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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Essex_Man
(Post 7915380)
I have wasp nest right at the front of my house. It's in the ground at the root of tree. It is like Piccadilly circus outside. I away use the back door...I found out a few days ago when I was mowing the lawn....
They are not the worst. The worst are black flies, lucky for me they are up north. :thumbdown: |
Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by fledermaus
(Post 7916214)
er, where are you then? cos we get blackflies here
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by fledermaus
(Post 7915338)
Definitely interchangeable in Ontario. You rarely hear of a bee unless they say "honey bee".
It really annoys me..... They're very confused out here. All i can say is i'm glad we don't get ASIAN GIANT HORNETS. :scaredhair: Wasps are my new best friend because they eat MOSQUITOES and we have had a sh*t load of those this year... |
Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by neill
(Post 7917623)
i've heard the wasp/bee thing and yes it irks me, too.... but some Canadians know the difference. They call wasps = Hornets, but i always thought a hornet was a biggger bugger that didn't sting.
They're very confused out here. All i can say is i'm glad we don't get ASIAN GIANT HORNETS. :scaredhair: Wasps are my new best friend because they eat MOSQUITOES and we have had a sh*t load of those this year... |
Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 7917666)
I've just Googled that...and they are big approx 2" long. The Cicada Killer Wasp that flew into my kitchen wasn't much smaller...they are 1 3/4" long. I wonder if they ever find their way up to Canada. :sneaky::lol:
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 7917815)
When we stayed in Chiang Mai a hornet flew into our room - no idea what type it was, but it was around 2" long. I killed it with bug spray, took ages as the damn thing just wouldn't die.... seemed like I dumped half the can on it before it finally stopped twitching.
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 7917823)
Yeah the Cicada Killer was like that <<<<shiver>>>>.
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 7917834)
Yeah, normally I'd just try and bat wasps and the like out of the window. But I wasn't risking that - nasty looking thing it was.
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 7917841)
Another bug that freaks me out (well they all do really :eek:) is praying mantis. They are huge...about 6" long...I hate the way they can rotate their head. One landed on my head when I was sunbathing on the deck...a smallish one around 3" long...I've never got over the shock.
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by G77
(Post 7917857)
They can fly?? :eek:
You can by their egg cases...they contain hundreds of eggs. :eek::eek: |
Re: Great Black Wasp
JG, are you hinting that you don't like bugs?
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Bill_S
(Post 7917899)
JG, are you hinting that you don't like bugs?
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 7917901)
Or reptiles. :lol:
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Re: Great Black Wasp
Originally Posted by G77
(Post 7917920)
Australia must be high on your emigration list then :rofl:
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Re: Great Black Wasp
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Anyone know what these are? The yellow ones are huge! They came last year... I am not joking one must have been 6" from head to tail... the blacker ones were here this year, smaller, up to about 3". They all drilled holes in trees with that long black thing (not stingers thank f!). Some of them leave their back ends behind... or just die after they've laid eggs. Weird!
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