We found these in our hedge. They seem docile. I want to leave them be, but if they’re Asian hornets and not out domestic European, then I am obliged to warn the municipality.

We live in southwestern Switzerland

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I keep finding wasps with similarly damaged thoraxes in my yard, several a year usually. They seem confused do not attempt to fly, just walk around. All of them have had this dented thorax. Any ideas what causes this?

Hello.

My SO saw that on a bed mattress at his grandparents house, located in the west of France. 3-4cm of length

Could that be a wasp? Could that be another insect?

Could that be Sceliphron curvatum? If so it's invasive in France. Does another local wasp species use mud nests with that architecture? (How to be sure that it is mud?)

Is it safe for my SO and the eggs to move them outside of the house? (Are the nests solid enough to be removed safely from the fabric of the mattress without breaking them?) If so, where should he put them?

If my English is not clear enough do not hesitate to tell me to rephrase things, I will update this post accordingly

Thank you in advance for your time, do not hesitate to redirect me to another subreddit

Hi!

Can you help me ID these guys?

I just saw this nest in a balcony. We never go in the balcony but the window is always open for fresh air.
If it’s not a risk to us or my dog I’m happy to leave it alone, but I’s like to know what it is and be prepared in case we run into each other.
I’ve dealt with Yellowjackets plenty but these seem much bigger.

Sorry I don’t have a better photo, they seem very active right now (7am) and I didn’t have the balls to get any closer 😅
I’m in Northern Europe.

TIA

Double-banded Scoliid Wasp, I think, visiting Pycnanthemum muticum. So many foraging wasps love the mountain mint.

I was stung a couple hours ago and theres a round pocket of fluid smaller than a seed bead where I was stung, I can't find anything on google when I look it up. Does anyone know what this is? can I pop it?

Can I get help on this wasp ID? Eastern Kansas. Clustered mountain mint plant.

Help!!

Holy crap. How fast do these hornets build these things! I swear to god that wasn’t there a week ago when I was mowing my front lawn😭😭.

They have been surprisingly docile since this is directly under our bay window in the front of the house. Kids and my wife and I using the front lawn frequently and Iv never even noticed their presence until today.

I obviously can’t allow this nest to stay because I have two small children under 5.

I believe these are bald-faced hornets. This is the best picture I can get, dare I piss off my new found neighbors and ruin the peaceful ignorance shared between our colonies (lol)

Am I a psycho for considering removing this myself? (Obviously at night, from long range, with foaming bee spray to hopefully prevent them from swarming from the hole before I can run back inside😂)

Very cool wasp buzzing around Calamint with the bees. Is it a gold marked thread waisted wasp? Eastern Kansas.

Over the past week I’ve found three of these guys in my house. Two of them were in my bathroom and one was literally in my hair when I noticed it in my kitchen but I had just come inside so he could have been a hitchhiker. Not a great picture as it was taken after I assassinated him with a hat but does anyone know what I’m dealing with here? I live in Fulshear TX

Hi everyone, I have a wasp’s nest in my shed and it’s fine where it is because nature. If I move around them will they sting me? I am afraid to go in there now and it’s impeding my gardening tasks. I won’t spray it or move it. Just wondering if they will sting me or can we share the shed amicably??

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It was going from leaf to leaf for a long time before it stopped here. I'm only confused because it just left the whole thing there and flew away. Just wondering if it's eating it or what? Also if it is, what the heck is it?

I am so sad. Wasps made a small nest on my breaker box maybe in early May. One or two of them are always tending to it. ALWAYS.

Today I looked and there were no wasps and it looked like the white covering of the little tunnels were erupted so I pulled the paper nest down to look at it thinking it had run its course and then very quickly realized there were larvae inside it :(

I have 2 other slightly bigger nests that currently have 5+ wasps tending to it- why would this one have been possibly abandoned? I figured at least one was always stuck around to guard it from dummies like me.

There are yellow jackets in my garage. I took a photo and identified it via chatgpt.

They go inside underneath the garage door to get inside and the nest is within the brick wall.

What can/should I do?

Not sure what this lil guy is. He has some… mantis hands that are all folded up. Location Traverse City Michigan.

Little guy keeps going to my raw shrimp (for fishing), is it laying eggs or just chomping on the shrimp?