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07-10-2007, 11:10 PM
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Drizzt Do'Urden
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Can anyone identify this insect? It was attacking one of our dogs! The body is about 2 1/2 inches long, I've never seen anything like it before.
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07-10-2007, 11:15 PM
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Jack Burton
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Isn't it a Dragonfly? Or am I missing something?
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07-10-2007, 11:22 PM
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Drizzt Do'Urden
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A dragonfly head has huge eyes, this thing has very small eyes. The head is the size of a fingernail and the body is thick unlike a dragonfly's thin body
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07-10-2007, 11:27 PM
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Looks like a termite.
Or flying ant which is very similiar to a termite. The termite has 4 equal size wings, the flying ant has 4 wings also, but the front pair is larger than the rears. [ 07-10-2007, 11:30 PM: Message edited by: Zebodog ]
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07-10-2007, 11:30 PM
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Jack Burton
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But there are tons of species (and alot of families) of dragonfly aren't there? Also there is the Damsilfly, which I don't think it is but...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly I mean, I see what you mean, but some of the pics of different kinds have the eyes smaller and the antennae are large. Still, this one looks like a dragonfly/ant hyprid thingie. Try maybe one of those nature forums, I am kinda curious now.
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07-10-2007, 11:32 PM
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I've never seen a Dragonfly with mandibles like that.
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07-10-2007, 11:34 PM
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Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite The flying ants are alot smaller and "ant" looking from what I have seen in my own area, unless there are ones that look like this. Edit: Nor have I seen a dragonfly like that, but some of the pictures look similiar as you go through the species they become more ant-like. I still cannot find a match though.
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07-10-2007, 11:44 PM
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New picture with a scale to give you an idea of the size.
 Wingspan is a bit over 5 inches [ 07-10-2007, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: machinehead ] |
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07-11-2007, 12:23 AM
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Drizzt Do'Urden
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Found it. It's a female Dobsonfly.
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/node/192 |
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07-11-2007, 01:30 AM
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Its an Alien species from Mars come to take your dogs soul?
Maybe Not, But that's one wicked insect. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]
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