I saw this thing on the pavement the other day. She is big (a bit longer than an inch I would say), so I assumed some kind of hornet, but all the photos of hornets on the internet have more yellow abdoments.
Any thoughts?
I have seen a lot of them buzzing around a tree outside my window at work.
Yellowjacket or hornet, yep. Not sure exactly what species.
There’s a lot more species of hornets than that.
You don’t say where you are, but here’s a key to eastern hornets of the genus Vespulawith illustrations.
Cicada Killer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus
That looks like a pretty good match to me.
Looks specious to me.
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That’s a great picture.
Occasionally I get one of those pretty blue mud daubers lazily flying around the house. I don’t mind them since they’re not aggressive. Can usually either catch it or get it to go back out a window or door.
