[Errant]

In my part of Louisiana, hornets live above ground and yellow jackets, usually in the ground though I have seen them in brush piles and even houses, but usually under large roots, junked cars, or something that protects the nest from digging animals like armadillos. They both hurt like hell...

Typical hornet nest:

[AnAmericanAbroad]

The other night, I was sitting around minding my own business when in through the window flies a hornet - I believe - the size of a zeppelin. I’m exaggerating, of course, but it was the biggest hornet I’d ever seen. Twice the size of a bumblebee at minimum.

It flew around the room and departed out the window after a minute.

Made me a little edgy, to be sure. I would’ve used the flyswatter, but it was big enough that it would’ve grabbed it away from me and started chasing me with it!