What kind of wasp is this?

[eelnoob]

This guy is about the size of a paper wasp but I saw another just like it but twice the size:drool: . Was tempted to catch it but my girlfriend wouldn't have none of it .


There were found a rocky/gravelly area.

 

[Galapoheros]

Cicada Killer, I've seen colonies with holes close together in the ground. The stinger looks pretty nasty and it's pretty long, I've played around with them before, ..hate to get stung by one of those!

 

[eelnoob]

Cicada Killer, I've seen colonies with holes close together in the ground. The stinger looks pretty nasty and it's pretty long, I've played around with them before, ..hate to get stung by one of those!

Thanks:worship:


These is my first time seeing wasps this big. Instead of running away from like most people would, I wanted to bring them home instead

 

[Ariel]

yup thats a cicada killer alright, we get a nest of those around my house every year. as far as I know they rarely, ever sting people.

 

[Vulgaris]

Thats a great shot! The ones I see are always too fidgety to get a good shot.

Yours looks like a male on the lookout for females.

They are solitary wasps and do not build communal nests like yellowjackets do, but often females will choose burrows in close proximity to one another

 

[Ariel]

Thats a great shot! The ones I see are always too fidgety to get a good shot.

Yours looks like a male on the lookout for females.

They are solitary wasps and do not build communal nests like yellowjackets do, but often females will choose burrows in close proximity to one another

really? we had this one particular hole by our outside stairs that seemed to house several of these wasps.

 

[pavel]

The wasps come in quite a range of sizes depending on the size of the prey a particular species hunts. So one down at a college by Notre Dame that was simply HUGE! Believe it was 3 or more inches long. Very impressive critter.

 

[Tleilaxu]

Its good that you leave them be since they need to catch the proper prey for their babies, also I am surprised they are actually up in our state! An impressive species but best just observed.

 

[eelnoob]

yup thats a cicada killer alright, we get a nest of those around my house every year. as far as I know they rarely, ever sting people.

This one didn't seem to be bothered by my presence at all.

Thats a great shot! The ones I see are always too fidgety to get a good shot.

Yours looks like a male on the lookout for females.

They are solitary wasps and do not build communal nests like yellowjackets do, but often females will choose burrows in close proximity to one another

Thanks

This one was just chilling on that rock displaying for the large female and trying to keep two other males off his spot.

Its good that you leave them be since they need to catch the proper prey for their babies, also I am surprised they are actually up in our state! An impressive species but best just observed.

There's quite a few of them at this spot and it's right here in the cities too.