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   9/04/08

   DaVincisBlogLog

   man that's scary

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      9/04/08

      JamesJay

      Right!? And the worst part is that it was crawling up my leg!
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   9/04/08

   boytrotters

   Man, I'd shriek like a little girl if I saw that crawling up my leg... and dance around like a crazy man trying to get it off!
   
   But I've never seen anything like that before, so I can't help you there!

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   9/04/08

   inmyredhead

   I would say it's related to the Giant Ichneumons. Google it. You will find pics that are very similar if not same.
   
   Here--- I copy and pasted this from a website called 'what's that bug'. It cracked me up. Enjoy!
   
   Ichneumon Soap
   (08/03/2006) Anecdote
   An humorous, albeit tragic, anecdote that I thought you might enjoy: I work in a paving/construction office which is connected to a large open garage/storage area which is rather exposed to the outside. Our safety director needed some papers that had been stored away in the mezzanine area above the garage. While in the mezzanine, she encountered this Giant Ichneumon, which repeatedly "dive-bombed" her. Not knowing what this bug was and mistaking its ovipositor for a monstrous stinger, she screamed, tripped and fell, wet herself (luckily she had a pair of extra pants downstairs), and continued screaming, drawing a small crowd of concerned coworkers who gathered at the bottom of the stairway to the mezzanine. One brave individual ran upstairs and, sadly, killed the poor bug as our safety director ran down the stairs ranting about its gigantic proportions and "prehistoric" features. Intrigued by her tale of wonder, a coworker and I went up to look at the dead bug, and were intrigued but unimpressed. There were many guesses as to what the bug was, ranging from a mayfly, to a cicada wasp, to a robber fly, but thanks to your website I was able to determine that it was a Giant Ichneumon. My coworker took the dead bug home and placed it into some heated glycerine to form the bar of soap pictured, so that it could preserved and returned to our safety director to commemorate the event. While I know the insect's untimely death is saddening, I found this story to be too ridiculous to not send to you. Thanks for your amazing website!!!
   Jen Price

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   9/04/08

   MadameX

   I don't know what it is, but I like it.

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   9/04/08

   Shiley

   Creepy.

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   9/04/08

   dosox

   I call it as "Flying Ants"
   It really sting us hard. Be Careful

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   9/04/08

   Anniepooh

   I have no idea, but the same thing was in the back of my car last week and scared the heck out of the baby and me both! It looks like a gigantic mosquito crossed with a dragonfly. Very weird. Mine was almost the same color, too.
   
   EDIT! Maybe a Tiger crane fly?
   www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/flies%20p1.html
   About 3/4 of the way down the page

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