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Old 05-12-2009, 11:26 PM
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I can't stand flies, snakes or frog's, but not FLIES!!
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:29 PM
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Flies are a PITA. I hate wasps and once it starts to warm up here they get pretty bad.
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:42 PM
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Yea, about the same here!
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:46 PM
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We had a nest we noticed a few falls ago once the leaves left the trees. It was bigger than a football. The thing was huge.
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:49 PM
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Was it a hornet nest?
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:53 PM
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I thought wasp, but very well could have been hornet. I wanted to take it down and preserve it somehow then hang it up again. I think my butthead neighbor knocked it down. They say they are very Territorial and wont build if there is another nest near by.
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:55 PM
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Was it round w/ a hole in the bottom and gray in color?
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:00 AM
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More football shape. Kind of watermellon shaped with the bottom kind of narrowing. I think the hole was on the bottom. Maybe kind of egg shaped.
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:15 AM
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Flies are a PITA. I hate wasps and once it starts to warm up here they get pretty bad.
i cant stand them... or theyre bumblebee cousins...
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:17 AM
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I have'nt seen many yet. Once it starts to stay warm I'm sure they will start building.
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by tin-man
Was it round w/ a hole in the bottom and gray in color?
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More football shape. Kind of watermellon shaped with the bottom kind of narrowing. I think the hole was on the bottom. Maybe kind of egg shaped.
sounds like the one my grandfather has hanging in his garage... think his is a foot wide and maybe 1 1/2 foot long.. looks like an upside down pear with the hole in the bottom... ill have to remember to take the camera up next time and get a pic of it... thing use to scare me when i was little... now i just think its cool lookin...
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:20 AM
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Yep sounds like what the one in my tree looked like. About the same size too.
 
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I have'nt seen many yet. Once it starts to stay warm I'm sure they will start building.
they just seem to hang around my house... i wanna get them trap things for the yellow jackets and just hope the wasps are attracted to it as well.. they like to crawl behind the fashia boars on the porch where the siding leaves lil gaps.. bugs me ever time i see them crawl in there...
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:22 AM
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Yep sounds like what the one in my tree looked like. About the same size too.
theyre neat to see but id hate to be around when its actually occupied...
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:23 AM
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We have a gap in one of our soffits. I have seen them crawling in there. I might get some of that expandable foam stuff and shoot some of that in.
 


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