well today I found my third paper target, I was going to shoot all three down.. they are as big as a basketball.. but I did some checking and what I didn't know was that they prey on other insects.. so my plan was to shoot them down out of the trees on our 10 acres and then spray with wasp spray like the following day when it's cooler.. although the last few days it's been 114° here at 1500 ft above Rogue River Oregon..
we are loosing a lot of trees, mostly for and madrone trees and well supposedly the emerald ash borer only eats the ash tree and we don't have any ash trees in this area.. but the dead fir and madrone trees that I have cut down have those emerald ash borer in them.. even find them splitting wood.. and I found out that the wasps put their eggs larvae in the larvae of the ash borer and it's the only predator other than the wood pecker..
so I took this picture off the deck in the back yard.. I've seen 3 of these balls this week so I don't think I'll kill them..I have also verified that the beetle is actually a emerald ash borer.. and we are loosing a lot of trees
what do you all think.. it's all new to me as like a rattlesnake I thought the only good one was a dead one.. but they are not bothering me,I just don't like wasps, might also be something to do with that I'm allergic to getting stung..
what do you all think? such big balls too.. the wasps are two different colors.. back yard and out back in the back of the property they look black.. one near our water tank they look more yellow..
Mark