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Old 06-19-2015, 04:23 PM
 
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Greetings all

I'm 99% sure my street has a tarantula hawk infestation. We have large (2-3 inch) wasps with bright orange wings living in holes in the ground.

There are tons. I see maybe 10-20 per house when I leave in the morning. I'm not sure what to do. If I call a pest company, they'll probably only do my yard. Plus these things sound nasty.

I called the health department and left a message with vector control.

Does anyone have a good pest person they recommend or any solutions? I haven't seen anything else on the web about these insects being in San Antonio.
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Old 06-19-2015, 04:42 PM
 
Location: San Quilmas, Tx
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Are you sure it's not these fellas?



These are Cicada Killers and normally don't bother humans...please don't kill them as they hunt cicadas and are really doing us a favor.
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Old 06-19-2015, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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Tarantula wasps are just as easy to remove and control as any other wasp but watch out for their bites. The hawk wasp is not only one of the most common wasps around here, but is also known to have the worst sting among all wasps.
Tarantula Hawk Wasp Control
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Old 06-19-2015, 05:47 PM
 
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Are you sure it's not these fellas?



These are Cicada Killers and normally don't bother humans...please don't kill them as they hunt cicadas and are really doing us a favor.
Definitely not that. They're all black

This is definitely them.

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Tarantula wasps are just as easy to remove and control as any other wasp but watch out for their bites. The hawk wasp is not only one of the most common wasps around here, but is also known to have the worst sting among all wasps.
Tarantula Hawk Wasp Control
I tried that, but they apparently have nests on the whole block.
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Old 06-20-2015, 06:05 AM
 
Location: San Quilmas, Tx
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I was thrown off by the wing color and the fact that they make their nests in the ground (same as the Cicada Killers).
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