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Help me identify this creature found on my breakfast nook window sill
January 06, 2019, 09:12 AM
4MUL8RHelp me identify this creature found on my breakfast nook window sill
https://www.flickr.com/photos/4mul8r/shares/8g1ia2
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January 06, 2019, 09:13 AM
Mars_AttacksLooks like a form of hawk wasp.
Preys on spiders, caterpillars and such.
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Eeewwww, don't touch it!
Here, poke at it with this stick.
January 06, 2019, 09:13 AM
Floyd D. BarberWhat's left of a wasp?
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January 06, 2019, 09:19 AM
smschulzIt's a bug.
January 06, 2019, 09:24 AM
Chance
January 06, 2019, 10:15 AM
kkinaLooks like a Red (Paper) Wasp.
January 06, 2019, 10:35 AM
RedhookbklynA Stanley tape measure. I prefer Starrett myself.
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January 06, 2019, 10:37 AM
TommydoggSince you found one, there is a nest somewhere. Maybe get some wasp spray for when you find it. You can spray from a safe distance and they come home at dusk.
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January 06, 2019, 10:47 AM
roarindanquote:
Originally posted by Tommydogg:
Since you found one, there is a nest somewhere. Maybe get some wasp spray for when you find it. You can spray from a safe distance and they come home at dusk.
if they eat fly larva and other pests why kill 'em?
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January 06, 2019, 10:55 AM
gearhoundsThat looks more like a parasitic egg laying wasp. They do not build nests, nor are they communal. They are solitary insects that as the name implies, find a host insect and lay an egg inside its body often including paralyzing the prey item. They are harmless and have no interest in people because they are not protecting a nest.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_wasp
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4MUL8RIt's my wife's tape measure. Really. I only use the Sigforum-approved tools.
I feel better that none of the possibilities suggest that I (a)call an exterminator or (b)burn the house down.
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January 06, 2019, 01:21 PM
Sig2340That is the threatened and endangered "If found, burn your house to the ground wasp."
It's fairly common but with the name inciting folks to committing domestic arson, there is always a threat to the home owners and the wasps alike.
Nice is overrated
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January 06, 2019, 02:42 PM
lymandip it in honey and eat it,
https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/
January 06, 2019, 05:08 PM
TigerDoreIt's a baby one of these:
January 06, 2019, 05:28 PM
Tommydoggquote:
Originally posted by roarindan:
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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
Since you found one, there is a nest somewhere. Maybe get some wasp spray for when you find it. You can spray from a safe distance and they come home at dusk.
if they eat fly larva and other pests why kill 'em?
I do when they build their nests where I might get stung doing things around my yard. They like to build nests in the exhaust pipes for our bathroom fans. They then drop through the fan and into the bathroom. My wife got stung twice while decorating the shed in the back yard and they popped out of the window frame. I got nailed when I took the lid off of a tiki torch to light it.
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January 06, 2019, 11:43 PM
BassamaticYup, if it's a wasp kill it quick and ask questions later. I hate 'em.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. January 07, 2019, 12:02 AM
craglawnmanorquote:
Originally posted by Tommydogg:
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Originally posted by roarindan:
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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
Since you found one, there is a nest somewhere. Maybe get some wasp spray for when you find it. You can spray from a safe distance and they come home at dusk.
if they eat fly larva and other pests why kill 'em?
I do when they build their nests where I might get stung doing things around my yard. They like to build nests in the exhaust pipes for our bathroom fans. They then drop through the fan and into t
he bathroom. My wife got stung twice while decorating the shed in the back yard and they popped out of the window frame. I got nailed when I took the lid off of a tiki torch to light it.
Ummmm, so your wife has a "she shed"??
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