Asian Hornet?

[CLP]

I don't agree that those cicada killers are "harmless" I have a box garden they tunneled under and coincidentally everything but my peppers have died since I discovered they were digging.

 

[dontpanic]

I believe a few years ago I read something about bringing in some Asian Wasp to go after the stink bugs since the wasp likes to lay their eggs on the stink bug larvae? The Asian Wasp are the only known killers for stink bugs in Asia.

These wasps lay their eggs in Asian stink bug eggs. They do not eat the stink bug, have no stinger and are less than a 1/4 inch long.

That said, I have seen fewer pollinators this year but a lot more butterflies (swallow tails, mostly, not a single Monarch.)

I know these things go in cycles, but as a kid, my dad and I collected wild swarms. Ihave not seen a wild hive in 20 years.

 

[fabsroman]

These wasps lay their eggs in Asian stink bug eggs. They do not eat the stink bug, have no stinger and are less than a 1/4 inch long.

That said, I have seen fewer pollinators this year but a lot more butterflies (swallow tails, mostly, not a single Monarch.)

I know these things go in cycles, but as a kid, my dad and I collected wild swarms. Ihave not seen a wild hive in 20 years.

My wife and I started looking at houses almost 6 years ago. We looked at them for almost 3 years. Looked at many foreclosures during that time period. About 4 or so years ago, we looked at a foreclosure with the biggest bee hive I have ever seen hanging from the exterior soffet. If we bought that house, I was going to use a flame thrower for it followed by a fire extinguisher.

 

[Mrhyde]

Didn't catch him in flight but they're still creepy when they've got dinner and try to squeeze it into their hole.

This thing came home with a GIANT cicada and couldn't figure out how to get it inside.

 

[aquaman]

You're thinking of the giant hornets of the orient. I have nightmares about these damn things. In my dreams they're about 6' long.

Japanese Giant Hornet- the undisputed most diabolical hornet on the planet earth.

 

[wilcam47]

Well, we have plenty of them around here. Last year, I made the mistake of messing around in an azalea bush and disturbing a hive of bald faced hornets. Ended up getting stung 3 times and one was still stuck to my ankle biting me after I was indoors. When I heard the rumble of the hive, I knew what was up without even seeing it. I took off running faster than I have ever run in my life, but they still got me. Think that was the worst I have ever been stung. It was a terrible Friday the 13th last July. Bad 12th of July too. Silver lining is that none of the kids stumbled upon it before me.

This year, I have been knocking down startup hive after startup hive of some paper wasps and actually found one in a set of plastic vehicle ramps. They had done a pretty decent job on that one before I found it. Got out the torch and got about 8 of them and burned up the hive. My wife just saw another startup hive that a couple bees/wasps/hornets are starting on the other side of the house. Will look into that this weekend.

I don't mind these...I hate yellow jackets...a good killer is 1/2 dawn dishsoap in a gallon of water then put it in a weed sprayer...

 

[dfens42]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7Q1ncgcoY

There you go, those are the ones to be afraid of...Japanese Hornets.

 

[jimbobborg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7Q1ncgcoY

There you go, those are the ones to be afraid of...Japanese Hornets.

I'd love to see a hive of Japanese Hornets versus Africanized honey bees. New SyFy movie idea?

 

[ianmcall]

they don't exist in the USA, we have the EU version

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hornet

edit

these are everywhere this time of year and look similar but they are harmless

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus

Our family refers to them as B52's.... Scariest thing a man can encounter when mowing around the crab apple trees.

 

[pleasant1911]

If that the beast above pic, I killed one of those. I was walking my dog, and I saw one on the grass by the sidewalk, on his hive. I also saw one of those at my gun club I belong too. I hate wasp or yellowjackets, because my mom loves to garden and she is allergic. found out five or six years ago, since then, i been the bee controller for my parents house. I take hot steam pot full of boiling water, and pan in down the wasp nest during the dusk time. I rock them everytime. Its well over five gallons of boiling water down the nest....