My husband and son found this bug on a tree today...i have some pics of it and video as well. Though I have no idea how to upload a video to Gardenstew.
Eeeew, looked like a new light fixture at first. Nature can be beautiful then she throws a few "Ha, wait until you see this!!" features at you to keep it real.
Looks like she (Mother Nature) threw in all the left over stuff she had laying around to make that bug! Wow... Did you about flip when you saw it??? I would have! Then I would have run in to get the camera, just like you! That is AMAZING.
Rather wretched looking! And was laying eggs, so you will have some more! You're right DB, a little bit of this, a wing off of that, eye from this! Yuck!
My husband is the one who flipped, ran in the house to get me. I ran out with my camera in hand. It is certainly the ugliest thing that i have seen. And to find out what it was i googled " ugly bug with really long tail". And that thing popped right up!
that bug is about the size you see in the pictures...over 4 inches total length when the tail thing isn't pulling eggs out of its body.
You have to remember that you must have two of them, now that would be a pretty sight to see, double the pleasure. .
Wow! I thought it was some sort of garden ornament attached to that tree. That wasp is something from one of my nightmares!
