Large wasp-like insect - Urocerus flavicornis Lilly Lake Camp Ground, Uintah Mountain Range County, Utah, USA July 15, 2007 Size: Approx 1 1/4 inch
Found in the campground at Lilly Lake in the Uintah Mountains of Utah, elevation 9,900 ft. Black wasp shaped body with yellow colored eyes and a yellow double band at the rear end. No noise heard when they flew (we seen five or six) and they seemed to like certain places near the base of the local pine trees. Long yellow antennae, yellow wings and legs, long black stinger-like appendage out the rear of the body (approx 1/2 to 3/4 inch). Just above the long black stinger is a yellow stinger approx 1/4th inch.
Images of this individual: tag all Contributed by David Kendall on 16 July, 2007 - 11:31pm Last updated 8 July, 2012 - 6:48pm |