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We have a big landscaped island in between our circular driveway. In a storm the bradford pear split and when my husband and son went out to cut it up they were swarmed but not bitten by huge wasp looking things. I’m sending you a picture. After consulting your website it looks like they may be paper wasps. There are hundreds of them and we aren’t sure where they are coming from. It doesn’t look like they have a traditional nest in a tree or above ground. How do you get rid of them. I had to use my telephoto lens to get close enough to get a picture.
Holly

Hi Holly,
You have a colony of Cicada Killer wasps. The males are territorial, but to do not sting. The females can sting, but are very reluctant to do so. Seeing a female Cicada Killer flying with a Cicada so she can provide food for her brood is an awesome sight.

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