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гость: s, 19.09.2005 11:37

I discovered THIS at home

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the size varies from 8mm to this monster ~4cm!

WHAT IS IT, and how to exterminate these reptiles!!!????

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24.09.2005 19:36, Dracus

to Helene

About the xylocope - it really is completely harmless, with some care you can take it in your hands, which I did, in my opinion, it does not care at all (like ordinary bumblebees). However, it also happens differently - in Turkey this summer I came across a place for feeding bees that are very similar to xylocopa, differing only in size (1.5 times more) and color (psp yellow). These were phenomenally aggressive, so aggressive is not even an angry hornet - as soon as I approached one of the flower bushes at 3 m, immediately several bees separated and chased me for quite a long time. And it's not even close to their colony! It would be interesting to know what kind of species it is.

What about Japanese venomous flycatchers - do they have the same poison mechanism as scolopendras (venom glands in the legs)? It would be interesting to see a photo of such a miracle.

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25.09.2005 10:04, сеалор

Well, even xylicope is sometimes interesting to spin around a person, but it does two circles, and then flies away. It does not stick to flowers, but it circles near the nest and during mating. Bumblebees are also quite often interested. It's just that I haven't seen or read anything about being aggressive while visiting flowers yet! What's the point if you can just fly away? Aggressiveness is very well determined by the behavior of the insect. If the flight is smooth, buzzing in low tones, then this is probably not aggression. If you feel sharpness when flying, turns almost in a broken line, an insect flies close to your face or something else and the sound is shrill, like a squeal, then it will sting. But in most cases, when you intend to sting, the flight is straight and immediately stung, without ceremony. This applies mainly to polists, and in general to public wasps. Bumblebees and bees like to circle, but also depending on the species.

27.09.2005 12:16, Helene

I wonder if the hornets can't sleep at night. I wonder if they fly at night, or do they fly out of their nests? And with the mantis, so it's generally! This is selectivity! I need to take my friend to the hornets ' nest and let him eat them, but I'll get into the nest ahead of time

In fact, the appearance of daytime insects is not uncommon. Maybe they think, once in the bright light, that the day has come. In the Orenburg region, we set up a light trap, so we began to drive away large dragonflies

from it, and even daytime butterflies (Hyponephele lupina) flew into it - those that spent the night on leaves in the forest belt in the immediate vicinity of the trap. But daytime butterflies still rarely fly to the light, but wasps and dragonflies clearly do not sleep so soundly.

Planting a praying mantis near a hornet's nest - I don't know... After all, they didn't arrive on the screen more than three or four times at a time, and he crawled up and grabbed them with his little hands. And right at the nest-as if the mantis itself was not jammed... Yes, and their pets (hornets in this case) - really not sorry?

27.09.2005 17:47, sealor

Well, this is one of the many questions that I don't understand. Oddly enough, I still haven't figured out whether wasps can fly freely in the dark or not. Some observations suggest that they can, while others clearly show that they have problems with orientation in the dead of night. To do this, you need to keep a nest nearby, and watch them until late at night, when the last ones will lie down, etc.
There is a true option that some individuals linger, and spend the night outside the nest, well, and fly to the light of the screen. But the truth is I saw only bumblebees and melifera sleeping at night, I did not see wasps.
I would like to ask Bolivar about this, because it also deals with behavior outside the nest, returns, and so on.
And the hornets are a pity, of course, but... get the opportunity to explore their nest in vivo otherwise than without adult individuals...
And so only wait for late autumn.

10.04.2006 10:20, Dmitrii Musolin

silverfish Lepisma saccharina (?)

http://images.google.com/images?q=silverfish&hl=en

http://www.booksite.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/122/289.htm
Lepisma saccharinum, a primordial wingless insect of the order bristletails. The body is narrow, up to 11 mm long, with three long tail filaments; covered with small silvery scales (hence the name), appearing after the third molt. They reach sexual maturity after 10 molts (development from egg to adult insect — about 3 years). Capable of molting in the adult state. Thermophilic insects, but common everywhere; prefer wet and dark places. They live in residential buildings, warehouses with food, shops, mills, libraries, etc. They are nocturnal. They can damage sugar, bread, flour, cereals, paper, wallpaper, leather, etc.

Lit.: Animal Life, t, 3, Moscow, 1969.

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30.05.2006 22:04, Sany Chel

One lovely evening Lentii noticed some midges on the ceiling, even closer to midnight. A fairly large horde of winged creatures was located in the brightest part of the ceiling, where the light fell in the greatest amount. And everything would have been fine, but they began to bite, first one landed on my hand, then the rest began to fly around... They are small 2-1. 5 millimeters in length and 0.5 -0.8 in width, they look like mosquitoes, but I see such small ones for the first time, what kind of creatures are they? I've never seen one like this in my home before, especially one with such biting teeth. The next day, such creatures appeared in another room, in the one where the window was open... Tell me who they are =)

30.05.2006 23:07, Sany Chel

Ural, Chelyabinsk. And these insects appeared after a strong heat wave (up to 30 degrees) in addition, the sudden rains, and then again the scorching sun... maybe it affected.
By the way, on this forum I read wed-vo fight-vacuum cleaner.., and how else can I get rid of such things.., I have a private house.., and judging povsem these beeches have chosen my garden...
Last year also surprised me. I have never seen a swarm of mosquitoes before ... it is difficult to describe the swarms, but I have never seen such numbers... imagine the street and the evening at 10 o'clock ... huge flocks of mosquitoes with a radius of up to two meters periodically hung over the road, and these flocks were numerous throughout and if you try to get under them, they attack like wild ones...

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