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What kind of bug is this?
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:11 pm
Baton Rouge area in south Louisiana.
Slightly larger than an ant. Caught my eye because of the bright red color; saw it right alongside the wall of the house in the landscaping.
Is this something I should treat the house for or should I just let it ride?
Slightly larger than an ant. Caught my eye because of the bright red color; saw it right alongside the wall of the house in the landscaping.
Is this something I should treat the house for or should I just let it ride?
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Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:15 pm to dewster
Cow ant
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:17 pm to Bamawaterfowl
Yep. Do not pick it up, or do. You won’t forget it for damn sure.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:20 pm to dewster
Probably Eastern Velvet Ant.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:21 pm to WeagleEagle
Would ant poison take care of these things? I only saw one.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:21 pm to dewster
A velvet ant is actually a flightless wasp.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:26 pm to dewster
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Would ant poison take care of these things? I only saw one.
They aren't like ants. There won't be a colony.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:27 pm to dewster
Cowkiller wasp. I stepped on one a few months ago. Had my whole leg throbbing for a few hours.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:28 pm to bbvdd
I found it again and hit it with wasp/hornet spray. Seems to have curled into a ball and stopped moving.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 2:58 pm to dewster
I grew up calling them cow ants
Rumor was they could kill a cow or something like that, if you put one on the concrete and put a 5gallon bucket on it that little bastard will push the bucket around.
Rumor was they could kill a cow or something like that, if you put one on the concrete and put a 5gallon bucket on it that little bastard will push the bucket around.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 3:11 pm to dewster
I think its actually a wasp. either the male or female doesnt have wings.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 3:17 pm to dewster
Not really an ant.
Wingless wasp.
Stings like a mo fo.
Wingless wasp.
Stings like a mo fo.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 3:18 pm to dewster
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I found it again and hit it with wasp/hornet spray. Seems to have curled into a ball and stopped moving.
congrats on the rats now.
Posted on 9/17/24 at 3:27 pm to Chad504boy
They don’t eat rats.
Other bugs and larva
Other bugs and larva
Posted on 9/17/24 at 3:33 pm to Bigsampson
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They don’t eat rats.
then how do they kill cows?
Posted on 9/17/24 at 7:31 pm to dewster
Step down with force and twist
Posted on 9/17/24 at 10:46 pm to Bigsampson
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Other bugs and larva
They have a particular affinity with being nest predators of cicada killer wasps.
They invade the cicada killer’s burrow to lay their own eggs, which hatch and eat the larvae of the cicada killer. Or something like that.
Posted on 9/18/24 at 9:38 am to WeagleEagle
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Step down with force and twist
Works on all insects and arachnids.
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