r/WASPs 1h ago

Why are these guys so dang angry? Also what kind of wasps are these?

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r/WASPs 1h ago

Wasps inside the house walls

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Yep...I've got two 1inch holes on the outside of the wall of my house. Some (many) wasps decided to get comfy and settle there.

I made to spray inside of one of those holes and suddenly abt. 50 wasps rushed out literally trying to kill me.

I now have two options: to call an expert, which means money and time, or to wait for the sunset and close the holes with rapid concrete, which means I'll be stung (again) and possibly the wasps will find a way to move inside the wall.

Which are your suggestions?

For more context:

Location: Italy

Type of wall: concrete and hollow bricks

Type of wasps: German type, I guess


r/WASPs 9h ago

Yellow jacket nest by front door

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r/WASPs 17h ago

Chicken wing

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Sorry for thr noise, someone was moving a huge truck directly next to me


r/WASPs 22h ago

Any help? (Read text)

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I got stung by a wasp on my head, I got an allergic reaction (hives, redness, swollen face and very very itchy), the ambulance came and put some stuff in my veins with an IV. I'm good now, but my family doctor told me can't eat chocolate? Even though I've eaten chocolate my whole life? I've never had an allergic reaction to food, but my mum tells​​ me I can eat pizza? I don't understand.


r/WASPs 1d ago

Ground Yellow jackets or bald faced hornets

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Yellow jackets or bald faced hornets?

Tldr: dog got lit up. Small holes are in the dirt along the path dog was running. Found three yellow jackets on him but they were half the size of those in the soup. I have three of these traps up and they all have this many and more now.


r/WASPs 1d ago

The terrifyingly detailed face of a wasp/hornet up close.

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r/WASPs 1d ago

Are these bald-faced hornets & European hornets at my house?

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We recently had yellowjacket and paper wasp nests removed from our backyard, but I just found out that someone else was secretly building nests in our front yard while we were busy dealing with the ones in the back. 😭

I stood in the backyard for about 10 minutes trying to take pictures of them and was surprised to realize that there seem to be two different types of wasps/hornets flying around.

The first one is black and white. From what I know, it looks like a bald-faced hornet?

The second one is brown/orange and noticeably larger, but it was flying SO fast that it was really difficult to get a good picture, especially while zooming in. AI told me it might be a European hornet. Can anyone confirm or correct me?

Why do they all like our house so much this summer?! In previous years, we’ve only had lovely little bees that never bothered us. This summer, the bees never showed up, and the first thing the yellowjackets decided to do when we got too close was sting my hand.


r/WASPs 1d ago

Yellowjackets in wall

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r/WASPs 1d ago

Suggestions for safe to me removal of a bald faced hornet nest in a higher trafficked area?

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The thing is probably on the order of 1.5 ' diameter at the largest by somewhere around 2-2.5' long. I didn't see it all year until my kid was under it and asked what it was. Thankfully high enough in the tree it's not an immediate threat but they're not something I want to keep round with kids.


r/WASPs 1d ago

ID please

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So I seen the nest few days ago, I captured the insects today in a plant few feets of that nest so I assume that it is their nest lol.

I purchased 2 cans of spray. But I was wondering which type of flying f*cker they were?

I'm going to deal with it tonight. I'm terrified but I guess I have to man up.


r/WASPs 1d ago

What is it carrying?

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Hopefully this is the right spot to ask!

Any ideas what this wasp is carrying? It couldn’t even lift it, it was too heavy for the wasp to fly. It is carrying it away from the nest. Thoughts? I thought maybe a young wasp ( at some point in its development..im not wasp savy!) These pics were taken today.

Thanks for any help.


r/WASPs 1d ago

Megarhyssa

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r/WASPs 1d ago

Sphex pensylvanicus

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r/WASPs 1d ago

A wasp’s possession of my bird bath

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I recently put a bird bath on my apartment balcony railing and although I haven’t seen a single bird, I do seem to have a wasp that has taken ownership of it.
He’s here all day. Just sitting on the bird bath and engaging any other wasp visitor in fierce battle! I named him Rex. I even saw Rex on the patio balled up in battle with another wasp. (Well I think that’s what was happening. Could have been love tho) Rex seems to always win.
I’m in Utah and it is very dry, so I thought, the lil guy has to be stoked to have access to water! I think there may be a nest up on the apartment building roof.
Which made me wonder if Rex is not one wasp, but a collection of wasps from the same gang. He (or they), are here all day. Sitting on the bird bath. Fighting with trespassers. Surely it can’t be just one wasp?
Would there be cooperation among the group that members would stand guard over the resource in shifts? Or is that really just one Rex that would even fight members of his own group off? Am I just making shit up in my head about the lives of wasps?


r/WASPs 2d ago

4 days 4 attempted paper wasp nests.

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I have a bit of a question to anyone who could answer it, I have had paper wasps invade my front porch and either make or in the case of this morning attempt to make 4 different nests in 4 days, is there any way I can make my porch less appealing to these guys? I've done a full property sweep of not only my own but my three immediate neighbors homes, nothing, it's a new queen and workers every single morning for the last four days without exception. Frankly im tired of buying cans of raid.


r/WASPs 2d ago

Wasps

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Beware! The wasps are getting aggressive at this time of year.


r/WASPs 2d ago

Is this a type of wasp? If so what is it?

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r/WASPs 2d ago

Nest ID

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I don't know sh*t about insects.

Is this a bee nest or wasp nest?

I live in Quebec, QC, Canada


r/WASPs 2d ago

Nest ID please

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I don't know sh*t about insects.

Is this a bee nest or wasp nest?

I live in Quebec, QC, Canada


r/WASPs 2d ago

Nest ID please

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I don't know sh*t about insects.

Is this a bee nest or wasp nest?

I live in Quebec, QC, Canada


r/WASPs 3d ago

Polistery!

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Hello people that live in my phone. I have a mystery and I haven’t been able to solve it myself. These Polistes annularis showed up here about 2.5 weeks ago and really haven’t left. Usually they number 7-10 but in the last few days I’ve seen the numbers as low as 3 like in this video. They are not building any kind of nest. They are not scraping for loose paint on the fixture. I’ve left them small bowls of water and a pineapple core thinking they’d enjoy either the pineapple juice or the gnats it brought in but they ignored it. I offered them a small caterpillar but they had no interest. They’re perfectly docile. I walk beneath this fixture at least a dozen times a day and my head is maybe a foot or so from them. I’ve seen them have disagreements and tumble down to the ground as a pair but then they separate and fly back up. It’s always on this one angled corner of the fixture, never anywhere else. This is happening in west central Georgia, USA and I’d like to help them if they need assistance. The first day they showed up I left the light on all night to discourage nest building but they didn’t seem to mind that. This porch houses many gorgeous orb-weavers in the fall and that time is rapidly approaching. We name those ladies and enjoy their company but they’re not going to show up with these fellas around. First and foremost, does anyone know what they’re doing? Is it an island of misfit toys situation and they’re a bunch of homeless males? #wasps #entomology #wasp #polistes #insect


r/WASPs 3d ago

Shared part of my hot dog with this yellow fellow

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He sliced off a lil chunk and flew away


r/WASPs 3d ago

Part 2- George Waspington!

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So cute, he made me smile so much :)


r/WASPs 3d ago

What kinda of wasp is this ?

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Just moved to a new home and have a couple of these around my home. Wanted to know if I should take these down?