[xtrslots]

My golf team partner stepped up on an old stump to see if the group in front of had cleared a hill yet and when he did the wasps living inside of it came out and stung him twice (If memory serves). It was funny when It was over and we knew he wasn't allergic, but to see him take off like a bat outta H*** from the stump was a bit scary. Needless to say we don't go over by that stump much anymore

[GinaIsWild]

My golf team partner stepped up on an old stump to see if the group in front of had cleared a hill yet and when he did the wasps living inside of it came out and stung him twice (If memory serves). It was funny when It was over and we knew he wasn't allergic, but to see him take off like a bat outta H*** from the stump was a bit scary. Needless to say we don't go over by that stump much anymore

**** that, that club needs to bug bomb that ****.

[desmond001]

http://sites.lafayette.edu/hollidac/...iller-species/

These are really common around golf courses. (Woods=cicadas=cicada killer wasps).

I believe only the female can sting you, though they normally leave people alone. These things are huge and very menacing looking, but are generally not a threat to people. If you seelittle dirt piles on greens on the golf course, that is probably a cicade killer nest. They tend to come back to the same spot year after year after year. I have a nest in my yard that has been there since at least the mid '80s and maybe even as early as 1970. I was a kid and not sure when they got here.

The above link has many pics of the different kinds around the U.S. The picture below is what we have around here.



Picture of a nest entrance (look for them in the afternoons on the greens):




There was a bit of discussion of these in the Wildlife thread, beginning on post #73 and going the next couple of pages.

http://www.thehackersparadise.com/fo...f-Course/page5

[compiit]

http://sites.lafayette.edu/hollidac/...iller-species/

These are really common around golf courses. (Woods=cicadas=cicada killer wasps).

I believe only the female can sting you, though they normally leave people alone. These things are huge and very menacing looking, but are generally not a threat to people. If you seelittle dirt piles on greens on the golf course, that is probably a cicade killer nest. They tend to come back to the same spot year after year after year. I have a nest in my yard that has been there since at least the mid '80s and maybe even as early as 1970. I was a kid and not sure when they got here.

The above link has many pics of the different kinds around the U.S. The picture below is what we have around here.



Picture of a nest entrance (look for them in the afternoons on the greens):




There was a bit of discussion of these in the Wildlife thread, beginning on post #73 and going the next couple of pages.

http://www.thehackersparadise.com/fo...f-Course/page5

I have only noticed them for the last two or three years at our course. Usually on the new putting green that was built about 5 years ago. I suppose they were around long ago? Maybe the composition of the new green is different from the old ones. How long have these bees been around?

[Ubgvuncd]

That sucks dude. I got stung the other day golfing, I was in a cart and the damn thing ran into me and stung me in the ankle. I hadn't gotten stung in awhile so I forgot what it felt like.

[Buildityrit]

If you get stung you can apply chewing tobacco to draw the poison out, it will stop hurting in just a minute or two.

[desmond001]

Our cicada killers are back. But I think they have a new nest. It's at the bottom of our deck steps, about 5 feet away. Charilie found them last night when we were playing in the yard and now I gotta find some kind of metal cage or something to cover it up so they can still get out but so Charlie doesn't get his nose in the hole. They don't normally sting, but I am not sure what they'd so with a dog poking his nose around the hole.