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  1. obsidian_cicatrix

    obsidian_cicatrix I ink, therefore I am. Contributor

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    Aye... me too. I'm always second-guessing myself.
     
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    Ok, I've got one. :)

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  3. Lewdog

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    An insect, I win.
     
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    That's a great challenge @Darkkin. I love the solution.
     
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    You have to tell me what kind, though. ;) It's quite a specific little bugger. :p
     
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    Looks like a wasp.
     
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    I thought I was doing good. I could have gone with the easy one and said an old man.
     
  8. obsidian_cicatrix

    obsidian_cicatrix I ink, therefore I am. Contributor

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    Good grief! There's not a lot to go on.... ok, so we can see most of it, but it's not like it has anything particularly outstanding about it at first glance. It almost looks like a cross between a wasp and a dragonfly, though the head does have a certain ant like quality too... I'm a bit baffled and not big up on insects as there's not a lot of variety round here. :rolleyes:
     
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    Guys, my eyesight sucks...could someone verify that I'm seeing two sets of wings?
     
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    I was actually going to say dragonfly but it doesn't really have the color scheme of one. Knowing @Wreybies and where he lives, it could be some kind of monstrous flying cockroach.
     
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    Yes it looks like it has 4 wings total.
     
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    @Lewdog... yeah but most dragonflies have skinny butts not plump ones like this'un.
     
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    It's a Khardashian Dragonfly. :agreed:
     
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    It's a winged ant queen of some sort. The head and antennae are very distinct.
     
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    Nope.
    I picked that image in particular because it gave scale with the guy holding it.
    Nope and nope.
    Points for humor, but nope. ;)
    Sooooo close! ;)
     
  16. Lewdog

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    Yeah by looking at the thorax I don't thing it is any kind of stinging insect.
     
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    If it is an ant we have only approx. 22000 species to choose from. :eek:
    If it lives in Puerto Rico, that narrows it down to 39. :read:

    If it even is an ant, that is. :confused:


    ETA: In hindsight maybe I should not have posted this, as I'm actually studing biology but don't seem to know what an ant looks like... :whistle:
     
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    It's a driver ant queen.
     
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    Googled it and found the exact same image! Nice work! :agreed:
     
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    Close enough that I'll give it to you. ;) It's actually the king (drone), also known as a Sausage Fly. It is the largest not-queen ant in the world. When the Sausage Fly is mature and a driver ant column comes by, he smells it and is attracted to it. The driver ants clips his wings (and sometimes his legs) and take him to their queen for some whoopie. The queen driver ant is an even more disturbing looking critter. :(

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    Whew, now that that's over:

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    Some deep sea species of jellyfish? There seems to be a total lack of light of any sort.
     
  23. obsidian_cicatrix

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    That image is unfortunately so small, even with my glasses on I can't really see it.
     
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    It's not your vision @obsidian_cicatrix, and it's not in the deep sea.

    Hint: There's a reason the image is unclear.
     
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    Is it organic? A flock of bats heading up the throat of a cave?
     

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