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   Jon Henshaw (jon@henshaw.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 11:08:15 JST Jon Henshaw

   If the cicada killing wasps also appear in force during the double brood emergence, it’s gonna be quite an event. Many of them are burrowed around my home, and while harmless to humans, they look menacing when they fly near you.

   Speaking of which, they catch and paralyze cicadas, put them in the ground and inject an egg into them, all while alive. You can figure out the rest. Just another example of how hard core nature can be.

   https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/us/cicadas-emergence-broods-xix-xiii-scn/index.html

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 11:08:14 JST feld

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     @jon they are HUGE and mean. I had to drown the hive in chemicals to stop them
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 12:45:54 JST feld

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     @jon because they were attacking anyone who came near the house
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     Jon Henshaw (jon@henshaw.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 12:45:55 JST Jon Henshaw

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     @feld but why? They’re not harmful to humans and are an important part of the food chain.

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     Jon Henshaw (jon@henshaw.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 13:23:08 JST Jon Henshaw

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     @feld I suppose that's a good reason to. They can definitely seem menacing. They've only bothered me when mowing the lawn, and it is unnerving.

     My biggest issue with wasps and bees has been with carpenter bees. For a couple months out of the year I can't run on the trail near my home without them attacking my head and following me everywhere.

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