Scared the crap out of me while I was under my car

[smellyborrelli]

He landed on my knee while I was under my car installing my FMIC then grabbed this thing off of a nearby wall and set up a dinner table on my wheel lol

[gregthegr8]

Damn nature! You scary!

[slampig]

KILL IT WITH FIRE!! Scarifice the car if you have too.

[infinitekidM2C]

thanks for that....

[chris82]

Those things freak me out

[bmw1racer]

Whoa.

[cmcdonald]

That's a cicada killer wasp. Even though they look scary they don't sting people. They're actually good because cicadas will kill your trees. If you want them gone though, they usually make underground nests along the edge of sidewalks and driveways. Just look for small holes in the ground and spray bug spray in.

[gregthegr8]

He's having an old friend for dinner. Or mating to create a super creepy bug!

[Gray_Panther]

Don't be scared. It's bromance, they are hugging it out

[smellyborrelli]

Originally Posted by cmcdonald

That's a cicada killer wasp. Even though they look scary they don't sting people. They're actually good because cicadas will kill your trees. If you want them gone though, they usually make underground nests along the edge of sidewalks and driveways. Just look for small holes in the ground and spray bug spray in.

Yup I watched him go into a hole under my driveway and firebombed it haha. That was before I knew it was harmless. Now I feel bad.

[bmw1racer]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

He's having an old friend for dinner.

The Hannibal Lecter of bugs.

[uberschnell]

It's just a Killer Wasp enjoying his cicada with some fava beans and a nice chianti

[gregthegr8]

The wasp asked the cicada to marry him and she said yes.

[Joseph@x-ph.com]

[lakylester]

That's a great shot of the speciosus with its prey! I would submit an unedited/reedited version to your local/national nature publisher.

[ShocknAwe]

Lol at giant wasp. Killed one o those on my back porch a week a go. Fucker was almost as big as my index finger. They love cicadas. Yummy yummy blood meal.

[CAVU]

Originally Posted by cmcdonald

That's a cicada killer wasp. Even though they look scary they don't sting people. They're actually good because cicadas will kill your trees. If you want them gone though, they usually make underground nests along the edge of sidewalks and driveways. Just look for small holes in the ground and spray bug spray in.

Harmless to humans they may be, but those holes aren't so small! First time we saw them we thought there were snakes or rodents burrowing under our concrete/paver surfaces!