Page 1 of 2
Bye bye hornets
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 8:47 pm
by John W
Two more underneath that one. These fellas are workin better than the hornet trap and lemonade I have near them
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 12:37 am
by Dan V
I hate wasps - SD Kronos put this one to sleep for good, nighty night - ha!
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 1:04 am
by John W
One less hellspawn! Thats a big ol fly trap to be able to capture that
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 1:38 am
by TrapsAndDews
I'm hoping to put my sarracenias under a wasp nest when the pitchers mature.
Then I'll sit back, watch, and relax.
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 2:27 am
by thepitchergrower
TrapsAndDews wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 1:38 am
I'm hoping to put my sarracenias under a wasp nest when the pitchers mature. Then I'll sit back, watch, and relax.
There's a wasp nest in your backyard? Dangerous...
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 2:29 am
by TrapsAndDews
thepitchergrower wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 2:27 am
TrapsAndDews wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 1:38 am
I'm hoping to put my sarracenias under a wasp nest when the pitchers mature. Then I'll sit back, watch, and relax.
There's a wasp nest in your backyard? Dangerous...
Oh wait, sorry, I meant yellow jackets. I do see wasps around here, but not as many as yellow jackets.
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 2:29 am
by thepitchergrower
I thought yellow jackets had underground nests??
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 2:34 am
by TrapsAndDews
I must be getting them mixed up. Well, either one. Their nests are round, the size of tennis balls, with a hexagon pattern, and found in corners and cracks.
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 3:02 am
by Blackfeather666
John W wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 8:47 pm
Two more underneath that one. These fellas are workin better than the hornet trap and lemonade I have near them
Thats really neat
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 7:35 pm
by John W
Sounds like a paper wasp nest, they love my back porch for some reason. They keep making nests and I keep knocking them down
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 9:58 pm
by John W
Not even open and already body bagged a wasp!
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 10:03 pm
by John W
And of course, alabamensis is already up another on the count
https://gfycat.com/positiveillhoneyeater
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 11:50 pm
by DragonsEye
Rarely see any wasps or their kin in my Sarr. Leah Wilkerson. My Neps on the other hand .... eat well during the summer outside.
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 12:16 am
by John W
I have thought about putting my neps on my back porch - I think they would eat like kings, but I gave all of the nepenthes that I would be willing to sacrifice away at a local plant exchange.
Seems like majority of what they are catching are wasps / hornets, but the wasps they catch are not ones that I see flying around. I generally see paper wasps all over, but none inside the sarracenia. I've seen two ladybugs get trapped so far, the first one I was able to help escape
Re: Bye bye hornets
Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 6:54 pm
by John W
Holy macaroni I think this might be better than a dead wasp… a roach!!! This is probably the only sarracenia I have that’s opening is big enough for one. The first time my wife has given me an F- in photography for content!