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08/06/2004 02:48:00 AM · #1
It got very territorial after I snapped this pic:



Does anyone know what it is?

Thanks,
Ara
08/06/2004 02:57:07 AM · #2
Hmm, looks like some sort of paper wasp.
08/06/2004 08:46:14 AM · #3
Are they generally mean, stinging with little to no reason?
08/06/2004 08:58:34 AM · #4
If its a Giant Cicada Killer then, yes, they don't like people near their burrows. They build three chambered burrows, put a paralyzed cicada in each chamber and then lay and egg on each cicada. The larva feed on the cicada as they over winter and then emerge in spring.
08/06/2004 09:05:27 AM · #5
Originally posted by scrum8:

If its a Giant Cicada Killer then, yes, they don't like people near their burrows. They build three chambered burrows, put a paralyzed cicada in each chamber and then lay and egg on each cicada. The larva feed on the cicada as they over winter and then emerge in spring.


Yikes!
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