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markhooper

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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

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Usually wasps are a beneficial insect eating other insects like termites and it looks like those ash borers. Hornets are a whole other matter! I have paper wasp nests under our eves and they do not bother us at all, I leave them alone so they can prey on termites, flies, mosquitoes etc....
 
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Thems hornets not wasps right? At least around here anyways..

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Hornets, yellow jackets, mud daubers, and paper wasps are among the most common of the 18,000 species of wasps in North America.
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well they have not bothered me,a couple tried to start nests on the porch so they had to go.. I don't have any trees to cut that are dead in their area so I am going to leave them alone..
I'm loosing way too many trees for my liking and well if they help kill what is killing the trees then they are a good thing at a distance..

Hateful mcnasty.. if I was going to shoot them down, I'd be plenty far away.. it's why it took me around 60 shots to cut the limb off the tree last year 🤣

oh and here's a good one.. house inspector when we bought the property said after inspection..I asked him about termites and he said that they don't live in this area..😳🤣🤣🤣 maybe not, because I cut two trees down that had termites in the stump.. one was the first one and what a surprise..I cut the wedge and it was normal wood, barely started the falling cut and the entire stump exploded.. I guess it put weight on it in a different place and the termites had riddled the area below the cuts .. was very scary and fortunately it went where it was supposed to and I didn't end up under it..
so professional or not.. home inspector was totally wrong.. so I guess we just have to go with what we find..I have also been told that there's no emerald ash borer here and they only eat ash trees.. but I have pictures for proof and the picture of the ash borer has been verified that it's the ash borer..
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Hateful McNasty said:
Thems hornets not wasps right? At least around here anyways..

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Hornet Vs. Wasp Nest: 7 Differences (ID Guide With Pictures)

Hornets, yellow jackets, mud daubers, and paper wasps are among the most common of the 18,000 species of wasps in North America.
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my daughter when she was young got stung by I think bald face hornets.. they make a paper ball nest in the ground.. so she decided to go throw rocks at the hole in the ground.. that didn't work, so she decided to go stomp on the hole..😳🤣 a few stings and she ran to the house and told me that night.. was near the garden, so after dark a cup of gas I put down the hole.. problem solved 🤣
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markhooper said:
my daughter when she was young got stung by I think bald face hornets.. they make a paper ball nest in the ground.. so she decided to go throw rocks at the hole in the ground.. that didn't work, so she decided to go stomp on the hole..😳🤣 a few stings and she ran to the house and told me that night.. was near the garden, so after dark a cup of gas I put down the hole.. problem solved 🤣
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as far as what they are in my picture.. I'm not sure what they are for sure but two nests they look like a lot of black color.. one nest is yellow color wasps.. but all three are very near the areas of the worst trees dying off.. but not in my way and they haven't bothered me thankfully because I don't know how to work my epi pen and I don't want to learn 🤣
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markhooper said:
my daughter when she was young got stung by I think bald face hornets.. they make a paper ball nest in the ground.. so she decided to go throw rocks at the hole in the ground.. that didn't work, so she decided to go stomp on the hole..😳🤣 a few stings and she ran to the house and told me that night.. was near the garden, so after dark a cup of gas I put down the hole.. problem solved 🤣
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In ground here are yellow jackets some times in a crevice area . But most here are ground dwelling . If you see them eating your grilling meat especially raw or picnic foods you got a nest close
 
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Hateful McNasty said:
In ground here are yellow jackets some times in a crevice area . But most here are ground dwelling . If you see them eating your grilling meat especially raw or picnic foods you got a nest close
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yes you are correct about the bees that I had in the ground.. I called them meat bees, and they are worse than the other bees because they actually bite you and take out a chunk and sting.. I swell up really bad with them for days.. fortunately l haven't seen any here.. wasp spray doesn't work for them because it doesn't get down into the nest.. but a cup of gas does the trick.
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beerthief said:
Wonder what the exploding pellets would do ? Probably not enough resistance to the nest to set them off ?
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🤣🤣🤣 I don't know they are so expensive that I have not bought any, right now we are extreme fire season so it's illegal to use them currently.. would be interesting to see what those pellets did to the tree limb .. because that's how I took them down last time.. not a shot in the nest.. just cut the limb..
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well to anyone who thinks they need to go.. do I have any volunteer to put a stick on target on the paper ball? got to see how good of a group is shot..
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Felix, you are close by.. you want to put a few stick on target labels 😉 the one in the back yard is probably only 2 feet away from the tree truck and probably only 25-30 ft up 🤣🤣 no I won't hold the ladder 🤣🤣
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markhooper said:
🤣🤣🤣 I don't know they are so expensive that I have not bought any, right now we are extreme fire season so it's illegal to use them currently.. would be interesting to see what those pellets did to the tree limb .. because that's how I took them down last time.. not a shot in the nest.. just cut the limb..
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i never bought them either , thought they were silly kid stuff
 
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