PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THIS IS?!?!?!!!

[Wednesdayafternoon]

It was actually huge, like maybe 2cm!

I've never seen anything like to, what type of insect is it?!?!

Absolute meltdown from me 🙈

I don’t know what it is, but I had one in my house a few years ago and it totally freaked me out too. I’ve never seen another. Watching your thread hoping someone knows.

It’s a beetle

I'm still cringing over it 🙈
I am not good with insects at all!

It looks like a Pimpla rufipes from what I can see online but it doesn't have orange legs 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Fraaahnces really? But it has a sting 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

Had one in the house before. I thought it was some type of wasp, but not sure.

Could be a sabre wasp, that's what I've found via Google 😆😆👍

I think I'd call that an earwig, is it not?

Sorry… I thought it was a leg. Forgive me. I’m Australian and don’t really get in a flap about bugs.

@LazyYogi

I think I'd call that an earwig, is it not?

Img I've just googled earwig...... 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰

Searched through google lens and it came up with an Echthrus reluctator, a type of wasp. 😖

Here's a Google image of another sabre wasp

OMG a wasp!!!! I'm so glad I saw it and I got someone else to move it 😰😰😰

I think it's an earwig.

@FunkyPhantom

Here's a Google image of another sabre wasp

That's not whats in OP's pic [confused

It's an ichneumon wasp. Probably can't ID without a microscope. The bit on the end is an ovipositor, not a sting. Unless you are rotting wood or a caterpillar you are completely safe.

It's not an earwig

It's not a sting, it's the egg laying tube.

It's a bug of some kind. It's not going to hurt you, we don't have dangerous insects in this country. It's definitely not an earwig. Just leave it alone or put it outside where it will be happier.

Its an ovipositor. It's how they lay eggs. A sting is an adapted ovipositor.

Don't worry about it.

@Hawkmoth

It's an ichneumon wasp. Probably can't ID without a microscope. The bit on the end is an ovipositor, not a sting. Unless you are rotting wood or a caterpillar you are completely safe.

Love it when everyone is flapping around panicking then someone swoops in and slaps the answer down on the table.

it's a harmless beetle and NO it is not a sting

Feeling itchy…. No idea what the little sucker is sorry.

It's not an earwig.

Erm, I think it's rather pretty. The v-shape the antennae make, the slender body, the straight line at the back end.

I'll get my coat.

Vile things aren’t they. I thought I’d accidentally opened a portal to another hellish dimension when one appeared in our home. That long…thing… on the end.

Yuk