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Okay, the Common Paper Wasp seems to have some black bands on the abdomen along with yellow and brown. Suspect bug does not, and it's 2" long.
Perhaps it is a Giant Hornet. That first picture of the Murder hornet also has black bands, perhaps that's a mistaken picture of the CPW?
I see no black bands on the diagram of the AGH. Definitely not the cicada bug, as it's abdomen looks black/dark gray to me. Cicada bug only in
Connecticut as well. Long way from Baja.
John
[Edited on 9-12-2022 by John Harper]
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Clarkie,
You need to provide a better pic of the bug to get a better ID from the arm chair entomologists!
Woke!
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Come on Big G, we're not fighting about politics. Unless someone here steps forward as a real entomologist, this is all we got. This is a learning
experience!
Your input is valid, a better picture and maybe some measuring instrument nearby would help us identify this bug.
I can think of worse things than being an "armchair entomologist."
Much better than palm trees, masks, TFG, and TPG?
John
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Everyone, this guy is the expert. Below is his answer. The bugs I deal with are in software!
Hi, Richard.
That's a cicada killer, not a hornet at all - only very distantly related. There are two species in Baja (Sphecius convallis and Sphecius grandis),
and they are nearly identical, so I can't tell which one this is from these photos. As they name implies, they hunt cicadas, and can be found just
about everywhere in North America.
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Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
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Quote: Originally posted by RFClark  | Everyone, this guy is the expert. Below is his answer. The bugs I deal with are in software!
Hi, Richard.
That's a cicada killer, not a hornet at all - only very distantly related. There are two species in Baja (Sphecius convallis and Sphecius grandis),
and they are nearly identical, so I can't tell which one this is from these photos. As they name implies, they hunt cicadas, and can be found just
about everywhere in North America.
Peace,
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html
"There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 |
Thank god it is not a murder hornet!
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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Yes, I’ll drink to that! “Thank God it’s cancer! I thought it was COPD and I’d have to quit smoking!”
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