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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

...All Out War!

Not sure what they are and i cant get a photo without getting stung/bit...they look like small black bees and they hover around the ground and burrow tiny little holes...i have a ton of them gathered together..they seem to get angry when i attack them with water (its been a long battle) ....im very close to just putting superglue on there homes ...very..close...
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RodBreaker · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:36 pm Post subject:

Do they look like this:

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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

no they look like tiny bees or hornets wish i could have a picture ...im hiding behind the screen door and when they land on it i quickly open and smack them...i call it reverse whack a mole....
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SaltyMutt · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:48 pm Post subject:

The Trash Heap · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:14 pm Post subject:

Most ground-nesting bees like miner and ground bees are not agressive and rarely sting. Unlike ground-nesting wasps (true yellowjackets) and bumblebees, these bees don't associate in colonies, but dig individual nest holes. With the massive decline of the honeybee, the ground-nesting bees are becoming very important as crop pollinators, so if you can learn to co-exist with them it will be doing the gardeners and farmers a big favor. In a short while, they'll bring off a brood and move on. If you don't want them to return, cover bare soil areas with mulch.
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ironmanstan · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:34 pm Post subject:

Young solitary wasps ????
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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

Weve tried...soap water, poison grain, poison powder, and spraying...seems like anytime i spray anythign on them more show up.... its not in a garden or anything just in a 15'x15' area and all the little holes the lot of them make is killing the grass

I get stung about 70% of the time when i head outside around 7 times a day...someone left my truck cracked open one day and when i got in at night all hell broke loose halfway down the street ...

here are the culprits on a piece of newspaper

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osojet · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:12 pm Post subject:

Maybe it is the "salmon shirt" Laughing

sure looks like a little honey bee....but I am no icthy, ento, biologist, or ologist of any kind.

Soapy water...should take care of the problem pretty quick...or a pear burner...that would be more fun...but I am sure that could get out of hand quickly. DIESEL..and a match...sounds good too!

ironmanstan · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:44 pm Post subject:

I'm sticking with" solitary wasps "until someone comes up with something else.
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tim9368 · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject:

Hey Tennis, I cannot tell from the photos - does that critter have 1 pair of wings, or 2?

AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

looks like only one pair
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HRod2222 · Horse Mullet Joined: 03 Jun 2011 Posts: 222 Location: SA

think it's an aggressive member of the horse fly... next time u go out fishing make sure ur packing heat ...super glue might work...but that's just cruel...lol
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tim9368 · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject:

This is some species of deerfly. Check it out here: http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg224.html

isladave · Finger Mullet Joined: 10 Mar 2012 Posts: 13

I agree with Trash Heap. Looks like a mining bee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrena

The Trash Heap · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:22 am Post subject:

It's a bee. Contact the county ag extension folks, http://nueces.agrilife.org/, for ID and control.
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