Waspzilla!

[Feuer Frei!]

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares - a wasp that supplements a vicious sting with jaws longer than its front legs.

But this is a very real newly discovered warrior wasp found on the remote Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Dubbed the 'Komodo dragon' of the wasp family, the males of the species measure two-and-a-half inches long.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/25/article-2029913-0D8D253000000578-999_634x506.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/25/article-2029913-0D90B5B200000578-295_634x381.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/25/article-2029913-0D90464000000578-514_306x378.jpg

SOURCE (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2029913/Warrior-wasp-discovered-jungle-jaws-longer-legs.html#ixzz1W2idA3dj)

[LiveGoat]

:o Last time I saw something like that it was chasing a young, scantily-clad Sigourney Weaver.

[papa_smurf]

That's one place I won't be going any time soon.

[Castout]

Meh many Indonesians are even more frightening, the corrupts and the radicals and the mafia thugs. The later two are closely linked.

They measure about 5-6 foot tall. With an ego out of proportion to the size of the planet. Tiny brain though and the nonexistence of wisdom and common sense.

Either stay away or kill them like pest I say.:shifty:

I wish I had my own death squads sometimes. Cleaning time is badly needed.

The army often gets the publicity of being thugs to the civilian too. I must question their competence in REAL battle with foreign army though as corruption also takes its toll on the state of their equipment. I'd think it would be like sending young people to their certain death while the political leaders discuss peace or surrender on conditions.

[Betonov]

[QUOTE=Feuer Frei!;1736594the males of the species measure two-and-a-half inches long.[/QUOTE]

I wish the reporters would start using the metric system :shifty:

Thats almost 7 cm :o twice as large as a hornet in these parts

[Oberon]

:o So that's what became of the wasp that one of my colleagues put in a microwave years ago. He thought he'd kill the damn thing but when he opened the door a very irate wasp flew out and then disappeared.

I always wondered what happened to it, now I know.

[Jimbuna]

A mean looking beasty but I wonder how it would fare against a fly swatter/tennis racket?

[Morts]

Meh many Indonesians are even more frightening, the corrupts and the radicals and the mafia thugs. The later two are closely linked.

They measure about 5-6 foot tall. With an ego out of proportion to the size of the planet. Tiny brain though and the nonexistence of wisdom and common sense.

Either stay away or kill them like pest I say.:shifty:

I wish I had my own death squads sometimes. Cleaning time is badly needed.

The army often gets the publicity of being thugs to the civilian too. I must question their competence in REAL battle with foreign army though as corruption also takes its toll on the state of their equipment. I'd think it would be like sending young people to their certain death while the political leaders discuss peace or surrender on conditions.
wait...whaa?

[TLAM Strike]

OMG! 2 1/2 inches? :o

What if this thing escapes that island? There is only one thing we can do...

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8779/nukeorbit.jpg

[HunterICX]

^And then we'll nail them at Klendathu!

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6063/tumblrljl78lrnvk1qb3e6h.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTz9nIUkGc

HunterICX

[Osmium Steele]

Good Lord, and I thought our cicada killers were big!

http://stlouispestcontrolblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cicada-killer_2.jpg

[danasan]

I don't want to imagine how large they will be after nuking... Remember Godzilla!

[Growler]

"We've got seven canisters of CN-20. I say we roll them in there and nerve gas the whole... nest."

[nikimcbee]

Now we need to cross them with the Africanized bees...:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Good Lord, and I thought our cicada killers were big!



http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/538/538263/starship-troopers-20040812003517858_640w.jpeg

[nikimcbee]

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg525/scaled.php?server=525&filename=waspq37gz4.jpg&res=medium
Eyes of a yellowjacket that had the misfortune of flying into our lab.



http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg525/scaled.php?server=525&filename=waspq48yt5.jpg&res=medium
Yellowjacket stinger.


http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg525/scaled.php?server=525&filename=waspq43ux9.jpg&res=medium

...to add to you nightmare.

yes I took these pix.

[Jimbuna]

You should take more care of your personal hygiene :DL

[FIREWALL]

With you guys swatting at with al kinda things you'll chase it right into a Nuclear Power Plant'

And in Japan most likely. Then look out. :o...:eek:

[nikimcbee]

With you guys swatting at with al kinda things you'll chase it right into a Nuclear Power Plant'

And in Japan most likely. Then look out. :o...:eek:

Hey, as long as we get royalties:hmmm:.

Subsim's "Waspzilla goes to Hollywood."