Here's the story.

I here what I think are two cicadas mating and they fall to the ground in the front yard. I think great I'll get my daughters butterfly net and give one to my tarantula she loves the tasty things. I walk up to where I see them land and this is what I see.



This huge ass red wasp took the cicada out of the air and is killing it. Well can't give it to my tarantula now it is pumped full of poison. after about five minutes of siting on it the wasp picks up the whole thing and takes off.

I'm drinking rum, what's your point?

Keeping spiders as pets is creepy.

A little google and the wasp is called a Cicada Killer.

There's a niche for everything. I prefer the one where I turn Bambi's mom in roasts, steaks & venison burger, but wasp larve need to eat too.

Cool Pic. Thanks for posting.

great, I thought I only had to worry about giant wasps if I visited japan. Thanks for the nightmares.

I think I see Jesus.

Around 1 O'clock. Behind wasp's ass, I guess that makes it her 7 o'clock.

Xela

Insects... thank the creator they can't grow to our size.

wlewisiii wrote:There's a niche for everything. I prefer the one where I turn Bambi's mom in roasts, steaks & venison burger, but wasp larve need to eat too.

gendoikari87 wrote:great, I thought I only had to worry about giant wasps if I visited japan. Thanks for the nightmares.

You must have saw the same thing I did where the giant wasp destroy a beehive. They say these are harmless unless you really provoke them.

Paladin wrote:

gendoikari87 wrote:great, I thought I only had to worry about giant wasps if I visited japan. Thanks for the nightmares.

You must have saw the same thing I did where the giant wasp destroy a beehive. They say these are harmless unless you really provoke them.

I'd still not want to get stung by a hornet as big around as my thumb.

Paladin wrote:

gendoikari87 wrote:great, I thought I only had to worry about giant wasps if I visited japan. Thanks for the nightmares.

You must have saw the same thing I did where the giant wasp destroy a beehive. They say these are harmless unless you really provoke them.

Japanese hornets chow on European honeybees like Homer Simpson does potato chips.
It's a different story when they try to take on Asian honeybees.
Meet Apis cerana:

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/apiscerana.html

Here in the desert wasted-lands we have the beloved Tarantula Hawk wasp. A two inch long reddish looking scary sucker whose favorite meal is a nice juicy Tarantula. They are normally not aggressive to people and it's a good thing. Their sting rates way off the scale in pain. I'm allergic to wasps, give them wide berth when I see one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk

Have you got those palo verde root borers? We had them in Tucson. Harmless but about the size of a B-52. My former wife would gift wrap them and send them back east to friends. She was a real barrel of laughs...

Not badass but creepy and hard to kill

http://www.potatobugs.com/

The thing is whenever you see one it charges . They never seem to run away.
We used to get them in Los Angeles.

Cute though.

Xela wrote:I think I see Jesus.

Around 1 O'clock. Behind wasp's ass, I guess that makes it her 7 o'clock.

Xela

I see it too, but it looks more like a golden retriever in black & white. Dog-God. Coincidence? I think not!

Cabrito wrote:Here in the desert wasted-lands we have the beloved Tarantula Hawk wasp. A two inch long reddish looking scary sucker whose favorite meal is a nice juicy Tarantula. They are normally not aggressive to people and it's a good thing. Their sting rates way off the scale in pain. I'm allergic to wasps, give them wide berth when I see one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk

that thing is gnarly.