Cicada Killer Wasp

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Published 2018-07-31

Was curious as to what this giant cicada was doing in our driveway until I met the culprit! Meet the Cicada Killer Wasp- she creates burrow to lay her eggs in, captures cicadas, and lays eggs on their legs! The eggs hatch, and the babies feed on the Cicada until they are big enough to form a cocoon that hatches into a cicada killer wasp the following Spring. The Cicada Killer is fairly harmless to humans, and they keep the Cicada population down to help the trees from being destroyed. Are you team Cicada, or team Cicada killer?

All Comments (21)

@snakeeyes9246 4 years ago

These are the largest wasps in North America, but they aren't aggressive. They live alone and only defend themselves, not a nest.
@unused7629 4 years ago

cicada killers dont go after you unless you actually make them sting you, they have the same male without stinger female with stinger part like the bore bee. they are solitary and do not nest, they usually live alone and only stick around with others during mating season, they referred to as gentle giant.
@hankspooner9023 3 years ago

"It's big." Heard that a few times myself.
@pieseldatches5555 2 years ago

Near my drive way, 7 of them decided to make their tunnels and I see their mounds. Usually I’ll see one of them kill and drag a cicada back into their burrows. Pretty cool, I managed to catch 2 of them and they’re not that bad, although the first time I saw them I thought they were murder hornets from afar.
@Bruh-us9vr 4 years ago

That wasp is massive
@maxclinger3965 2 years ago

Wasp bee like. I JUST HAD THE. SAME ISSUE WITH THE COUCH!!!!!
@MikeAwesome-OneofakindX 3 years ago

Coyote Peterson anyone?
@gophone2070 5 years ago

That's an attack helicopter that is not a wasp
@mattl9732 3 years ago

The front door is too small
@mariabrett6712 3 years ago

That wasp is massive!
@NightWolfPlayzOfficial 2 years ago

Theyre huge. But compare them with an Asian queen giant hornet
@a-dezzz 3 years ago

When your passive aggressive friend wants to show you something in there house
@J450NX5 2 years ago

I'd take a cicada killer wasp over a yellow jacket nest any day. They are intimidating from their size. I had six at my old house. Nice soft dirt as they were renovating at the time.
@younghurricane1995 3 years ago

Coyote Peterson finally did a sting episode of this wasp
@berthamiranda4237 3 years ago

You heard the sound of the Nashville Tennessee cicadas
@-iceraptor- 11 months ago

She def wasn't coming after you. They are relatively harmless to humans unless directly feel threatened..
@berthamiranda4237 3 years ago

I hear the other cicadas
@RaisedLetter 4 years ago

Cicada Killer
@BridgesofMC 3 years ago

I unfortunately was stung by one of these several times as a kid when I accidentally sat next to its borough Hill. Scariest thing I ever endured and it was one of the most painful stings I've ever had. Got me like six or seven times the welts were huge
@dustinshultie6047 3 years ago

That’s the queen as well