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Not all things in Australia want to kill you..........

sxl2004
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Ohh. Thanks for the update.
Just does not look like any wasp in the western part of the worlds. But than again, it is Australia we are talking about. 馃榿馃槈
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STANDY
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Entomologist has identified it as a wasp, makes it easy to get a ID when I have one on the lounge sitting next to me. 馃槈
(Mrs standy is the editor of the Australian Entomology journal)
 
sxl2004
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Entomologist has identified it as a wasp, makes it easy to get a ID when I have one on the lounge sitting next to me. 馃槈
(Mrs standy is the editor of the Australian Entomology journal)

Ahh insider knowledge 馃槻馃榾 trumps a regular biologist.....馃槈
 
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Could be one of these, but the leg colour looks off

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https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:...fd.taxon:91eb2657-5a6d-41f3-95d0-610f8af499ab
 
STANDY
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This is a great one at over 4 inches in size


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Giant fish killer
You may think of insects landing in your food or nibbling your plants, but one 10cm bug that lives in waterways feeds on fish, tadpoles and other aquatic creatures.


Looking like a cockroach on steroids the giant fish killer - yes that is its official name - has two large pincers and a beak-like mouth it uses to catch unsuspecting fish.

"Basically they will hang just below the water surface, amongst a bit of weed and a fish or a tadpole or something comes past, doesn't know it is there, and suddenly it will just grab it, impale it on the spines, stick the mouth parts in and start sucking," Dr Brown says.

They are found across the Top End, but can't differentiate between light on car park puddles and actual streams, so often are seen lying around on bitumen after it rains.

https://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2014/07/04/4039331.htm
 
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Drop bears, don't go there, here in Queensland, ...........................................馃榾
 
Professor
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Just read about the air dropping of vegetables to colonies of Wallaby stranded without food because of the fires.
First thought that crossed my mind was hundreds of Wallaby stampeding and shrieking in terror as water melons and pumpkins falling a thousand feet from helicopters struck all around them.
 
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Just read about the air dropping of vegetables to colonies of Wallaby stranded without food because of the fires.
First thought that crossed my mind was hundreds of Wallaby stampeding and shrieking in terror as water melons and pumpkins falling a thousand feet from helicopters struck all around them.
 
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sxl2004 sxl2004
Ohh. Thanks for the update.
Just does not look like any wasp in the western part of the worlds. But than again, it is Australia we are talking about. 馃榿馃槈
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Here in Tennessee we have what is known as a Wolf Ant, which is actually a flightless Wasp.
They live solo in burrows like a trapdoor spider.
In appearance they look like a giant ant, no wings. They are covered with thick fur that I've seen in both red and a bright metallic green color. Don't know if they have a stinger, I didn't notice one. Those I've seen were about 2 1/2 to 3 inches long.
 
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As God is my witness I thought Turkeys could fly.

We have hundreds of local wild turkeys in our neighborhood and they fly into the trees to roost at night.
 
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We have hundreds of local wild turkeys in our neighborhood and they fly into the trees to roost at night.
I've seen wild turkeys fly a short distance and glide further using ground effect. City folk only know about farmed turkeys though. Some breeds of chickens can also fly short distances.
 
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