This morning while perusing the CSFMB,I had one of these giant M'F'ers flying in the house.
I had never seen one before and was wondering what it was. I finally cornered it against a window and killed it. It turns out,they are relatively harmless. When I first saw it,it might have been flying with a dead fly in it's grasp making it even creepier looking.


From Wiki:
Giant Black Wasp
Description[edit]
Sphex pensylvanicus is a large, black wasp, significantly larger than its congener Sphex ichneumoneus (the great golden digger wasp).[5] Males are smaller than females, at only 19–28 mm (0.7–1.1 in) long, to females 25–34 mm (1.0–1.3 in).[2] According to John Bartram, "The Sting of this Wasp is painful, but does not swell like others".[6] As well as being larger than S. ichneumoneus, it is also darker, with smoky wings and an entirely black body, where S. ichneumoneus has yellow wings, red legs, and a partly red abdomen.[7]

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

#BlackSphexpensylvanicusmatter

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You know me like that.

That thing looks pretty bad ass

No but we have had to deal with these big bees here this summer. They are called carpenter bees and do not have hives they bore into wood, like 4x4's.

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Elections have consequences.

That's funny,this wasp was called a loner wasp because they don't hive up either. I have never seen one before but in our garden we have a lot of roses that draws these type of insects.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

did you get wang whipped ?

Seriously,this giant thing flying around made me jump.Good thing my wife left me.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Had this exact insect buzzing around us on Sunday playing mini golf. My wife took off her sandal and
killed it dead. I was very impressed. Getting stung probably would have really hurt, it looked pretty
intimidating.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Coincidentally, I'm currently watching Black Mass.

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Have had quite a few similar looking wasps buzzing around the back yard...mud wasps are what we have, I'm pretty sure.

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This is the kind of thread title that might get Mac posting on the board again.

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

"CHECK OUT JUAN URIBE'S OILED-UP GLUTES, MACKY FISH!"

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huh?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Bernstein confirmed this on yesterday's show as well. Jimmy's wife e-mailed the B&B show to confirm she left Jimmy over his obsession with flying insects.

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Nice of you to represent
#SPM

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You all have been dealing with me for over 12 years.

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You're not that big.



or balck.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.