anyone seen one of these??? beemantis

[Vern]

sorry the pics kinda crappy its from a cell phone, but heres the deal, my buddy found this bug while workin up the canyon. from the middle back it looks like a regular wasp, but from the middle forward it looks like a preymantis(sp?) with pinchers and a preymantis head and all. its crazy shiznit!

 

[adrenaline junkey]

Never seen anything like that you guys have some nuclear reactors some where close by

 

[Vern]

not that i know of, i edited the pic a bit to see if i could get it a little clearer

 

[adrenaline junkey]

hey is this it http://bugguide.net/node/view/70153 kinda looks like it

 

[Ex-Member]

That is a Brown Mantidfly, Climaciella brunnea.

You can thank Google for the information in this post.

 

[Vern]

yup, i just did some searching and came up with the same thing. its still pretty sweet though, and i'll admit it kinda scared the crap out of me when we was tryin to take a pic of it.

 

[Jkinzer]

that is a crazy looking bug

 

[SAWYER]

eat it

 

[Mafesto]

Whatever it thinks it is.....just kill the damned thing!

 

[Gimpster]

eat it

Yep, protein

Save them from licking car windshields for the daily ration

----- Gimpster ----

 

[Snowizard]

Wow!
What can't you learn on this forum? Everything from wierd bugs, to smelly fat people. LOL.

 

[Ex-Member]

Wow!
What can't you learn on this forum? Everything from wierd bugs, to smelly fat people. LOL.

Welcome to the internet

 

[Idaho Ice]

eat it

Lmfao!

 

[LeeDoo]

That thing is sweet!