What on earth is this bee/wasp/hornet, largest I've ever seen!!
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Check this out, "Asian Giant Hornets" --might yours be one of these? IF SO, YOU WILL NEED TO CALL IN A PEST ERADICATOR ASAP. They are here from Japan, where they attack and kill people. They are spreading to the US now.
This HUGE wasp/hornet/whatever it is - triggered my outdoor security camera.
I thought it was a bat at first - it had HUGE wings - the only reason I even registered it as an insect is the slow-mo snap I got of it. The size of a humming bird. I would say 4-5 inches and MUCH larger than a finger.
I am not able to attach the pics I got from the camera log from my iPad - I will have to attach them later. I can't find ANY insects anywhere to match this. It came out of the grass area about 40 feet away, and was large enough to trigger the motion sensor. The insect was drawn by the light or something and flew directly to the camera so I have a close snap showing the insect legs, then another snap showing the 3 separate portions of the body, indicating it is of the wasp or hornet family. It was as long as a dragon fly but the close up snap shows it is not a dragonfly. I am stimied. I want to know what it was haha. You are NOT alone or imagining it - and it is aggressive. It attached my camera.
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Originally Posted by Trademarked
This is going to drive me crazy until I find a photo. It's locked inside a house, I'm going back monday or tuesday and perhaps I can snap a photo. Even being 10 feet away is scary since its so large.
It's not just an exceptionally large bee because ive seen this same species before. It's not something you can mistake. It's MASSIVE.
Calm down! Do stay away, I don't like them either! It's an everyday bee, I see them all of the time. I guess I understand it isn't common up there, but I was surprised to see those pictures when your Forum post made it sound like a flying Godzilla. That is a normal sight, and you'll see many more of them! Just make sure not to provoke them, because it might sting if you do the wrong thing near/to it (I haven't ever actually been stung by a bee before, so I can't say how bad the pain is).
I highly suspect these are government drones. In any case, they are sure to be classed as an endangered species as soon as someone actually gets them identified. If you have any on your property, prepare to surrender that property. And for gosh sakes, do NOT kill any .. the sentence for doing that is likely to be very harsh.
These large wasps were called "cow killers" by my grandmother.
I did find some pics of them when I searched in 1996 but a couple years later couldn't find any more references or pics, like they never existed at all.
I've seen them three or four times and they were between 6 and 8 inches long and quite fat.
Just saw one in Oklahoma a few minutes ago. Largest thing I’ve seen here since I got here 6.5 years ago. However, it was 2” at best. Looked like a mutated yellow-jacket (stinger portion) with a large red wasp body, wings and head. Quick flying and would hate to come face to face with it again, let alone have a swarm of them. Wonder if they’re loners or do they have a hive or nest where they gather as a group. My video footage doesn’t do it justice so nothing to show.
Trademarked,
Call the extension service and get those lazy jerks back to work! LOL
Just be careful, we live in a very warm climate and are finding very bad insects or spiders that are new to this area almost everyday.
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I saw the same LARGE insect
It's all good!
And for gosh sakes, do NOT kill any .. the sentence for doing that is likely to be very harsh.
