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hymenoptera?
paqui
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Posted on 03-08-2006 21:11
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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

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Gerard Pennards
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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
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thanks!
 
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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! ?Sad
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yes, more people has told me they "seriously" bite; maybe a defensive behaviour? i hope it?s not they oviposite on ours!Frown
 
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