Amazing find Andrew, parasitoid wasps of any species are always fun to observe and these were no exception! They have one of the most unique niches of any invert, and they are personal favorites of mine for sure. Your shots were exceptional, it is not easy to keep their erratic movements in focus when they’re so small. Fantastic work! - Harrison and Evan
There in my barn every year guess they dont sting unless they feel rhere nest is threatend i even go in get my mower and drive it out and then out it up when im done. Even seen one before dragging a katydid in the hole
Pehla wala wasp insect hai or dusra wala grass hopper koi sathi Nehi . Jab unka egg Hacht hoga to khake bada hone kelie. Simple sa fanda hai khana store kr raha hai kids kelie😊
Yesterday I was in a garden in the region of Martvili, in North-West Georgia, country, or South west Caucasus, 70 kms from the Black Sea and Abkhazia. There were many big hornet-like wasps, as far as I could see. Next day we found a nest in between the wood of the house, about 7 foot from the grounds. I thought them to be giant hornets first, but perhaps they were cicada killer wasps. I couldn't find exactly which species is endemic to this specific region, or how far the spread is of these or other wasps. Do you perhaps know?
It's hard to say without a photo or more specific description; there are tens of thousands of different wasp species across the world and probably dozens in your region. If you see scattered single wasps coming and going from separate holes, you probably have one of the many solitary wasp species that rarely sting people (like the ones in this video). If they are all kind of coming and going from the same big nest, you probably have some kind of hornet (possibly in the genus Vespa, the "giant hornets"). The cicada killer is a solitary wasp only found in North America, but they kind of superficially look like giant hornets.
i saw one outside dragging leaves and digging .I didn't know wtf it was🤣 TYSM
Amazing find Andrew, parasitoid wasps of any species are always fun to observe and these were no exception! They have one of the most unique niches of any invert, and they are personal favorites of mine for sure. Your shots were exceptional, it is not easy to keep their erratic movements in focus when they’re so small. Fantastic work!
- Harrison and Evan
Thank you for making this video, its great
When I was a kid mistook one for a flying ant and grabbed it, the sting is pretty oof. God they are neat though
Just spotted some in a school garden, big suckers
Prey is not dead. It is paralysed so that the meat is fresh for the babies when they hatch.
There in my barn every year guess they dont sting unless they feel rhere nest is threatend i even go in get my mower and drive it out and then out it up when im done. Even seen one before dragging a katydid in the hole
Are you there yet
Pehla wala wasp insect hai or dusra wala grass hopper koi sathi Nehi .
Jab unka egg Hacht hoga to khake bada hone kelie.
Simple sa fanda hai khana store kr raha hai kids kelie😊
Yesterday I was in a garden in the region of Martvili, in North-West Georgia, country, or South west Caucasus, 70 kms from the Black Sea and Abkhazia. There were many big hornet-like wasps, as far as I could see. Next day we found a nest in between the wood of the house, about 7 foot from the grounds. I thought them to be giant hornets first, but perhaps they were cicada killer wasps. I couldn't find exactly which species is endemic to this specific region, or how far the spread is of these or other wasps.
Do you perhaps know?
It's hard to say without a photo or more specific description; there are tens of thousands of different wasp species across the world and probably dozens in your region. If you see scattered single wasps coming and going from separate holes, you probably have one of the many solitary wasp species that rarely sting people (like the ones in this video). If they are all kind of coming and going from the same big nest, you probably have some kind of hornet (possibly in the genus Vespa, the "giant hornets"). The cicada killer is a solitary wasp only found in North America, but they kind of superficially look like giant hornets.
@@lifeunderfoot4805 I think it could have been the Asian giant hornet; their habitat is also in the South Caucasus. And it looked like them exactly.
@@sabinefilm1 I'd say you at least have identified the right genus (Vespa) then!
@@lifeunderfoot4805 yes, I did! Thanks!