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black with yellow stripes waspish (Red-Headed Ash Borer beetl)

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They Bite
by: Anonymous

I was drawing at the zoo and I feel two little stinging spots on my hand suddenly. When I looked, it was a red headed ash borer. Stung a little for a few min and went away. But now a week later they are itching like a mosquito bite and swelling up. Gonna put some caladryl on it.
Red Headed Boarer
by: Anonymous

I believe it's a red headed borer. I just caught one today because it was climbing on my back while i was playing the game. it has noticeable pincher therefore i believe it could bite. I have it in a bottle, but uhh. Creepy
Ash Borer
by: Mike C

I brought a new supply of firewood into the house about two weeks ago and I have recently killed about 6 of these. They apparently have come out as the wood warmed up. I have a mixture of ash, elm, hackberry, and locust.
Red-Headed Ash Borer beetle
by: Moni

Dennis
As I reviewed your photo again I have changed my mind and this critter is the red-headed ash borer. It is a beetle so still would not bite or sting the children. The photo was blurry, but the borer is a much better fit than the wasp.
It is the larva that do the boring into the trees.
The red-headed ash borer attack stressed and dying trees not healthy trees. Trees fed on by this borer include many hardwood trees, but the favorite hosts are ash, oak, hickory, persimmon and hackberry.
The adults can emerge from firewood stored in the home, so perhaps that is where yours came from. Red-headed ash borer adults are seen as a nuisance as they do not feed on wood in the home.
Sorry for the earlier diagnosis and confusion...again a clearer photo would help.
Vespid wasp
by: Moni

Dennis
Though your photo is not clear at all, your description was very helpful. I would guess this is a wasp in the family Vespidae. It is probably a southern yellowjacket wasp, but again without a clearer photo it is impossible to ID for sure.
If this is a Vespid wasp, then it does not bite, but can sting. If it is in the house, it has come in by accident...it does not want to be there any more than you want it there!! :-)
You may have a nest in a hole in the soffit of your house around the roof area, with a hole that leads indoors. These wasps make a paper nest. If there is a nest in the soffit or attic, the warm weather will make them active and come in.
Carefully collect them...you can use a vacuum sweeper or put a glass over the insect, then slide a paper between the surface and the glass to trap them in the glass. Then you either smash them or let them outside.
It would be good to see if you can find out where they are coming from for repair before it happens again.
Tell the children not to pick them up.
wood boring beetle
by: Anonymous

I suspect it is a wood boring beetle, by any chance do you burn wood?? I have seen these near my wood piles outside if I am not mistaken.
insect ID
by: Anonymous

Try UC Davis, CA. They have an excellent Integrated Pest Management program.information. www.ipm.ucdavis.edu

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