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Cicada Killer Wasp

By Vickilane
Cicada Killer Wasp
These critters keep showing up in our house. I think it's a first in our forty-plus years. They are huge but non-aggressive--though John did get stung when he picked up one he thought was dead.
Cicada Killer Wasp
They are either crawling on the floor--at which point I toss a heavy folded dish towel over them and transport them outside--or zooming around overhead. 

Cicada Killer Wasp
Evidently they look for cicadas to paralyze to provide food for their own young. Maybe they're desperate due to a lack of cicadas--I saw only one this year.

More about these critters HERE.

Cicada Killer Wasp
 

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