Critter picture tread,(post what you have)

[lawn mower fanatic]

I hate these! :thumbdown:

 

[midnite rider]

I hate these! :thumbdown:

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Looks like a Cicada Killer Wasp.

 

[midnite rider]

Saturday in the Park.

These wild honeybees were swarming and looking for a new home.

 

[1 Lucky Texan]

Looks like a Cicada Killer Wasp.

yep - they are awesome - not really interested in people. When the males hatch out and are hanging around waiting on the females to come out, they can be a little territorial. They will chase each other and even birds away.

The Cicada Killer Thriller Page

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

yep - they are awesome - not really interested in people. When the males hatch out and are hanging around waiting on the females to come out, they can be a little territorial. They will chase each other and even birds away.

The Cicada Killer Thriller Page

Try mowing a yard with 10 of them just in the side yard!

 

[RobertBrown]

Cicada killer in my front yard
One year there were dozens in my yard, now just one or two.
My dog had her head out the window of my truck one day and one got her in the nose. She did not like that one bit.

 

[1 Lucky Texan]

CK's use burrows so, they really like areas that are almost bare of grass/vegetation - perhaps under hedges if there is no mulch?

The females are a lot bigger than the males. They carry stunned cicadas back the their burrow and lay an egg on it so, it becomes the larvae's meal.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

CK's use burrows so, they really like areas that are almost bare of grass/vegetation - perhaps under hedges if there is no mulch?

The females are a lot bigger than the males. They carry stunned cicadas back the their burrow and lay an egg on it so, it becomes the larvae's meal.

They also like sandy places like a volleyball court or around the edge of a concrete basketball court.

(http://blog.brasurespestcontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bpc_cicadakiller.jpg)

 

[RobertBrown]

 

[midnite rider]