I would like a stinging insect ID, please
Dec 22, 2018 09:08:17 #
Dec 22, 2018 09:12:50 #
If you re-post it and click "(store original)," we will get a better look at it.
Dec 22, 2018 09:21:51 #
To me looks like what I’ve always called a hornet. They can be pretty nasty. Another, similar species, that is black and white are even worse. Those black and white ones can sting in flight and keep on going.
Dec 23, 2018 07:49:07 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Luckily I have never had a run-in with hornets but have been stung numerous times by yellow jackets while growing up in South Carolina. I had a cousin, who accidentally burned down his family's barn trying to get rid of yellow jackets with a torch. He did get rid of all the yellow jackets.
Dec 23, 2018 07:49:07 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Luckily I have never had a run-in with hornets but have been stung numerous times by yellow jackets while growing up in South Carolina. I had a cousin, who accidentally burned down his family's barn trying to get rid of yellow jackets with a torch. He did get rid of all the yellow jackets.
Dec 23, 2018 07:58:51 #
I nearly had a encounter with the Japanese Giant Wasp while camping in Big South fork. They are about 2 inches long and can kill a human if stung enough. The species was confirmed by the Ranger. I did not know we had those here, and wonder how they came over?
Dec 23, 2018 08:58:09 #
Some friends and I managed to hunt down and destroy about half a dozen nests of the black and white hornets one summer when we were teens. We used the very efficient method of dousing the nest with gasoline then setting it afire. No buildings or important structures were lost or damaged during our mission. Thinking back on it we were all quite lucky and suffered only a few stings.
Dec 23, 2018 09:34:55 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
I’d call that a hornet. If it has a white head, it’s a bald faced hornet. They’re nasty. If not, then it’s a regular hornet. They’re nasty too. Definitely not a yellow jacket. They’re hornets too and also nasty. But it’s not a wasp. They’re also nasty but have a very thin thorax (middle part).
Dec 23, 2018 13:36:12 #
Dec 23, 2018 18:13:52 #
jimfl938
Loc: Acworth, GA
Jerry, I know you are right. I thought that I had checked that box, but should have made sure.
Just FYI. I have never met anyone from New York that I did not like and that include you as well.
Just FYI. I have never met anyone from New York that I did not like and that include you as well.
Dec 27, 2018 20:18:08 #
Bug person here. This is not a hornet, but is instead a kind of potter wasp. The specific markings and the distinctive shape of the abdomen give it away. Potter wasps are solitary, living alone to build a mud-pot nest. They provision the nest with paralyzed insects or spiders to feed to their young.
What might be the exact species is shown here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/40396
What might be the exact species is shown here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/40396
Dec 27, 2018 20:52:48 #
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