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sgville Gainesville, FL(Zone 9a) Jul 31, 2010

I think it is a wasp. There are a growing number of them in my backyard. Please tell me what it is and how do I get rid of it.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 31, 2010

sgville,
You are right that it is a wasp. I think it is probably the European Hornet - Vespa crabro: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7229/bgimage
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/902/

This forum is for questions relating to adding data to the BugFiles database.

We have a forum on Insect and Spider Identification here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/bugid/all/
and if you post your question there, you may get some more definite help,

You can attach your image to the message you post for a better chance of getting an identification

Kennedy
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