Can anyone identify this hornet?
Sep 4, 2021 18:24:19 #
While I was taking the photo of the mushroom this guy buzzed me several times. icked up a stick and luckly knocked him out of the air. Mean looking dude about 1 1/2 " long.
Sep 4, 2021 18:27:23 #
Sep 4, 2021 18:28:52 #
Sinker Rig wrote:
Looks like a yellow jacket but usually where there's one there's 100s
Way to big for a yellow jacket
Sep 4, 2021 18:36:14 #
Ivey wrote:
Way to big for a yellow jacket
No kidding! Did it have a stinger?
Sep 4, 2021 18:38:39 #
Sinker Rig wrote:
No kidding! Did it have a stinger?
A very large stinger. I've seen a few around the house lately just got lucky and knocked him out of the sky on approach.
Sep 4, 2021 18:39:55 #
Ivey wrote:
While I was taking the photo of the mushroom this guy buzzed me several times. icked up a stick and luckly knocked him out of the air. Mean looking dude about 1 1/2 " long.
Looks like the murder hornet they are having in Washington state. Google it and it looks like the one you hit. They are brutal 1/4 inch stinger that can sting thru a normal bee suit. They've shown it on our TVs in the San Diego area for quite awhile now.
Sep 4, 2021 18:45:36 #
Fishandrods wrote:
Looks like the murder hornet they are having in Washington state. Google it and it looks like the one you hit. They are brutal 1/4 inch stinger that can sting thru a normal bee suit. They've shown it on our TVs in the San Diego area for quite awhile now.
I sprayed a couple the other day with wasp spray that usually kills on contact. These guys just shook it off and flew away.
Sep 4, 2021 18:51:09 #
Fishandrods wrote:
Looks like the murder hornet they are having in Washington state. Google it and it looks like the one you hit. They are brutal 1/4 inch stinger that can sting thru a normal bee suit. They've shown it on our TVs in the San Diego area for quite awhile now.
I believe you are correct....not good if they are this far east
Sep 4, 2021 18:51:35 #
Ivey wrote:
Way to big for a yellow jacket
Yeah that thing don’t look like any yellow jacket I’ve ever seen. Yellow jackets are yellow. Pretty knarley looking creature.
Sep 4, 2021 18:52:49 #
Ivey wrote:
Way to big for a yellow jacket
That's not you holding that hornet is it?
Sep 4, 2021 18:56:17 #
Ivey wrote:
Way to big for a yellow jacket
Son of a "Bee". That sucker's big. I'd say you hit a homerun brother.
Good thing it wasn't a swing and a miss. He might have gotten pissed off.
Sep 4, 2021 19:01:58 #
Ivey wrote:
Way to big for a yellow jacket
You really should take it to a State expert. If it is one of our Washington Killer Hornets, it is a big deal.
Sep 4, 2021 19:07:01 #
Ivey wrote:
I sprayed a couple the other day with wasp spray that usually kills on contact. These guys just shook it off and flew away.
You might want to contact the dept of agriculture or ?? One hornet can wipe out a whole hive of Honey bees. They are supposed to be very aggressive.
Sep 4, 2021 19:23:05 #
Sep 4, 2021 19:25:41 #
E.pa.al wrote:
Its a cicada killer,only the female have stingers
Well dang, send me a couple dozen, cicadas are driving me crazy here
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