> On Sep 22, 2021, at 11:55 AM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > They aren't carnivores. They are called carpenters because they burrow into > wood. Others are called miners because they dig holes. The insecticide > would have done it a power of no good, though.
Exactly. I have found a couple of things that look kind of like honeycomb, there and in other sheds, which I thought were wasp nests. >> On 22 September 2021 at 19:35 Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks folks, I think it might be a carpenter bee. That kind of makes sense >> because I was spraying for carpenter ants in a shed I was repairing and it >> didn’t look well. It might well also been using my shed as a buffet. >> >> >>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:50 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Four wings so definitely not a fly, which are of the order Diptera. From >>> Greek di for two and pteron for wing. >>> >>>> On 22 September 2021 at 07:26 Toine <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> The eyes suggest it's a bee. I had to look it up, in europe black >>>> bee's (Apis mellifera mellifera) are a possible alternative for honey >>>> bee's. >>>> >>>> On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 00:11, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I saw this critter crawling around on the steps in front of my house and >>>>> got a few photos. I think that it is some sort of bee, but it almost >>>>> looks like a really big fly. Does anyone know what it is? >>>>> >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719880913748 >>>>> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
