bryan7162 Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 Dont know what it is, approx 35mm long, found in garden yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) looks like a potter wasp.....just had a look on boogle....maybe an european tube wasp...(which is part of the potter wasp family) Edited July 18, 2022 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 Wood wasp ? ovipositor at the ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windswept Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 Giant horntail, Urocerus gigas, by the looks of it. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bees-and-wasps/giant-horntail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 20 minutes ago, Windswept said: Giant horntail, Urocerus gigas, by the looks of it. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bees-and-wasps/giant-horntail think you are right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Windswept said: Giant horntail, Urocerus gigas, by the looks of it. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bees-and-wasps/giant-horntail Also known as the giant woodwasp..😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 Would be better if it was in the palm of your hand so we could estimate the size, but it does look very much like a wood wasp. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred greengrass Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 You right wood wasp or locally known in Yorkshire as larch wasp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan7162 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 Thanks to all who replied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 not a new species , my uncle who was lumberman showed me one those when I was a child and told me how they bored into timber to lay their eggs, he had it in match box . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 18 hours ago, Fred greengrass said: You right wood wasp or locally known in Yorkshire as larch wasp I was told larch wasp - quite alarming when you come across one even for an adult! Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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