Yellow jackets?
It just occurred to me that I haven't seen a single one of those evil little buzzards this summer!
How 'bout you folks? Got bugs?
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Yep, lots, no yellow jackets, but plenty of paper wasps, fig beetles, tarantula hawks, bumble bees and a few mosquitos.
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Had a strange occurrence around town during 4th of July weekend.
Many residents found large swarms of honey bees in a tree in their yards. Some were removed/recovered by bee keepers while others just moved on in a day or two. Never seen or heard of this before.
Thankfully people realized they were honey bees and did not destroy them.
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No yellow jackets, here. I'm sure they're laying for me, though.
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Earwigs aplenty. No stink bugs, jap beetles, or lady bugs.
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got them here, if you sit a cup of pop down outside within 10 minutes they seem to find it......
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Hardly seen any down here.
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Funny you ask. I ran the lawnmower over a hive 2 days ago. Two of them busted me right on the butt!
It hurts. I wiped them out this morning.
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I think our long cold winter knocked 'em on their butt this year. Maybe 6 months of snow on the ground and -29 for a bit is a blessing!
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allen griggs: 30148692463131/comments/30148704042651
Funny you ask. I ran the lawnmower over a hive 2 days ago. Two of them busted me right on the butt!
It hurts. I wiped them out this morning.
Makes sense. Don
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Those that are out there are hiding and waiting for apples /pears/peaches to start rotting on the ground. They will show up for chow and dig in.----------------------Ray
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I got destroyed by those little ba****ds one time. Ran over a nest with the lawn mower and ended up with 8 stings on my ankles and legs. Hurt like hell an itched even worse.
But, a good late night bonfire showed ‘em who’s boss. Yellowjacket smoke makes for goooooood hotdogs.
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This has been an unusual year so far.
No apples and no pears.
The hermosa trees did not bloom.
The maple trees had no seeds.
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KL: 30148692463131/comments/30148717811739
I got destroyed by those little ba****ds one time. Ran over a nest with the lawn mower and ended up with 8 stings on my ankles and legs. Hurt like hell an itched even worse.
But, a good late night bonfire showed ‘em who’s boss. Yellowjacket smoke makes for goooooood hotdogs.
I had a similar experience a couple of years ago. I GAVE them the old push mower, but was close enough to the pool that I could hit it post haste. I had to let the mower run out of gas before they settled down enough for me to retrieve it.
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NeoBlackdog, I hadn't thought much about it but yes, in central IN, I have seen no yellow jackets and only a very few ladybugs and I live on 5+ heavily wooded acres and there are many creatures around here (jeff not withstanding).
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Lots of Honey bees this year ! Fewer bumble bees and wasps. I have not seen a Japanese beetle or any yellow jackets.
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the heat makes tihe bees swarm faster
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I am painting the exterior trim on my daughter house and today I had to go a few rounds with some wasps while I was painting a gable vent
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As usual we could have sold mosquitos by the pound for two weeks in May.
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Not many yellow jackets this year(although I'm still careful around the house shrubbery)...........but the crickets have once again moved into town in pretty good numbers.
Heck.......about 10 years ago they were so thick that restaurants had trouble keeping up with them.........while patrons tried to EAT!!🥺
No joke........in some places you had to be careful not to HYDROPLANE on the streets!!!😳
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cbxjeff: 30148692463131/comments/30148673127707
NeoBlackdog, I hadn't thought much about it but yes, in central IN, I have seen no yellow jackets and only a very few ladybugs and I live on 5+ heavily wooded acres and there are many creatures around here (jeff not withstanding).
Where in Indiana do you live. Daughter lives in Carmel. Is there a good gun club in the Indianapolis area, to include skeet, trap and rifle range ??
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allen griggs: 30148692463131/comments/30148704042651
Funny you ask. I ran the lawnmower over a hive 2 days ago. Two of them busted me right on the butt!
It hurts. I wiped them out this morning.
Uhh... Maybe you should wear pants while you're mowing!
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I was wearing my 100 percent cotton boxers. These pants are good for all yard varmints.
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Maybe you should wear pants period!😆
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The yellow jackets and paper wasps were way worse last year. I think this year the grasshoppers pushed them all out. The hoppers are horrible this year.
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I have a truce with just about every stinging bug on the planet. The only exceptions to this truce come from the Renegades........Yellow Jackets and Bald Faced Hornets! I've tried to make peace and live in peace with em but they will not even listen!
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Mr. Perfect: 30148692463131/comments/30148719059483
The yellow jackets and paper wasps were way worse last year. I think this year the grasshoppers pushed them all out. The hoppers are horrible this year.
I haven't had any grass hoppers either. We had a fella come up from Hot Springs last week to trim our cow's hooves and he said the hoppers were thick down there. Hot Springs is about 70 miles south of us.
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Found two nests last week mowing Mom's yard. Got popped four times on right bicep, once on left wrist and twice on my back. I ran over the second nest about 15 feet from the first trying to make my escape. 8 ounces of gas in each nest that night. Little bastages!
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Man vs Hornets
https://twitter.com/tuidelescribano/status/1663794924582469632HeDog is this you, doing some entomology research?
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