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Originally Posted by PeachSalsa
Wow! Late this afternoon I was watering my flowers when I saw what I thought was a new large ant hill in my lawn. Upon closer inspection, as I was peering at this newly formed mound of fine soil, but not seeing activity, a VERY LARGE Wasp (about 1 1/2 inches long!!) flew up and out of this hill and, luckily, away from me! 
So I found my can of wasp spray that hits from 20 feet, intending to wait until dark and then annihilate this new discovery. In the meantime, I searched the interwebz for "large ground wasp" and discovered that it is very likely a Cicada Killer Wasp! Apparently relatively harmless to humans. So I will let it survive I guess.
Anybody else have experience with these HUGE INSECTS? |
One scared the crap out of me when I was walking to work maybe 2 years ago. Yes, it was that long ago, but I won't ever forget it. Read up on them and they are in fact very docile towards people. Good to know. I'd hate to be a cicada with those things around.
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