Insects and other Creepy Crawlies

[Flutterby]

Sun Feb 19, 2012

[Flutterby]

Thu Apr 26, 2012

Does anyone know what insect this is? We watched it stalk and catch a rain spider, kill it and then drag it to a hole in the wall. Sorry for the quality of the pics, but I took them with my cell phone.

[Dewi]

Great shots Fluts.

I know there are species of wasps that paralyses larger insects such as spiders etc. then seal them in a hole after laying an egg on them. When the egg hatches, the larvae have a ready supplied living meal to feed on. I think this may be one of those wasps, but don't know the name.

[Flutterby]

Tx Dewi, we thought it might be a type of wasp. After the spider was dead, the 'wasp' kept going back to the hole as if to to check on something.

[Flutterby]

Not sure of their names, but very pretty anyway.

[Dewi]

Hi Fluts,

Great pics.

Think they are....

1. Spotted Joker?
2. Eyed Pansy.
3. Yellow Pansy.

(but feel free to correct the above if anyone knows I've made a mistake).

[Flutterby]

Tx Dewi...can you ID every living creature on earth???

[Dewi]

Nope, as you can see, I'm not sure about the first one Fluts.

I just like to know what I'm looking at and see if I can find out when someone is unsure.

I get some horribly wrong sometimes, but still enjoy looking them up. Just wish I had more reference material on SA insects as I'm stuck to looking for images on the internet with these.

I normally see a pic and think Wow, what's that? Then rush off to see if I can find out what it is for myself.

[Flutterby]

Well, tx for all your effort!!!

[mems]

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