Helpful Little Creatures

Yesterday as I sat on the back porch of our new place, a friendly little wasp came and perched beside me. It really freaked me out. This thing was huge!

I watched it for a while and it seemed to be watching for something. Then I found out what, another wasp probably 20 yards away went zooming past. I would have never seen it, but this guy did. So he went after him, and caught him in mid-air. They fought for a while and I think our friendly wasp killed the other. After his little tiff he came right back to his original spot and kept watching for intrudersr wasp problem. Well having a baby in the house I did the only rational thing I could think of… I killed him! I got a big stick, and ran out there and smashed him.

About ten minutes later another one came and found the same perch. I ran into the house, and told my wife about it. She said that I had probably killed the good one. I had smashed the one that was protecting us, and now this one was going to kill us all. So, I went inside and googled this wasp. Only to find that he is a very friendly wasp.

Well, now it was a whole different story! Now, I am a cold hearted killer. After my wife read this she just looked at me like I had murder her whole family. So, we left the second one alone. This did mean that I would no longer go out on the back porch. I really don’t care what the article said, I am freaked out by this massive cicada killer wasp.

Today I was looking out the window to see if he was still lingering about. What I saw took my surprise! He was being dragged across the back by a bunch of killer ants. No matter how much he struggled these little guys had him under control.

So, these helpful little creatures took care of our wasp problem. Yay! But I think I am going to have to take care of a whole new problem.