Bee eating his wheaties

[nightwolf]

Saw this guy buzzing around while out hunting, wasn't sure what it was because of it's size until I got closer, wow!
The photos don't do it's size justice,but I couldn't get much closer since im very allergic to stings. It's about as wide as a sharpie marker and the length of a Morgan dollar, he must have had his wheaties this summer

 

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[Excavator]

Yoweee! I saw one of those while mowing and I shouted out, even though no one was around. I stopped the tractor and waited for the thing to finish his business.

If that's what I think it is, they can bite as well as sting. They'll leave two little fang marks. Ask me how I know.

 

[nightwolf]

I'm not sure I want to, darn bees are a FAST hospital trip for me
Something that big must have hurt like a sob though

 

[hollowpointred]

thats a Cicada Killer wasp. they are pretty much harmless. the females can sting but you really have to mess with them to make them do it. the males will buzz you if you get around the hole they dig, but they cant sting at all. check out this site.

http://www.masterbeekeeper.org/stinging/cicadakiller.htm

 

[Excavator]

I wasn't sure, I thought maybe it was just a big black and white Hornet.

Think I may have seen some like the one above... if that's possible for my location.

 

[wildrider]

I picked up a dead cicada killer wask here last week. We had those 17 year cicadas here in May and early June, but are now getting a few of the annual cicadas. Should be pleanty for them to sting and take bto the wasp cave.