Dan and Mark,
Thank you for your responses.
I knew that PDML has that collective intellect!
(Is that an A.I.?) ;-)
Mark, I think you were correct.
I think it is "mud dauber":
https://goo.gl/PI7Fnx
And it might be even an "organ-pipe mud dauber":
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/organ-pipe_mud_dauber.htm
Those photos show the same type of shape, - with a very thin "waist", and
thus it looks like a part of the abdomen is missing.
Igor
Mark C Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:18:12 -0700 wrote:
That's odd looking - I am pretty sure it is a wasp - order hymenoptera
(same order as ants and bees). It looks to me like its abdomen is missing
and it bears the hind half of another individual's abdomen sticking into
it's thorax via a stinger - was it thrashing about as if it was wounded?
Maybe it lost a fight.
On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
I was trying to photograph this visitor, but it was tricky for a combination
of reasons, and after a few attempts (64 trigger actuations), I gave up and
returned to what I had to do.
However, I am still curious what this insect (I assume it is an insect) is.
So, I choose to "Ask the Audience".
Is it some type of a queen ant? http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR27045.jpg
Igor
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