: [MBZ] wasps everywhere
Since these were swarming by the dozens, must be something else. From
Wikipedia
Cicada killers are large, solitary
waspshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waspin the
family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29
Crabronidaehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabronidae
From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
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Since these were swarming by the dozens, must be something else. From
Wikipedia
Cicada killers
they sound like Cicada Killers - they hunt and kill cicadas place an
egg in their body and their baby feeds off the cicada. Can't recall
if the hornets kill them 1st or not...
I think they are called Japanese wasps or something
check out -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius
Larry
On
Most wasps are non threatening to humans - it's the people who freak out
and run around trying to kill them. I only try to remove yellow jackets
who build nests in the ground - it's too easy to not know they are there
and get stung when cutting the grass... the way they swarm it's possible
to
Paper wasps around here are very territorial. They will attack from simply
walking too close to an infested car.
Mike
On Aug 11, 2013 8:56 AM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Most wasps are non threatening to humans - it's the people who freak out
and run around trying to kill them. I
Since these were swarming by the dozens, must be something else. From
Wikipedia
Cicada killers are large, solitary
waspshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waspin the
family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29
Crabronidaehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabronidae
.
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at
Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net writes:
Most wasps are non threatening to humans - it's the people who freak out
and run around trying to kill them. I only try to remove yellow jackets
who build nests in the ground - it's too easy to not know they are there
and get stung when cutting the
Allan Streib wrote:
I stepped on a yellow jacket nest once, coming down off a ladder that I
had set up right on top of the nest (unknowingly). I'm not sure how
many times I got stung in the foot, I only felt one flash of pain, but
my foot swelled up to the point where I had to wear flip-flops
, and
showed me their displeasure by stinging me a few times.
A little rotenone powder settled their hash!
Greg
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) inside a
hole it had bored in the handle; 'kept popping me until moved my finger off
'im.
Wilton
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I was putting up some wire fencing on the posts of a horse corral
once with
one of those staple hammer-puller tools. Unbeknownst to me there was a
yellow jacket nest between the post and the surrounding dirt. They took
strong exception
!
Greg
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Most wasps are non threatening to humans - it's the people who freak out and
run around
T
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Most wasps are non threatening to humans - it's the people who freak out
and
run around trying to kill them. I only try to remove yellow jackets who
build nests in the ground - it's too
I went downtown to the West End today (D.C. neighborhood) and passed by a
raised garden sited between an apartment bldg. and the sidewalk, about 60'
long x 15' deep, with the sidewalk edge 3' above ground slanting upwards at
about a 30 degree angle to where it met the building. It was positively
Andrew wrote:
Would appreciate any insight from
all the entomologists out there.
Hey, Mr. Organic Gardener - you should be telling us about the wasps,
I would think. Maybe the garden didn't have cat poop in proper
quantity. Someone told us that the ground hole maker buzzers
(wasps/hornets)
Cicadas.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Andrew wrote:
Would appreciate any insight from
all the entomologists out there.
Hey, Mr. Organic Gardener - you should be telling us about the wasps,
I would think. Maybe the garden didn't have cat
Andrew wrote:
Cicadas.
It wasn't Cicadas.
It really sounded like massive swarms deep in the woods, non visible.
Cicadas don't buzz like these.
mao
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Maybe an underground yellow jacket nest that you may have threatened.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Andrew wrote:
Cicadas.
It wasn't Cicadas.
It really sounded like massive swarms deep in the woods, non visible.
Cicadas don't buzz like these.
, August 10, 2013 9:44 PM
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Andrew wrote:
Cicadas.
It wasn't Cicadas.
It really sounded like massive swarms deep in the woods, non visible.
Cicadas don't buzz like these.
mao
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Andrew wrote:
Cicadas.
It wasn't Cicadas.
It really
M. Mitchell Marmel wrote:
I got a couple mud daubers who have set up shop on my living room window...
They love to fill the ground terminals in all the 120v outlets in my garage.
Mitch.
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Yellow jackets are the worst, especially if you're driving a tractor.
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Raid Wasp and Hornet spray knocks 'em down pretty quickly.
Not sure how good it is for paint... probably should rinse it quickly.
Allan
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
What a horror story. Where do you reside?
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.eduwrote:
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com writes:
Paper or mud? The ones that build paper nest are the ones
Those wasps are what I am allergic to. Nasty, aggressive, territorial and
just plain evil creatures. They are so common on cars that sit around for
any time here that it is like dodging life seeking bullets in a war for a
guy who is allergic to them to be able to work on old cars. Seriously.
The paper wasps are actualy beneficial insects. I have seen them feasting
on caterpillars in my vegetable garden. Their nests are affixed to the
carport roof; I have never been stung by them (fingers crossed) or by the
numerous loud-buzzing carpeneter bees busily drilling holes in the eaves
and
I have a terrible time with paper wasps and sitting cars too every
summer and fall since I moved out to the country about 25 miles from
Portland (Oregon). These are not the kind that build a closed
football-shaped nest (though I've seen those here a couple of times
too), but the kind that build
Oh, carpenter bees are very docile. My son catches them and pets them to
mess with his friends and has never been stung. One excreted something
once that made him itch pretty bad though.
Mike
On Jul 30, 2013 11:14 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
The paper wasps are actualy
Yes they are. To everything except me. Hives, throat swelling shut,
extreme swelling of the bite area and possible death if I get stung twice.
I'll take the caterpillars thank you.
Mike
On Jul 30, 2013 11:14 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
The paper wasps are actualy
Do you keep an up-to-date Epi-Pen on hand, Mike?
If not, ask your doctor for a prescription for one next time you have an
appointment.
It could save your life.
Gerry
Yes they are. To everything except me. Hives, throat swelling shut,
extreme swelling of the bite area and possible death if
Alex wrote:
I have a terrible time with paper wasps and sitting cars too
every summer and fall since I moved out to the country about 25
miles from Portland (Oregon). These are not the kind that
build a closed football-shaped nest (though I've seen those
here a couple of times too),
Raid Wasp and Hornet spray knocks 'em down pretty quickly.
Not sure how good it is for paint... probably should rinse it quickly.
Allan
Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com writes:
Those wasps are what I am allergic to. Nasty, aggressive, territorial and
just plain evil creatures. They are
What a horror story. Where do you reside?
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.eduwrote:
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com writes:
Paper or mud? The ones that build paper nest are the ones that
fight to defend their nests. At sundown is the time to get 'em.
They slow
I have not driven the 300D much this summer. In fact I have not driven
it at all for over a month. I need it while another car goes into the
shop, so I went out this afternoon to wash it and check it over... the
thing is infested with wasps in every crevice! In the door hinge
recesses, under
Allan wrote:
I have not driven the 300D much this summer.
... the thing is infested with wasps in every
crevice! In the door hinge recesses, under the fuel filler
cover, under the hood I've used quite a bit of Raid and think
I got them all.
Paper or mud? The ones that build paper
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com writes:
Paper or mud? The ones that build paper nest are the ones that
fight to defend their nests. At sundown is the time to get 'em.
They slow down, and are all on the nest. During the day, there is
always a few out and about.
Paper. There was a mud nest in the
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