I don't want to meet that one..................
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 7/12/2017 3:30 PM, Moose wrote:
On 7/12/2017 12:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Thanks. I have Carpenter bees, and now know that I have at least a
pair of Tiger Bee Flies. I learned that the TBF females look around
for Carpenter bee nests, and deposit their eggs in the front of the
tunnels. The Carpenter bee larvae become food for the growing Tiger
Bee Flies.
A not uncommon strategy. This wasp doesn't look for tunnels; it just
bores into the tree.
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/Megarhyssa macrurus/ is a species of parasitoid wasp. These insects
seek out their hosts - larval horntail wasps - by tapping trees with
their antennae until they sense their vibrations and scent. The
females then bore into the wood with enormous ovipositors (now thought
to be tipped with metals such as zinc!) and then she injects an egg
into the larvae. Her offspring will hatch out and consume the body of
its host and then use similarly metal-laden mandibles to emerge from
the wood. Male M. macrurus are wandering around trees listening as
well - they seek out newly emerging females to mate with.
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You can see the length of the ovipositor here.
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To What Lengths Moose
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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