I was lying in the bed watching a movie when...Bam! got stung on the side of my face (hurt like hell) I jumped up and found this wasp on my pillow so I took some pictures fast then the little f**ker flew off...:bang: any you gurus know what this bug is? Hurt for a good hour then all was good but damn...it still hurt.
That's the 'Reaper Wasp' - named as such due to it burying it's eggs under the skin of the victim it stings, which hatch and eat their way out of the skin between 30-45 days Spoiler Only joking, no idea, don't think we have those in the UK, never seen one before anyway
Got a handy subreddit for you then! https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug And I agree, it doesn't look like a wasp of any kind, no stinger, you likely got bit by the bug
looks like a European crane fly but not sure yeah I think its some type of crane fly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
This thing has no way to bite or sting. To OP: That thing you took photos of has many characteristics of Dragonfly. Dragonflies can bite since they are predatory and live by catching small stuff around. But I do not know about any poisonous. (And they have no stingers.) What is weird to me is length of antennas, as very few Dragonflies have them long enough for being even visible without magnification. And that it has only 2 wings, which means, it is not Dragonfly. That brings it into wasps category. And I am sorry to say, but it looks like some branch of "Ophion Wasp" as they have those long antennas with many segments. Ass which looks like it can't sting, but it actually can. And it is that parasitic kind which really lays egg into victims. Here is some info about genus, it has many subspecies: http://www.arkive.org/ichneumon-wasp/ophion-luteus/
I think your right found this...http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/crane_fly.htm Long list though.........quote "The order is divided into a multitude of species of which 1,500 are in North America." Thanks cowie....
Image 5/11. Triangular eye configuration at top of its head: http://www.arkive.org/ichneumon-wasp/ophion-luteus/image-A18254.html Thanks to light reflection, they are clearly visible on your middle image.
Well, that's just great...so Extraordinary's joke could be true that its parasitic kind which really lays egg into victims...now I'm scared again :bang:.....
That would be spooky, totally just made that up If it's laid anything in you, I'm sure you'll know by constant irritation and swelling -- Found this: -- Yellow ophions lay their eggs inside the body of caterpillars through a hair-like ovipositor. They have also been known to use this ovipositor in a defensive way when they feel threatened. The 'sting' of Ophion can cause some discomfort, so it's possible that the insect injects some irritant. http://www.uksafari.com/yellow_ophion.htm
Damn^...after reading that..... "Ichneumon wasps are parasitoids; females lay their eggs on a caterpillar/airbud and the wasp larva burrows into and develops inside this host, eating its internal tissues and eventually killing it after it pupates. The adult ichneumon flies emerge from the remains of the dead host and are active at night." I think I need a beer.....
Dude...you're done. Say goodbye to the ones you love and speak to the one ones you hate. This might be the last chance you have... Isn;t that a big moskito/fly of some kind? lol
