Identify a bee

john in la · Aug 23, 2020

Can anyone identify this bee; wasp; hornet; stinging bug.
Second one I have found in my house in past week.
They are huge; much bigger than a yellow jacket.

Stephen Newell · Aug 23, 2020

Looks like a hornet to me.

old · Aug 23, 2020

Hornet NOT a bee

RobCons · Aug 23, 2020

Looks to be a hornet. Since your finding them in the house look around the soffit to see if they are going into the attic. Might have established a nest up there.

Steve in VA · Aug 23, 2020

looks like a bell hornet to me. Nasty beast. Several years back 1 stung me on the calf. Skin turned grey and I had a pock mark for a few years.

Steve@Advance · Aug 23, 2020

Found it...

Don't recall ever seeing one.
Cicada Killer

JD Dave · Aug 23, 2020

You've got a hornet there. We find a couple nests in the orchard every year despite spraying insecticides constantly for insects. They're a feisty bunch of insects that won't let go and with normal frequent spraying for peach and apple pests it will still not eliminate them. Shows how some insects can survive our regular sprays schedule which is regulated by the label and the state & federal government and will not kill ALL insects. I can tell you,- hornets are persistent once they build their nests.

kcm.MN · Aug 23, 2020

As others have said, definitely a hornet.

What I find interesting is, as long as we don't find the nest, hornets around here are actually quit calm. It's the yellow jackets that we gotta watch out for!

john in la · Aug 23, 2020

Thanks Steve.
After looking at several pictures cicada killer is definitely it.
That makes it a wasp. Not a hornet.
The description also fits because both I have seen were very non aggressive.
Neither one tried to chase or sting me when I went after them and missed.

john in la · Aug 23, 2020

Hornet NOT a bee

And here I thought I covered all my bases by saying bee; wasp; hornet; stinging bug specifically for you.

RobCons · Aug 23, 2020

There you go. I learned something new today. Thanks.

old · Aug 23, 2020

A bee is a totally different type and class of bug then a hornet

showcrop · Aug 23, 2020

Yup, European giant cicada killer. I ID'd them two weeks ago when I found two at church. I am pretty sure that I got them both. I don't need them multiplying around here.

gears · Aug 23, 2020

Found this one on a walk around the neighborhood with the wife, found a cicada on the next corner.

Deutz Lover · Aug 23, 2020

Someones been doing their homework.

Giant cicada killer. They are solitary wasps.

old · Aug 23, 2020

Your title states it is a bee and being a former bee keeper I take offense to that

Deutz Lover · Aug 23, 2020

They're all Hymenoptera. That should offend just about everyone.

Ogden Nash:

The wasp and all his numerous family
I look upon as a major calamity.
He throws open his nest with prodigality,
But I distrust his waspitality.

mark1955 · Aug 24, 2020

that is a cicada killer wasp, grew up with them around when I was little, also today, they dig in the ground, small mound, they look for locus to kill, and lay eggs inside of them, you must be getting ready for a locus swarm. we have tarantula hawks, here in Texas too. those killer wasps, I have heard that if they sting you on the head 3 times you could die, being a little kid , years ago , we would put fruit jars over the hole and trap them when they came out of their hole, they were always very mad at us kids.

john in la · Aug 24, 2020

Hymenoptera

Now there is the word I was looking for.
Maybe using it will not offend some of these people as it includes the entire bee/wasp/hornet family.
Maybe with the help of others I can someday be perfect in every way and will not have to worry about offending anyone.

showcrop · Aug 24, 2020

(quoted from post at 04:53:43 08/24/20) Hymenoptera

Now there is the word I was looking for.
Maybe using it will not offend some of these people as it includes the entire bee/wasp/hornet family.
Maybe with the help of others I can someday be perfect in every way and will not have to worry about offending anyone.

Yes John, Old is constantly trying to help us to be better.

Jim in LA · Aug 24, 2020

Their LOUD buzz will get your attention real fast. They aren’t aggressive against people unless you
make ‘em mad.

4520BW · Aug 24, 2020

I seen one yesterday and was telling my kids how I trapped them in moms jelly jars! Lots of cicadas coming out around here the last few weeks.

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