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Male Horntail seen on my Bathroom window.



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great photo.

9 Aug, 2009

 

That looks dangerous

9 Aug, 2009

 

Ooh.....I don't like the look of that....:o(

22 Aug, 2009

 

They look ferocious but are completely harmless.The female is usually black and yellow and looks like a wasp. They are also known as Wood Wasps. She uses her ovipositor as a drill to burrow into pine trees to lay her eggs. I don't know what the male does with his. ??? The usual I suppose.

23 Aug, 2009




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