Horntail 50ft up in a tree.

[pepperj]

Getting a burl off of an old oak tree.
This guy was forging away at 50ft.
Wasn't concerned one bit I was going to cut his garden down.

 

[ARC]

Man you got good eyesight :P

 

[pepperj]

Man you got good eyesight :P

Really I have to give credit to the cell camera.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Thank heavens they aren’t much bigger. They can get bad attitudes.

 

[pepperj]

Thank heavens they aren’t much bigger. They can get bad attitudes.

It's a certain Horntail wasp, that that don't sting. 4X the length of a Yellow Jacket but not threatening in any way. I saw another flying around and the attachment was about 6 inches long. (Different type)
The stinger is actually called a ovipositor for laying eggs, which lay dominate for 1-2 yrs then the larva eat their way out of the wood.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Oh, I thought it was a cicada killer.

 

[pepperj]

Oh, I thought it was a cicada killer.

I just found the name of the other wasp, here is a image off the web.

The female long-tailed giant ichneumon wasp has a breathtakingly long ovipositor. It's harmless to people.

 

[Clay Diggins]

What a pretty little wasp!

You haven't been stung by a wasp until you encounter one of our local Tarantula Hawks. These wasps have more pain in their sting than just about any other insect on earth. I see these every day in my yard.

Here's one dragging away a tarantula. Read the linked article if you want to know what the wasp is going to do to the tarantula.