Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Should we kill Giant Hornets since they kill bees & BFs?, 1 by claypa

claypa wrote:
Interesting question...I had to work around them earlier this summer, they didn't bother me at all. Kind of scary on a ladder. Their nest had to be removed in the course of a house remodel. I wasn't there for the fun part, but no one was hurt.

Here's a pic. Their nest is the three squarish pieces on the left.

I've spent a few hours chasing them around a porch light trying to get a decent picture, and came to realize that they weren't going to sting. Carpenter bees will fly in your face but the males don't have a stinger, if I remember right. Definitely not a comfortable situation but they don't seem too ornery to me. Nothing like yellow-jackets!

I don't know if they'll be a problem for our native insects but they don't seem aggressive to me at all.