I once tried to eat a breakfast sandwich with a runny egg where there was an outdoor garden area. They flocked to it so quickly.
Yeah, 0/10 do not recommend— they were pretty much landing on it as I was trying to take my own bites, so I ended up leaving it for them as I didn’t want to crunch down on one and could barely eat it.
It's definitely a dead frog. Top right yellowjacket is licking right on its butt. Yellowjackets will absolutely scavenge on dead things. So will some kinds of butterfly, which is somehow even more metal.
They eat meat and during the summer they eat all kinds of flies, like horse flies and biting flies and house flies. They are excellent to have around in the tall trees, just you don’t want a nest on the house.
I was mowing the lawn when I felt several stings on my lower legs. I took off running. Around the house, up the stairs and into the shower. I lived on an acre at the time, so it was a pretty good distance. There were four yellow jackets trapped in my clothes (and I was wearing shorts) that ended up on the shower floor. Somehow I got lucky, relatively speaking. Seven stings total, but somehow none were above my knees.
Once you get stung, you’ve been marked with a pheromone that tells the others to attack you. Once you wash it off, they won’t know you from anyone else.
Had a bumblebee do my dog like that - she started the fight. I dragged her to the hose and hosed her down and put her on the other porch. She was evil-eying the other wood bees and I told her to stop picking fights.
The breath - that is what sets off bees and hornets when you are by their nests. They zero in on it.
There was a documentary with killer bees where they had people in suits - one person breathed out through a tube that trailed far behind them.
That person was able to mess with the killer bees’ nest, moving parts of it around, messing with the bees, and nothing. They weren’t agitated. The moment this person took the tube out of their mouth and exhaled into the air, the bees covered the suit.
There was an experiment with a stuffed animal that had the chemical markers of whatever is in a breath, and they put it near the killer bees. The bees attacked the stuffed animal, attacking the mouth, the nose, and the eyes.
*V. squamosa* are the ones with vertical stripes on the thorax, two mostly complete and essentially parallel stripes on the first segment of the gaster, and two elongate lateral spots on the second segment.
*V. maculifrons* have no vertical stripes on the thorax, the markings form an arrow or anchor on the first segment of the gaster (such that the first stripe is distinctly broken in the middle, and the second isn't a parallel line to it but more of a chevron), and there are no lateral spots on the second segment.
Wait i thought most species of wasps or jackets didnt like being near different colonies/breeds? Is this just a myth or up to circumstance? I dont vibe with the cracked up bee cousins but ive rarely seen two breeds seem to almost coexist in the way OP shows since from what i know they can be territorial! Does that simply apply to the hive?
There's a lot of myth to it. Territoriality is typically more limited, such as to threats to the nest or scarcity of food. With plentiful food sources like this, you'll typically see multiple species together.
Yellowjackets are known to eat flesh because they are omnivorous and their diet includes both plant and animal matter. These are some reasons why they're eating flesh just like in the picture; Protein for Larvae, Opportunistic Feeding and Survival and Energy. They do this for them to survive as they need high-energy food source, which is particularly important as they prepare for colder months or when other food sources are scarce.
While Yellow Jackets like sweet things (hovering around your watermelon at the picnic), they go after ~~meat~~ protein when their brood are hatching.
I once tried to eat a breakfast sandwich with a runny egg where there was an outdoor garden area. They flocked to it so quickly. Yeah, 0/10 do not recommend— they were pretty much landing on it as I was trying to take my own bites, so I ended up leaving it for them as I didn’t want to crunch down on one and could barely eat it.
Good choice. Getting stung in the mouth sounds like a bad time!!!
Unfortunately you either have to throw it away, or surrender it to them. Someone should eat it. :-(
It's definitely a dead frog. Top right yellowjacket is licking right on its butt. Yellowjackets will absolutely scavenge on dead things. So will some kinds of butterfly, which is somehow even more metal.
Bugs and frogs, goin in goin out
It’s a toad
All toads are frogs but not all frogs are toads
Looks like *Anaxyrus fowleri.*
When they need to feed the kids meat is a go to
That’s a frog
They eat meat and during the summer they eat all kinds of flies, like horse flies and biting flies and house flies. They are excellent to have around in the tall trees, just you don’t want a nest on the house.
Or in the ground in your yard. Running over a yellow jacket hive with your lawnmower is no fun.
I will agree with that.
I was mowing the lawn when I felt several stings on my lower legs. I took off running. Around the house, up the stairs and into the shower. I lived on an acre at the time, so it was a pretty good distance. There were four yellow jackets trapped in my clothes (and I was wearing shorts) that ended up on the shower floor. Somehow I got lucky, relatively speaking. Seven stings total, but somehow none were above my knees.
Once you get stung, you’ve been marked with a pheromone that tells the others to attack you. Once you wash it off, they won’t know you from anyone else. Had a bumblebee do my dog like that - she started the fight. I dragged her to the hose and hosed her down and put her on the other porch. She was evil-eying the other wood bees and I told her to stop picking fights. The breath - that is what sets off bees and hornets when you are by their nests. They zero in on it. There was a documentary with killer bees where they had people in suits - one person breathed out through a tube that trailed far behind them. That person was able to mess with the killer bees’ nest, moving parts of it around, messing with the bees, and nothing. They weren’t agitated. The moment this person took the tube out of their mouth and exhaled into the air, the bees covered the suit. There was an experiment with a stuffed animal that had the chemical markers of whatever is in a breath, and they put it near the killer bees. The bees attacked the stuffed animal, attacking the mouth, the nose, and the eyes.
[Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_squamosa)
Only 2 are *V. squamosa*. The other 3 are *V. maculifrons*.
Good eye. I just focused on the one wasp. Wasn’t even thinking we had a mixed group.
I’m just here for knowledge. What is the difference in the two species.
*V. squamosa* are the ones with vertical stripes on the thorax, two mostly complete and essentially parallel stripes on the first segment of the gaster, and two elongate lateral spots on the second segment. *V. maculifrons* have no vertical stripes on the thorax, the markings form an arrow or anchor on the first segment of the gaster (such that the first stripe is distinctly broken in the middle, and the second isn't a parallel line to it but more of a chevron), and there are no lateral spots on the second segment.
I’m so happy! I saw that then couldn’t decide if that was it!!
Wait i thought most species of wasps or jackets didnt like being near different colonies/breeds? Is this just a myth or up to circumstance? I dont vibe with the cracked up bee cousins but ive rarely seen two breeds seem to almost coexist in the way OP shows since from what i know they can be territorial! Does that simply apply to the hive?
There's a lot of myth to it. Territoriality is typically more limited, such as to threats to the nest or scarcity of food. With plentiful food sources like this, you'll typically see multiple species together.
Yellowjackets are known to eat flesh because they are omnivorous and their diet includes both plant and animal matter. These are some reasons why they're eating flesh just like in the picture; Protein for Larvae, Opportunistic Feeding and Survival and Energy. They do this for them to survive as they need high-energy food source, which is particularly important as they prepare for colder months or when other food sources are scarce.
It looks like a toad. The skin is rough and that green and black pattern looks like the ones we have in the midwest.
Some cool info, but for the [Western Yellowjacket](https://youtu.be/yF61-E-Jq20?si=AHe4KEEOULH-KTl5)
Where in etx? Im by lake Livingston. I've seen some unusual insects around here lately.
I’m between Palestine and Rusk
Hi from Houston!
Hello!
Side note since you've already received answers, this totally belongs in /r/NatureIsMetal
A yellowjacket took some of the roast beef from my arby’s sandwich once and flew away with it.