I killed hundred of these things with a racquetball racket about 5 years ago, we had thousands of them on the block.
Id move!
Well it was a new experience for me. I spend a bunch of time outside and I’d never encountered one. I’ll just add this to my resume, resumay, rezumay......whatever you call the damn paper that has all your qualifications listed on it.
LOL, they really aren’t aggressive towards people hell on cicada though....they bring them back to the giant holes they dig so their larvae can feed. There were a few of us in between the houses just smacking them across the yards wit rackets. It worked to they have not been as bad since I haven’t seen but a handful since then (a lot of the neighbors sprayed their wholes
Yeppers...
...I'm gonna agree with Cicada Killer, but we always knew them as Locust Wasps up in the Panhandle. We didn't see them often, but when the locust (cicadas) were thick, so were the "wasps." We were near an implement dealer once when a couple hundred of them were flying around.
For the most part, such critters don't bother me because I don't bother them...
...unless the wife tells me to "bother" them.
...I'm gonna agree with Cicada Killer, but we always knew them as Locust Wasps up in the Panhandle. We didn't see them often, but when the locust (cicadas) were thick, so were the "wasps." We were near an implement dealer once when a couple hundred of them were flying around.
For the most part, such critters don't bother me because I don't bother them...
...unless the wife tells me to "bother" them.
A locust is a grasshopper.
Good info on the Cicada Killer. Plus you get to watch this idiot get stung by one.
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