Hornets and wasps are nasty things. Wasps hunt down every last spider to encase in their nest for their kids to feed on when they hatch. Those hornets use bees. We once had the giant Cicada Killer Wasps, which are so big they can actually carry a cicada in flight back to their nest. The stinger on those bad boys looks like a toothpick. Luckily, the cicada killers don't bother people and we never got stung by one but those suckers are big! 2"
We could use some of those Cicada killers around here in the next few weeks. They are predicting up to 5 billion of those suckers to be flying around Cincinnati until the end of June. It's going to be nasty.
And wasps and hornets are really bad news, because their stingers aren't barbed. They can sting and sting and sting and... at least honeybees only get you once and then they tear off their abdomen.
And I might have this not quite right, but I think its yellow jackets which release some scent if you smash one on you which basically acts as a marker scent for the rest of his buddies to commence Hornet Jihad on your ass.
And wasps and hornets are really bad news, because their stingers aren't barbed. They can sting and sting and sting and... at least honeybees only get you once and then they tear off their abdomen.
And I might have this not quite right, but I think its yellow jackets which release some scent if you smash one on you which basically acts as a marker scent for the rest of his buddies to commence Hornet Jihad on your ass.
Mark did you Major in Hornet 101 in College ??? [img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img]
Hornets and wasps are nasty things. Wasps hunt down every last spider to encase in their nest for their kids to feed on when they hatch. Those hornets use bees. We once had the giant Cicada Killer Wasps, which are so big they can actually carry a cicada in flight back to their nest. The stinger on those bad boys looks like a toothpick. Luckily, the cicada killers don't bother people and we never got stung by one but those suckers are big! 2"
And wasps and hornets are really bad news, because their stingers aren't barbed. They can sting and sting and sting and... at least honeybees only get you once and then they tear off their abdomen.
And I might have this not quite right, but I think its yellow jackets which release some scent if you smash one on you which basically acts as a marker scent for the rest of his buddies to commence Hornet Jihad on your ass.
Mark did you Major in Hornet 101 in College ??? [img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img]
Nope, I grew up on a Farm! I've been stung by every stinging piece of insect shit in existence. I think the worst all-time experience is running over a nest of burrowing ground bees with the flail mower. They swarm on you, land up and down your arms,back, you name it and repeatedly sting the shit out of you. They're big, black, and furry, and they get REALLY pissed off when you run a mower over their house.
We got revenge by going back at night with diesel fuel and a match
