Re: Carpenter Ants

Posted by don lowry on September 20, 2000 at 08:24:25:

In Reply to: Carpenter Ants posted by Katie Johnson on September 18, 2000 at 00:37:50:

: I live in Carson City Nevada. The other night I observed a "bug" the size of a small rodent walking across my deck. We inspected it closly (we also took two black and white photos....we were out of color film) and by all accounts this thing looked just like a carpent ant (compared to the drawing in a bug book). I am not, however, exagerating when I say it was the size of a small rodent....4 inches long...2 inches wide....the "ant" head was larger than a dime, it had a body and a large thorax area that had stripes on it like a bee. We did not catch it at the time because we have many black widows and my husband was hoping it would eat them. We regret this decision now and are trying to lure it out with food so we can catch it. Have you ever heard of an ant this size before??

what u saw was some type of large wasp, most likely a cicada killer

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