If you saw this black head coming over the plant, you might be worried…
Make you shiver??
This is a Great Black Wasp
They are “diggers”
These large wasps are diggers, meaning they dig tunnels where the females feed their young. These are good as a single female can sting and kill up to 16 grasshoppers each day. That is a great help keeping the population of the grasshoppers down. The good news is they only sting people if they are provoked.
Roadtirement 
My new favorite insect; I hate grasshoppers. 🙂
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Maybe these Great Black Wasps have something to do with your funky Dandelions!
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Would not surprise me at all…
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The good news is a relief
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I hate those things ugg
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They are frightening to see!
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Yes
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I’m digging your wasp photos. Wasps are beneficial.
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I appreciate that Tim, thanks! And yes, wasps are beneficial and often get a bad rap. (They need Squirrel’s PR Department.)
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That is a scary-looking bug.
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Wasps can give you the heebie jeebies for sure!
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