Texas Gardening: Where are all the wasps this year?, 0 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
I'm curious to know what the kind of butterflies are puddling. Red Admirals? I have a lot of different things that I call "bees" but I know some are wasps too. Bumble bees are the only ones I really know are for sure bees. Oh, I need to visit the new BugFiles to try and ID some of mine!

I have a few red wasps but they aren't near as mean this year. They do hunt my butterfly caterpillars, mainly on my passionvine, and they get annoyed at me when I'm over there too long but they haven't charged at me this year. They used to tho and I thought maybe it was just me but then learned they do that. I think they get used to me. I know the Bumble bees do. I just work in and out and around them all and I've never been stung. I do have to yell "go away!" to them some so that might be why. You do think they understand me, right?

I haven't seen yellow jackets tho. I'll have to go check the sides of the house where they usually make nests and see. I do have mud dobbers and some shiny blue/black wasp looking things.

Crowellli, do you think you could have actually seen a Clearwing Hummingbird moth? They are larger than bumble bees and look like hummers. Did it look like this?