It looks like one of those parasite wasps, the kind that lay it's eggs in other insects larva.

Looks like a Lightning Bug to me.

So, you wanna read John Edward's book? Select your language: English, Bull****ish, Crapanese, French.

Forgive my Ignorance, effs, but what part of the world do you live in? That will help in identifying your bug precisely-

He lives in the UK, Fred.

And I have no idea what it is, considering how its been a few months since the weather's been warm enough for bugs outside.

Thanks, Eh_Steve- that'll help a lot. Different regions, different bugs...

Resembles a Muddobber that we have here, build tube nests out of mud, with eggs and stunned spides for food.

the poster in the link BEN 070 said " i SHOT this a few months ago"


is it just me or is that not overkill .....i usually use a flyswat or a spray

I think a .44 is appropriate for that size of animal, that is if you don't want to shell out the cash for an elephant gun.

final is right that is what it is except thats a male, females are longer, these things are more common in my area than roaches and cause a lot of problems with equipment, farmers in my area go to war with them every spring because there nests clog up air cleaners and fuel lines if they build there nests close or in a fuel tank

Looks a bit like an ichneumon species to me, Ben. Though they're not truly wasps, the female of the species has a very long ovipositor (egg-laying tube) that gives the impression of it having a stinger. They lay their eggs in the larvae of other insects. Lovely stuff, eh?

is there anything you don't know about, Rec? it's just an insect to me..

well since you know a bit about biologicifal stuff, can you help me with a problem? As you know, Taw Towers is regularly infested with pests and vermin - rats, mice, snails, frogs, wasps, enemy cats, seagulls, monkey-nits, and every first week of August without fail, some flying ant-like things that look very much like that bug crawl out of me floorboards in the hall and try to get through the window at the bottom of the stairs, usually a good gross of them.

why don't they go to the outside, the stupid things? why is it every year at the same time? (almost to the day) And why haven't the dumb things realised that they're trapped and get slaughtered by my chemical weapons within the first 1/4 of their emergence (I nuked their hole under the door with big-time toxins this year. let's see if they survive that!)

You wont complain about any bug problems if you 1. Visit Florida in September. 2. Walk through my house during the summer (varying kinds of scorpions).

Ah, good ol' flying ant day! Surely you know what that's about Taw?
Basically the newly hatched queen ants are released from their nests on the same day. It seems to happen to all nests in the area, probably triggered by the season and good weather. There'll be big fat-bottomed winged ants which are the queens and smaller winged ants which are the males. Once they mate, the queen loses her wings and begins to start a new colony elsewhere.
I used to be fascinated as a kid by them, they had loads of nests under the path in the garden and I'd lift a stone to see the nest underneath.

You've got a small crack or gap or something around your home's perimeter that leads to a nice cozy space under your floor. Maybe a junction box or maybe plumbing.

@Rec

What's an ichneum? Would that be a hover fly? That's what I was going to guess.

Edited by - Indy11 on 1/7/2006 12:24:27 PM