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5. Mud Potter Wasps-AKA Yellow Jackets

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:47 PM

Jul 2019

As someone else said-probably Wasps-kill them it is not a issue.

Nasty buggers & very aggressive especially in hot weather. I worked in a outdoor wrecking yard-and many of the cars had nests in them. I was upside down under a dash yanking some part-looked off to the side & there was a active nest about 8" away.

Because it was early & cool they didn't attack. I would walk by a nested car in the heat & 20 yards away they would attack.

So much fun handing a customer a say-mirror assembly. Then realizing it has a nest in it as the hornets start getting upset. Had to rinse & extract the nest from a few.

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Dilemma- ground bees. [View all] underpants Jul 2019 OP

Ground bees are not aggressive. Cattledog Jul 2019 #1

My experience proves that they can be aggressive csziggy Jul 2019 #21

Mine were. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #25

About 4 years ago rownesheck Jul 2019 #2

I got stung by one Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #8

It was probably a wasp or a hornet and not a bee if you got such a bad sting. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #17

It was a cicada killer - a solitary hornet Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #20

Cicada Killers are OK... tonekat Jul 2019 #16

Sounds like yellowjackets, which are wasps - not bees Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #3

They will come after you in a mass and attack... Historic NY Jul 2019 #4

Yep, them's yallerjackets alright Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #6

Me too, they let me go by twice... Historic NY Jul 2019 #12

Yep jberryhill Jul 2019 #23

Found on the Google - this guy has a plan! underpants Jul 2019 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #27

Mud Potter Wasps-AKA Yellow Jackets Boxerfan Jul 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #7

Ground bees are not aggressive. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #22

Yellowjackets usually have 2 entrances to their nest in the ground. Lars39 Jul 2019 #9

Great tip. Thanks. underpants Jul 2019 #10

I got them one year. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2019 #13

I was planning on cutting my grass tonight underpants Jul 2019 #14

See if you have wasps, ground bees or bumble bees someone up thread posted a link lunasun Jul 2019 #28

what are those little striped things that sting like hell?..or bite? samnsara Jul 2019 #15

Those would be wasps or hornets. Entomologically speaking, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #19

When I was a kid, the old-timers had a nickname for yellowjackets Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #24

The chart here Lefta Dissenter Jul 2019 #26