tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post3184063469079472367..comments2024-03-28T06:50:11.258-05:00Comments on Bug Eric: Wasp MantisflyBug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-74198311314425968242022-09-06T17:39:49.649-05:002022-09-06T17:39:49.649-05:00We just had one land on our screen door and lay a ...We just had one land on our screen door and lay a whole lot of eggs. Not sure what to do about it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-62909003829465922652014-09-29T11:54:57.757-05:002014-09-29T11:54:57.757-05:00Interesting! Indeed, it appears this species of m...Interesting! Indeed, it appears this species of mantidfly differs regionally in its appearance to match whatever the most common Polistes paper wasp species is that lives in the same area.Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-13076816293898804102014-09-28T17:06:47.677-05:002014-09-28T17:06:47.677-05:00We see these commonly in Saltwater Falsewillow (Ba...We see these commonly in Saltwater Falsewillow (Baccharis angustifolia) along the upper Gulf Coast of Florida. They show more brown than yellow in the abdomen, and more closely resemble Polistes bellicosus than the individual in your photo. We eventually learned to look more closely before swinging the net, since so many of our "Polistes" turned out to be mantispids.Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090641152684861375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-48306869350928620932014-08-25T19:01:39.787-05:002014-08-25T19:01:39.787-05:00Only seen one once. What a fascinating insect!
Io...Only seen one once. What a fascinating insect!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iowavoice.com/" rel="nofollow">Iowa Voice</a>Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992333612634825161noreply@blogger.com