch itself
from his distended kidney.

He chased it around the yard trying to catch it. He had an
advantage, you see, with his third arm and all, but his festering
toe boil burst and caused him to lose his balance.

Lucky for him, the thumb coming out of the heel of his foot...

ok, I'm sorry.

2b

ps- Great capture Bob. The B/G looks noisy but the subject looks
good. And, I have no idea what it is. I'm not sure I wanna know
either.

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Bob Myers1 · Nov 7, 2002

I used a #4 closeup lens , flash, F 8, @ 800th sec. and it was full sunlight and lotsa luck with the wind blowing and all. Thanks for asking Bill.
Bob

Bill Huber said:
How did you take it.
What lighing and lens and the like

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Bill Huber, Fort Worth, Tx
UZI, http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber

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Bob Myers1 · Nov 7, 2002

Thats what I thought it looks like several insects wrapped into one.
Bob

kram said:
Bob Myers1 said:

I know the nuke plant is just down the road but I thought we were
safe
This guy is less than a quarter inch long ! To me it looks like a
cross between a dragon fly & a bee.
Bob

--
Bob WB7SBW
Olympus C2100
http://members.cox.net/robert.myers1/
http://members.cox.net/robert.myers2/

Click to expand...

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2b · Nov 8, 2002

Hey Willa,

Sorry about the butt gusting - er...uh - the gut busting. I hope you feel better soon.

2b

ps- You haven't been to Phoenix lately, have you?

Clicker · Nov 8, 2002

2b said:
2b wrote:
...this two-headed kid I knew from Arizona had one hatch itself
from his distended kidney.

You're behind that 3march2003 site... aren't you 2b?

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Lucy · Nov 8, 2002

.....better than I find in http://www.enature.com ....closest ID there is the Mud Dauber as Kram said, but the coloring is different.

Ya done good Bob! MOst interesting critter and great macro shots!
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Vwman · Nov 8, 2002

Cool Bug to PHOTO.

One scary thing to get STUNG by.. I'd stay away and not search for this thing again. You've done got your photo... LOL.. Stay indoors. hehe. Just for kicks send it to some bug web site and see what they say. Who knows could be some endangered bug and you might get some publicity for it or something.

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Bob Myers1 · Nov 8, 2002

I did some searches myself and didnt come up with it either - dont know what it is but it looks like a cross between a bee & dragon fly.
Thanks Lucy.
Bob

Lucy said:
.....better than I find in http://www.enature.com ....closest ID there is
the Mud Dauber as Kram said, but the coloring is different.

Ya done good Bob! MOst interesting critter and great macro shots!
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Lucy
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Bob Myers1 · Nov 8, 2002

Well wierd is it -
are you really into vw's ???
Bob

Vwman said:
Cool Bug to PHOTO.

One scary thing to get STUNG by.. I'd stay away and not search for
this thing again. You've done got your photo... LOL.. Stay indoors.
hehe. Just for kicks send it to some bug web site and see what they
say. Who knows could be some endangered bug and you might get some
publicity for it or something.

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Vwman----C-700 UZ
http://www.pbase.com/vwman

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Bob WB7SBW
Olympus C2100
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Vwman · Nov 8, 2002

Use to be. but i will always love them... bugs is my deal. had (2) 66's.

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2b · Nov 8, 2002

Clicker said:
Clicker said:

2b wrote:
...this two-headed kid I knew from Arizona had one hatch itself
from his distended kidney.

Click to expand...

You're behind that 3march2003 site... aren't you 2b?

What?

kram105249 · Nov 8, 2002

I'm pretty sure it's a hover fly, and not a wasp/bee. Flies have one set of wings, and small antennae, while bees and wasps have 2 sets of wings, and longer antennae. I cant find any pictures of a hover fly that looks excacty like Bob's, but here's some others (from UK?) that look like different sorts of bees...

http://www.gardensafari.net/english/flies.htm

Or maybe it's a "Thick headed fly" (What a name!), some pics here:

http://www.gardensafari.net/english/picpages/thick-headed_flies.htm

Lucy said:
.....better than I find in http://www.enature.com ....closest ID there is
the Mud Dauber as Kram said, but the coloring is different.

Ya done good Bob! MOst interesting critter and great macro shots!
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Lucy
Olympus C3020Z
pbase supporter http://www.pbase.com/lucy

Clicker · Nov 8, 2002

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=3723305

It has (had.. seems like it has been taken down) your imaginative tone. Search google for 8 march 2003 and something about a blown up camera and men in black suits. lol

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