Our yard has become plaqued with Ground Hornets (Cicada Killers).
Ground-digger wasps (GDWs) are very large (slightly larger than a green hornet) passive-aggressive wasps that "build" their nests in dry, unfertilized earth. They are typically large and black-bodied with yellow stripes on their back-end. When fully grown, they measure about one and a half inches (or more) in length with about a one and a quarter-inch wide wing span.
Ground-digger wasps (GDWs) are very large (slightly larger than a green hornet) passive-aggressive wasps that "build" their nests in dry, unfertilized earth. They are typically large and black-bodied with yellow stripes on their back-end. When fully grown, they measure about one and a half inches (or more) in length with about a one and a quarter-inch wide wing span.
This one of the nests found in our back yard. There are many of them around the yard!!!
This is what they look like...very large...a member of the wasp family.
I've been hearing lots of cicadas everynight...so these ground hornets re not doing their job.
We've tried some Spectracide Ground Hornet foam directly info the holes (at dusk when they are supposed to be in their nests) But they continue to disturb our quiet afternoons in the pool and our tranquil evenings on the patio. Hopefully we can get through this summer without a sting!
We've tried some Spectracide Ground Hornet foam directly info the holes (at dusk when they are supposed to be in their nests) But they continue to disturb our quiet afternoons in the pool and our tranquil evenings on the patio. Hopefully we can get through this summer without a sting!
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