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Old 05-10-2007, 02:29 PM posted to austin.gardening
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Wooly nobody@nunya wrote:

Dave wrote:
The closest thing I've found on the internet is the paper wasp for
resemblance. 2 exceptions. Way to small, and the abdomen is red in color
as well. What is it?
Paper wasp:
http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg348.html

Looks like this, definitely.
http://home.att.net/~larvalbugbio/be...beast3-05.html

Ones I've seen west of Wimberley approach 3" in length. A sting from one
of
these is no joke. Pain lasts for hours. No, not allergic.
Dave



http://bugguide.net/node/view/581

I am allergic. One of those suckers hit me in 1998, I used 3 epi pens
getting to the ER alive.


As much as I dislike killing wasps, I do those.
They are just too aggressive.
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