tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post5392005925108470417..comments2024-03-25T16:04:06.581-05:00Comments on MObugs: European HornetShelly Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-80489313143539741272017-10-01T12:02:30.369-05:002017-10-01T12:02:30.369-05:00In response to my post about European hornets. Wh...In response to my post about European hornets. When i say aggressive, they usually aren't aggressive meaning they will just attack you for no reason, in most cases they won't just attack because they hate you, they will attack you if, they feel threatened. If you bother there nest, if you make a lot of noise usually when working around the house or doing construction work on a structure that might have Hornets in the cavity's around the structure you are working on. They will attack you if they feel threatened. What ever the reason they do what they do, when you make them mad they will become your worst enemy. I know, I deal with them a lot, I have had plenty of encounters with them and I know there behavior. What I do to combat them and keep them from nesting around my house now is, I spray in early spring, I use termite spray, and I spray around the foundations of my home, around entry ways of siding. The green looking hornets fly low and they get in the grass around the foundations of my house to eat bugs. So I started spraying these areas and I spray twice, early spring and early summer. By spraying termite spray your also killing there food supply so they won't be feeding on bugs around the house. In the fall there less of a nuisance because of cooler weather, so spraying isn't usually necessary. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-89223357079581321502017-09-30T16:50:20.638-05:002017-09-30T16:50:20.638-05:00I agree, I should reword my paragraph to state inc... I agree, I should reword my paragraph to state incredibly defensive instead of aggressive. The word aggressive does imply that they will attack without provocation, which generally is not true. I typically avoid using the word aggressive when it comes to animals because very few animals attack without feeling threatened first. Let's pray be Asian hornets never make it to this continent, those things are frightful.Shelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-39342674945055885842017-09-30T16:35:27.496-05:002017-09-30T16:35:27.496-05:00I have to disagree. They can be aggressive. I su...I have to disagree. They can be aggressive. I suppose it is more of a nesting problem. They probably feel threatened when there nest is threatened. They can be a problem when doing construction or remodeling around the house and they will attack, I know I have been dealing with European hornets now for several years. In fact I came across one around my garage while I was doing some work just the other day, and it got aggressive with me. In fact it got in the garage and would not let me leave the large doorway, car drive in door, so I had to go to a back door to get out. I went around the garage a few minutes later and came back in through my back door and it was gone. But I was careful to see if it was going to attack, so I circled my house and garage property on foot for a while and I did not notice any attacks. The brighter colored hornets are usually the most aggressive, the greener looking ones aren't quite as bad. Lucky thing we don't have the giant Asian Hornets yet. They can kill you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-39613120591079102822012-12-03T21:57:35.305-06:002012-12-03T21:57:35.305-06:00I don't consider your comment "looking fo...I don't consider your comment "looking for trouble". I guess I should have made my post more clear. Instead of stating that they were incredibly aggressive and implying that this was towards humans I should have clearly stated that their aggression was towards insect prey. I too have never experienced aggressive behavior from them. I also have never had issue with their cousins the paper wasps.I too am not an advocate for pesticides and let bugs do all the work. I am married to a farmer and I have convinced him to stop using pesticides and we've been pesticide free for over 16 years. I absolutely love insects of all kinds and cannot bear to kill any of them. I even have bird houses out that I let the paper wasps have, much to my husbands annoyance...LOL. I thank you for setting the record straight and calling me on the carpet for some not so accurate statements. Shelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-69753707119981645152012-12-03T20:16:42.799-06:002012-12-03T20:16:42.799-06:00I am probably looking for trouble, but as a profes...I am probably looking for trouble, but as a professional biologist/naturalist for 16 years, I think I can, with some bit of credibility, state that I must respectfully disagree with your statement that Vespa crabro is "incredibly aggressive". On the contrary.. it is only aggressive IF- and ONLY if... you deliberately attack the nest. I have approached active nests, and individuals, on numerous occassions. NEVER have I been stung by a European Hornet. NEVER. They are remarkably tolerant- IF you know how to behave around them! <br /><br />Now-- the Bald Faced "Hornet" (which isn't actually a "hornet" at all, but a wasp- and yes, there is a difference-- these guys are your hot-headed wasps! They don't need much of an excuse to attack, and they will chase you for quite a ways...even waiting for you to come "out of hiding" so they can continue the attack. <br /><br />Second to the Bald-Faced in aggression is the Yellow-Jacket, which usually nests in the ground or rotten logs/stumps.<br /><br />The V. crabro ranks waaaaay down on the totem pole when it comes to aggression. Please don't paint these beautiful, highly BENEFICIAL INSECTS so poorly. They will pick your veggie garden clean of those nasty worms that can decimate your crop! (I had 5 species of wasps/bees in my yard, used no pesticides whatsoever, and had flawless veggies for 10 years!) KarenPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690307118244346956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-28565246304136575692012-05-15T12:54:50.136-05:002012-05-15T12:54:50.136-05:00I have a large log home in the Smokies E. TN in a ...I have a large log home in the Smokies E. TN in a wooded forrest. We have wood boring bees eating the house, mega amounts of wasps, etc. and I have seen these huge almost hummingbird size yellow/brown hornets that will eat any bug or human. I have read that they are Asian Giant Hornets and European Hornets. Aggressive and I am sure they would bite the stew out of you and are highly venomous. REALLY SCAREY BUGS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-56815858461199807592010-09-24T15:14:23.004-05:002010-09-24T15:14:23.004-05:00I don't know about any one else, but if you ge...I don't know about any one else, but if you get these boogers in your house structure or garage or barn, you have got problems. Noise of any kind especially when doing construction work will get them European Boogers pissed and they will attack and sting you. So even if there cute, they can inflict a nasty sting and be a big problem. There nest is hard to find to. In fact sometimes the only way to find it is to tear your house apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com