To ask what the hell this is???!

[annie987]

Just killed this hideous creature!
It was making a very high pitched buzzing noise - sounded like a mosquito but don’t think it is.
It was about 1.5 inches in length.
Any ideas?

It's an ichneumon wasp. Totally harmless. Sad.

Well it looks like a tango'd wasp on steroids...

Poor thing

Poor thing? It was enormous and kept dive bombing at my head and buzzing super loudly!

It's beautiful :(

Don't be pathetic. You're a grown adult. You had no need to kill it.

Poor thing

Oh...its ogly and buzzes, let's kill it!! Ver sad indeed

Well I'd have killed it too.

Can anyone help me identify this mating pair - they are nesting behind my wing mirror!

I’d have tried to waft it out of the window or glass catch it.

Failing that I’d have killed it too!

One is brown with an orange dot other is exact shape but black n white stripy
Perhaps I’ll have tortoiseshell or tabby eggs lol

I think they are shield bugs.

Red legged shieldbug.

Kill first, ask questions later!!! Could you not have walked away for a bit, it would have moved on.

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@JaceLancs

It's a forest shield bug, had one in my garden a few weeks ago

You killed a great flying prawn. At least add it to a stir fry. Waste not, want not.

It's an Ichneumonidae, completely harmless and they've been around for at least 20 million years. Sad.

And also, a shield bug - they let off a horrible smell when they feel threatened. And if you kill them they also let off a smell. I find them to be quiet disgusting, but they're harmless.

I'm so glad there are a lot of caring & intelligent people on this thread.

They killed an entire wolf pack the other day and morons cheered. Meanwhile I'm relocating venomous snakes that show up on my back door mat and porch. 9 so far this year.

What harm did that little bug do to you?

I wish I was brave enough to relocate the deadly snakes in my garden! I try to just avoid them but if they're near the house I call in the catchers. They relocate them so I suppose I'm still technically relocating them, just doing it the wussy way

I hate people killing things. WHY?? What's the point? I live in Australia where we have some truly hideous (and some poisonous) things but we've only ever killed one thing...a redback spider which are highly venomous. Would not have killed that but it was in the house and DH panicked.

DH carried a brown snake away from the house in a snake bag rather than kill it. It was relocated.

Big spiders? They're left alone as they're shy and don't bother anyone except other bugs which they eat!

Stop killing things!

I'm presuming that all those who are horrified it was killed are vegan? It's somewhat hypocritical if not.

NEVER, NEVER squish a shield bug. They smell like death.