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omar, 07.10.2007 0:21

Maybe, who knows?
The largest hawk moth in the world
The largest ground beetle in the world
The largest praying mantis in the world
The largest stinging eardrum in the world
The largest blackfin in the world mol.gif
This is probably strange, but I still can't find the answer to this. Just REALLY curious. mol.gif

This post was edited by omar - 07.10.2007 15: 42

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07.10.2007 0:31, Zhuk

Darkling-maybe Polposipus herculeanus?

07.10.2007 9:19, RippeR

ground beetle-Mormolyce sp ?

07.10.2007 9:45, Ilia Ustiantcev

The first candidate for the largest hawkmoth is a fairly well - known Antaeus. 17,8
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3357
But on the same site I found a slightly larger hawk moth-Manduca albiplaga. 18
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3359
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07.10.2007 15:47, omar

Darkling-maybe Polposipus herculeanus?

No, Bug, that's not it. It is not more than 35 mm. While the Central Asian Blaps fausti is up to 50 mm
Mormolyce-maybe, but for some reason no one claims it. In addition, there is also a very strong ground beetle in Australia, but I forgot the name frown.gif

This post was edited by omar - 07.10.2007 16: 15

09.10.2007 18:10, Охотник за осами

The largest stinging eardrum is the Japanese(giant) hornet Vespa mandarinia
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10.10.2007 8:25, omar

Also not the same. Stinging - does not mean painfully (strongly) stinging. Scolias and other paralyzers are also good. What about bird-eating hunters? For example, there is such a genus Pepsis.

10.10.2007 12:57, Coleopter

The largest wasp is the genus pepsis. The largest bee is the Asian xylocop carpenter bee. The largest ant-giant dinoponera
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10.10.2007 13:05, omar

What kind of view? What size is it?

10.10.2007 16:13, Охотник за осами

In general, the largest membrane is the giant scolia!

10.10.2007 16:18, omar

This is incorrect. I mean the world's fauna. Wasps of the genus Pepsis are visually twice as large, I have seen in collections. I would like to clarify the largest view of them.

10.10.2007 17:12, Bad Den

Here's what I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organ...s_.28Insecta.29
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10.10.2007 18:26, omar

With the OS it is approximately clear beer.gifIt remains to find out the rest frown.gif

10.10.2007 18:35, omar

Pepsis pulszkyi Seems to be the largest species.

15.10.2007 22:51, Охотник за осами

I didn't find a big "Coca-colis"-a =)

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