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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: hymenoptera?

Posted by paqui on 03-08-2006 21:11

http://www.insect...ge_id=3456

this pic has been post in a general insect?s forum, he says they have appeared suddenly lots of them over sofa, chairs, table, in the kitchen. They are worried because they bit like a puce ant they have an 8 months child, he thinks maybe an ant?
the insect is about 3mm

thanks

Edited by paqui on 03-08-2006 21:12

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 03-08-2006 21:24

Hymenoptera it is, but not an ant. This is a female in the family Bethylidae, and to my knowledge they do no harm to humans!
greetings, Gerard

Posted by paqui on 03-08-2006 21:25

thanks!

Posted by cthirion on 04-08-2006 10:13

Oh if, it pricks in particular during the night in the rooms, the puncture is painful and can cause rednesses which last logtemps or of the allergies! ?

?Scleroderma, catch insects of wood, in the beams , the logs! ?:(

Posted by paqui on 13-08-2006 16:11

yes, more people has told me they "seriously" bite; maybe a defensive behaviour? i hope it?s not they oviposite on ours!:|