Giant Wasp

[Pine Strip]

Muhammad Ali - "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see."

 

[Pine Strip]

Wyo Wasp ....Not a Nickels Worth of Difference...or is that a Quarter ?

 

[grnspot110]

Harmless!!!

 

[cqaigy2]

Thanks for the info on the wasp Jim.:thumbsup:

 

[timster2]

Get them every year in the lawn. They look nasty but never had a bad encounter with one. They are impressive hauling a payload of cicadas to their burrow. When you first see one you think it is a giant yellow jacket and run like ****. They will buzz you but never seem to attack anything but cicadas.

 

[k0ua]

Good to know.. I will refrain, from whacking them.

 

[Wombat125]

Wyo Wasp ....Not a Nickels Worth of Difference...or is that a Quarter ?

That would be a quarter. It was a whopper.

I'm inclined to leave them alone as well, but that stinger really looks like it could do a number on you.

A couple years ago I got nervous about a colony of black wasps living under my deck, so I wiped them out one morning while they were all cold and lethargic. Then I read that they are very passive, and that their primary prey is black widow spiders. I still feel bad about killing them all.

 

[DeanKC]

We have small wasps that live in the ground in large colonies. Name for them around here is "Ginny wasps". Step on their home and you get 8-12 stings within a half second. Very painful. Had to rush a dog to the vet when she made that mistake.

 

[tractchores]

Think i saw one of these shortly after reading the post. It was digging a hole and was 3-4" long. I left it alone, ive never seen such a big wasp

 

[Depmandog]

They do make quite a mess in a manicured lawn. The elderly neighbor lady just hates them. For several years she would call me about this time of year to dispatch as many as I could. I kept telling her they are harmless. But they scared her and she didn't like the numerous dirt piles.