The Ichnuemon Wasp, perhaps?
I've occasionally seen these, or something more bee-like, in my yard. The long thing is an ovipositor.
Somebody explain to me please why I suddenly have fat, slow, two-inch-long monster wasps or bees or whatever in my house. The Maryland cooperative extension service, which is supposed to know about hymenoptera, denies that this is possible.
Someone explain to me why a knot of four small wasps plummeted from the sky or the trees bounced off my head and into my tea this morning. Ick.
Mrs VS
Is it a hornet? Maybe you have a hornet nest in your walls or chimney.
Are they Carpenter Bees?
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2074.html
Look for 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch round holes in the exterior woodwork on your house. The males who ‘patrol’ the area cannot sting, but the females who stay in the nest can sting when aggravated.
The Ichnuemon Wasp, perhaps?
I've occasionally seen these, or something more bee-like, in my yard. The long thing is an ovipositor.
Report to re-education, Citizen...
Those would be cicada killer wasps. They live in the ground, digging burrows with piles of dirt around the entrance. They kill cicadas and drag them down into the burrow. Otherwise, they are harmless. It’s been dry in Maryland, so they are active earlier than usual.
Your cat leaves the back door open when you are out.........OR, they might be a "steel blue cricket hunter"
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Does it look like this?
Sounds like what we call, "locust hunters" They are almost harmless unless you sit on a female. THe males don't have stingers.
Chances are this is one of the solitary bee’s that do no harm they are not aggressive and so not sting.
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/nativebee.html#sweat
It is a species of wood wasp that burrows into specific species of trees. They are supposed to be relatively docile and non aggressive.
We noticed alot of them last year. Never saw them before and haven’t seen them since.