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Wow, Pam! How neat to have such cool 'guests' on your lawn! Are cicadas somewhat of a nuisance? Their striping sure is pretty. :)
I've been reading a few books that have beekeepers as main characters and bees are so very interesting!
I'm glad Hubby can mow the lawn safely around the cicada killer bees. :) Thanks for the pictures...their "hive" or home is very interesting!
lol, your braver then me! I am terrified of bee's, they hate me...ya I am one of those people that bee's are attracted to, and try to sting no matter what I am doing :p. people who dont experience it, dont believe it, I have been told im crazy so often, that bee's dont like going after me anymore they they like going after anyone else, and if I stand still, they will leave me alone etc.. bull. lol the d*mn things go out of their way to attack me! I have been standing there minding my own buisness before, not moving, and had bees fly out of nowhere and come after me.
We have those down here, only we call them tarantula wasps. Thankfully, we haven't had any in our yard in quite some time!
Those sure look alot like the hornets I just read about in a gardening magazine. They're good, they clean up pest insects and don't usually bug humans, however they, if they are indeed hornets, can sting repeatedly, unlike bees that lose their stinger, they do not. So don't make them mad!!
Those bees are beautiful, Pam, but, I don't know if I would like to get too close to them. I think leaving the lawn unmowed is a good idea ;)
Glad to hear hubby is ok :)
They are wasps, not bees and the main thing to be aware of is that wasps can sting multiple times whereas a bee only stings once.
I thought you might like to see something I found last week along the edge of my lawn. At first I thought they were coffee grounds, but closer inspection showed they were moving. They were very small ants and it made me itchy just looking at them!
They do look like coffee grounds! Isn't it amazing how they stay together in a clump like that as they move along? It reminds me of how birds fly in formation. Makes me wonder who is the leader! :p :D I agree....itch, itch, itch!Quote:
Originally Posted by Freckles
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Originally Posted by Freckles
You haven't lived till you've stepped on something like that with bare feet.
There must be thousands of those little suckers. :D
Wish we had bees like that here. but we have Yellow Jackets that will sting/bite your butt for just looking in their general direction.