Help! What the heck is this?
Aug 21, 2012 22:57:39 #
JENNIFER wrote:
quote=richnash46 quote=JENNIFER I know I haven't... (show quote)
Those yellow jackets are mean little buggers. They nest in the ground. If you go near them they swarm after you. Five of them got me on the ankle a few years ago. Now I have to take benadrill if I get stung. I too have them on my humming bird feeder all ther time.
Aug 21, 2012 23:13:27 #
Aug 22, 2012 11:31:03 #
Thank you 4X4 lee,
Linda,
LouEllen (steroids heh),
bc,
cyan (wish mine would leave)
Vic,
Hal81, I'm in the process of makeing a bee trap_ They can only fly up, so if you drill a hole in the bottom of a soda bottle and a small hole in the cap You can take some string and hang it the it near the feeder. Put just a little soda in the bottom and they'll fly in and be trapped.
SWFeral... hahahahah :lol: :lol: :lol:
Jen :D :D
Linda,
LouEllen (steroids heh),
bc,
cyan (wish mine would leave)
Vic,
Hal81, I'm in the process of makeing a bee trap_ They can only fly up, so if you drill a hole in the bottom of a soda bottle and a small hole in the cap You can take some string and hang it the it near the feeder. Put just a little soda in the bottom and they'll fly in and be trapped.
SWFeral... hahahahah :lol: :lol: :lol:
Jen :D :D
Aug 22, 2012 16:36:09 #
Sep 1, 2012 02:21:50 #
It's an Eastern Cicada Killer or Sphecius speciosus, a large digger wasp species. The female wasps are not aggressive & rarely sting.
Males aggressively defend their areas on nesting sites against rival males but they have no sting. Although they appear to attack anything that moves near their territories, male cicada killers are actually investigating anything that might be a female cicada killer ready to mate.
So stop wearing that wasp costume Jennifer & he will not bother you. 8-)
Of course, it could also be a Great Golden Digger Wasp masquerading as an Eastern Cicada Killer. Only Nikonian72 knows for sure. :?:
Males aggressively defend their areas on nesting sites against rival males but they have no sting. Although they appear to attack anything that moves near their territories, male cicada killers are actually investigating anything that might be a female cicada killer ready to mate.
So stop wearing that wasp costume Jennifer & he will not bother you. 8-)
Of course, it could also be a Great Golden Digger Wasp masquerading as an Eastern Cicada Killer. Only Nikonian72 knows for sure. :?:
Sep 1, 2012 08:38:29 #
Dec 13, 2012 20:43:41 #
It looks like a Bald Face Hornet. I found one not to long ago. But mine was already dead.
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