Name this Bug !

[hasco]

Saw this today ,I usually see them in the summer but it unseasonably warm lately. What say you . (Measures about 1.5-2.0 Inches.)

 

[tez929rr]

Looks like a red wasp. Easy irritated.

 

[laser3kw]

I'm think'n William Rochester III

 

[dogdog]

black ant / carpenter ant ... or might be termite.. had to deal with this this past Summer.. Usually you have "moist" rotted wood source to attract them.

https://www.thespruce.com/tips-on-controlling-flying-ants-2656328

 

[NETexas]

Looks like a red wasp. Easy irritated.

I agree, they are Red Wasps.


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[jkeyser14]

black ant / carpenter ant ... or might be termite.. had to deal with this this past Summer.. Usually you have "moist" rotted wood source to attract them.

https://www.thespruce.com/tips-on-controlling-flying-ants-2656328

I thought it was a black widow. Either way, he should just burn his house down to get rid of them.

 

[L5wolvesf]

I'm think'n William Rochester III

Willy Wasp to his little friends

 

[Paul_The_Builder]

Waspy McWaspFace

 

[steve308]

Bunny.

 

[Ralf11]

herbie

 

[Sevenhills1952]

Red wasp.
Farmer/neighbor calls them "high altitude" wasps since they're in top of his 80ft silo.

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[Sevenhills1952]

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[Ralf11]

Carolina Paul

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_carolina#Human_importance

 

[southalabama]

Also known as mean b******s

 

[dogdog]

I thought it was a black widow. Either way, he should just burn his house down to get rid of them.

if it is red, then it drinks blood... no?

 

[firebirdparts]

The stings hurt like the devil.

 

[CJM8515]

the only thing you need to know is you can spray them with brake cleaner or carb clean and they melt and die.


if there is a next of them the only sure way to be rid of them is to set everything on fire and move

 

[HenryAZ]

black ant / carpenter ant ... or might be termite..

Termites are distinguishable because they have no waist.

 

[hasco]

The Winner is Red Wasp ! I hope Termites don't get that big.

 

[Sevenhills1952]

Years ago in our woods was this large tree stump which I pushed over by hand (so you know it was rotten). It was infested with termites. I found the queen which was huge...looked like Bibendum (Michelin tire guy). It took it home (didn't get close to house![emoji51]) showing family. It was laying eggs about one every 2 seconds!
I then put her back...wasn't harming anything in the woods.
You don't want to get stuck by a Bell Hornet.

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[joe--h]

I thought it was a black widow. Either way, he should just burn his house down to get rid of them.

And what about the neighbor's wife?

Joe H

 

[bigdav160]

(Measures about 1.5-2.0 Inches.)

That would be the largest paper wasp I have ever seen. Looks more like a mud dauber to me. I stay away from both as I have ever worsening reaction to stings.

 

[Ralf11]

And what about the neighbor's wife?

Joe H

Sting the neighbor's wife

 

[ALinCarolina]

Paper wasp. They make open paper nests attached by a stalk. Since it is red it probably is Polistes carolina