In The Berries
Sep 30, 2020 17:52:54 #
While waking the yard this morning I found this Eastern Yellow Jacket around the Morning Glory and I brought it in and staged it on some small red berries that grow on a bush along the fenceline.
These little buggers can be quite a nuisance and they are venomous, stinging social insects. They are abundant in urban areas and when nests are disturbed, defending worker wasps can inflict multiple stings so DO NOT disturb them. They are not just one and done sting. Foraging worker wasps may be a nuisance at picnics or other outdoor events where they are drawn to things that are sweet and also to meats set out intended for bar-b-que.
A good trap is to take a big bowl filled with soapy water nearly to the top. Take a narrow board and screw a chicken back section to the center of it. Place the board over the water "chicken side down" so that it nearly touches the water. The Yellow Jackets will find it and when they push off the chicken to fly away they will hit the soapy water and drown. Hundreds can be caught in an afternoons time.
Their nest can be quite large and they build onto other nests and colonies can have as many as 4,000 Yellow Jackets. The queens survive the winter and rebuild the colony at the onset of spring.
These little buggers can be quite a nuisance and they are venomous, stinging social insects. They are abundant in urban areas and when nests are disturbed, defending worker wasps can inflict multiple stings so DO NOT disturb them. They are not just one and done sting. Foraging worker wasps may be a nuisance at picnics or other outdoor events where they are drawn to things that are sweet and also to meats set out intended for bar-b-que.
A good trap is to take a big bowl filled with soapy water nearly to the top. Take a narrow board and screw a chicken back section to the center of it. Place the board over the water "chicken side down" so that it nearly touches the water. The Yellow Jackets will find it and when they push off the chicken to fly away they will hit the soapy water and drown. Hundreds can be caught in an afternoons time.
Their nest can be quite large and they build onto other nests and colonies can have as many as 4,000 Yellow Jackets. The queens survive the winter and rebuild the colony at the onset of spring.
Sep 30, 2020 23:13:57 #
Oct 1, 2020 07:10:56 #
Oct 1, 2020 10:10:17 #
HOT Texas wrote:
What a great shot!!!! img src="https://static.ugl... (show quote)
Thanks, HOT Texas. I suspect that you fellow have a lot of these buggers down your way.
Oct 1, 2020 10:10:46 #
Oct 1, 2020 10:18:23 #
Oct 1, 2020 10:48:45 #
Oct 1, 2020 13:40:47 #
The download is beyond Fantastic!!! I both admire and hate them, but I don't let that take away from your Amazing photograph!!!
Oct 1, 2020 14:34:37 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks, HOT Texas. I suspect that you fellow have a lot of these buggers down your way.
Lots of them and two things that are Killers, Fire Ants and killer bees
Oct 1, 2020 16:47:11 #
Retired CPO wrote:
The download is beyond Fantastic!!! I both admire and hate them, but I don't let that take away from your Amazing photograph!!!
Thanks ever so much for the reply.
Oct 2, 2020 18:43:12 #
Oct 2, 2020 19:04:38 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Fantastic shot of one mean critter, Sippy! Their stings HURT!
Thanks, Donna. For something so small it can hurt so much.
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