Pear burner + ladder + protective clothing?
ABATTBQ11 said:AggieChemist said:
Yellow jackets build their nests underground.
Not all. Depends on specific species.
Winner winner. Nice work from some limited pics!rfvgy12 said:Martin Cash said:
That's not a yellow jacket nest.
Honey Wasp. Non aggressive and good pollination.
I have one that size in my front tree above my entry way. Leave them alone.
ConstructionAg01 said:Winner winner. Nice work from some limited pics!rfvgy12 said:Martin Cash said:
That's not a yellow jacket nest.
Honey Wasp. Non aggressive and good pollination.
I have one that size in my front tree above my entry way. Leave them alone.
Short version - They are indeed honey wasps (Mexican honey wasp to be specific) and due to the wreckage last night with some severe storms, I have a lot more work on my hands cleaning up our property the next several weeks than to deal with the nest. Sorry for the let down.
Longer version - I used binoculars last night and got a close up. They are too small to be bald-faced hornets and don't have the coloration of yellow jackets or other similar variants. Googled images and found a match. The nest is typical for what and where they build. Around 8pm Kerr County got hammered with a tremendous storm and I lost several large trees. Property is a mess. Much of Kerrville is a mess. Neighbors and employees will be needing help for weeks, maybe longer. And the Mexican honey wasp nest survived somehow.
GrimesCoAg95 said:
Here you go...
What I learned is to wait until winter.
Yes, Mexican Honey WaspsConstructionAg01 said:Winner winner. Nice work from some limited pics!rfvgy12 said:Martin Cash said:
That's not a yellow jacket nest.
Honey Wasp. Non aggressive and good pollination.
I have one that size in my front tree above my entry way. Leave them alone.
Short version - They are indeed honey wasps (Mexican honey wasp to be specific) and due to the wreckage last night with some severe storms, I have a lot more work on my hands cleaning up our property the next several weeks than to deal with the nest. Sorry for the let down.
Longer version - I used binoculars last night and got a close up. They are too small to be bald-faced hornets and don't have the coloration of yellow jackets or other similar variants. Googled images and found a match. The nest is typical for what and where they build. Around 8pm Kerr County got hammered with a tremendous storm and I lost several large trees. Property is a mess. Much of Kerrville is a mess. Neighbors and employees will be needing help for weeks, maybe longer. And the Mexican honey wasp nest survived somehow.
Normal folk: couchAggieChemist said:
Normal folk: bluegill
Texans: BRIM!
Normal folk: Drum
Texans: TROUT!
Normal folk: hornet
Texans: AERIAL TEXAS MUH TEXAS YELLOWJACKET DAGNABBIT!
Speckled Trout would be my guess.AggieGunslinger said:Normal folk: couchAggieChemist said:
Normal folk: bluegill
Texans: BRIM!
Normal folk: Drum
Texans: TROUT!
Normal folk: hornet
Texans: AERIAL TEXAS MUH TEXAS YELLOWJACKET DAGNABBIT!
West By God Virginians: Fire Starter
I guess I don't get the second one, what species of drum do we call a trout?
From that article:AggieChemist said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynoscion_nebulosus
Quote:
Spotted seatrout is the common name endorsed by the American Fisheries Society. However, this fish has many other common names, including speckled trout, speck, speckles, spec, truite gris (Louisiana French), trucha de mar (Mexican Spanish), spotted weakfish, spotted seateague, southern seateague, salmon, salmon trout, simon trout, winter trout, seatrout, Nosferatu fish, and black trout. Particularly large ones are nicknamed gator trout.
Don't care and not germane to the conversation. What it is and what people call it are two different things. You said "Normal people" called it a Drum. I don't know anybody who calls it a "Drum" that isn't from WV, and the article you posted lists a big list of commonly used names, and none of them are "Drum". All of which suggests that "Normal People" call it anything except "Drum".AggieChemist said:
It's not a trout.
Exactly...it "IS" a drum. "Normal people" call it a speckled trout...or a spotted seatrout. Glad we can agree on that.AggieChemist said:
It's a drum.
Well, I think normal guys would call the one on the right "yummy"txags92 said:Exactly...it "IS" a drum. "Normal people" call it a speckled trout...or a spotted seatrout. Glad we can agree on that.AggieChemist said:
It's a drum.
AggieChemist said:
Normal folk: bluegill
Texans: BRIM!
Normal folk: Drum
Texans: TROUT!
Normal folk: hornet
Texans: AERIAL TEXAS MUH TEXAS YELLOWJACKET DAGNABBIT!