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We had meat bees in Paradise. I've come to hate the bastards.
When you disturb a nest in the ground and they come after you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouch++
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Those darn mud daubers...
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We had meat bees in Paradise. I've come to hate the bastards.
When you disturb a nest in the ground and they come after you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouch++
Mud daubers are a pain. I now also chase them with the can of hornet killer. First year I ignored them and nests were everywhere. I do think knocking them down every so often helps.
Also have most other varieties. In fact, this conversation reminds me I need to get a can of hornet killer for my house. I have a mailbox on the porch which is just for show but occasionally someone does put a letter in it. Last time I went to check it, there was a wasp nest the size of a golf ball. Luckily it was late in the evening and they were kind of dormant, otherwise I would have been slaughtered.
Also have most other varieties. In fact, this conversation reminds me I need to get a can of hornet killer for my house. I have a mailbox on the porch which is just for show but occasionally someone does put a letter in it. Last time I went to check it, there was a wasp nest the size of a golf ball. Luckily it was late in the evening and they were kind of dormant, otherwise I would have been slaughtered.
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I once had a "pet" goat. Before I could build a proper pen, I used to tether him to one tree or another. One time, he stepped on a yellowjacket (ground) nest. When they attacked him he tried to run - round and round the tree, winding the rope up until he was hard against it.
I had to borrow a bee suit from a neighbor so I could rescue him. Carried him to my pickumup, where my SO held him steady as I drove to the vet. The vet gave him a shot (adrenaline?) and he recovered. I got real busy building the pen later that day!
HATE them durn critters!
I had to borrow a bee suit from a neighbor so I could rescue him. Carried him to my pickumup, where my SO held him steady as I drove to the vet. The vet gave him a shot (adrenaline?) and he recovered. I got real busy building the pen later that day!
HATE them durn critters!
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two things....
First, I saw these wasps a couple years ago digging in the yard.
What caught my eye was the blue wings and orange body.
I have no idea what kind they are, and I did not get close enough to get a venom sample.......
There are (at least) three burrows and two wasps in this picture:
They would disappear into the holes and there would be a "rooster tail" of dirt being flung out.
They were interesting to watch.
-brino
First, I saw these wasps a couple years ago digging in the yard.
What caught my eye was the blue wings and orange body.
I have no idea what kind they are, and I did not get close enough to get a venom sample.......
There are (at least) three burrows and two wasps in this picture:
They would disappear into the holes and there would be a "rooster tail" of dirt being flung out.
They were interesting to watch.
-brino
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thing number two......for those that like to see wasps tortured.......
I caught a praying mantis having its way with this unfortunate wasp.
This was on the soffit of my house right near my front door where the wasps seem to gather in the fall.
Those with an aversion to insecticide should not look!
There is extreme inter-entomological violence.
View attachment 1.mp4
View attachment 2.mp4
Yes that off-colour orange stuff is polyurethane foam meant to keep them out of the attic.
The has since been cleaned up a little.
-brino
I caught a praying mantis having its way with this unfortunate wasp.
This was on the soffit of my house right near my front door where the wasps seem to gather in the fall.
Those with an aversion to insecticide should not look!
There is extreme inter-entomological violence.
View attachment 1.mp4
View attachment 2.mp4
Yes that off-colour orange stuff is polyurethane foam meant to keep them out of the attic.
The has since been cleaned up a little.
-brino
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That is pretty wild Brino that you were able to catch that on video.
This past summer I was on my Kubota doing some work when a Dragonfly landed on my arm. It had some sort of beetle in its mouth and it literally chewed the head of the beetle off, spit it out and continued to devour the rest of it. Both fascinating and horrifying. LOL.
This past summer I was on my Kubota doing some work when a Dragonfly landed on my arm. It had some sort of beetle in its mouth and it literally chewed the head of the beetle off, spit it out and continued to devour the rest of it. Both fascinating and horrifying. LOL.
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Brino, I think those might be rusty spider wasp, or maybe blue wing wasp. Might be the same thing actually. Not an entomologist.
If they are, they either go into spider burrows to immobilize them and then lay their larvae in them, or they might be digging for grubs (like June bug type of thingies) and again, lay their larvae on/in them. Either way, they are actually beneficial. I am not sure if they would sting you or not.
If they are, they either go into spider burrows to immobilize them and then lay their larvae in them, or they might be digging for grubs (like June bug type of thingies) and again, lay their larvae on/in them. Either way, they are actually beneficial. I am not sure if they would sting you or not.