Undergound flying insects.

[Servotech]

Under my front window wasp like insects are emerging from little holes in the ground.
They look like a wasp but don't appear to be agressive.
Anyone know what they are?

 

[joe-90]

There are many types of wasp and bee. Some live in the ground like that.

 

[lifesagasman]

poke a stick at them and see what happens.

 

[Johnmelad502]

Under my front window wasp like insects are emerging from little holes in the ground.
They look like a wasp but don't appear to be agressive.
Anyone know what they are?

Can you upload a picture one of them?

 

[mikeyd]

(As said above) there are thousands of different types.

Last time I dealt with ground dwelling wasps was in the middle of my front lawn. I found the biggest hole, squirted in some wasp killing foam for as long as I dared, then legged it.

But make sure they are wasps first.

 

[joinerjohn]

They are probably, solitary bees. We have them burrowing into the lawns, etc, round our way. About an inch long , brown body with a red backside?
They leave a hole about the diameter of a pencil with soil piled up round it.
I love all sorts of wildlife,,,,, Until I go abroad, where I live by the statements:-
If it flies , it dies. If it slithers, it wither's.... And finally.... If it's weird, its feared.

 

[imamartian]

They are probably, solitary bees. We have them burrowing into the lawns, etc, round our way. About an inch long , brown body with a red backside?
They leave a hole about the diameter of a pencil with soil piled up round it.

That's a red-tailed bumble bee then... not a wasp.

If it's yellow and black... KILL KILL KILL KILL....!!!!!!!!

 

[Nige F]

Under my front window wasp like insects are emerging from little holes in the ground.
They look like a wasp but don't appear to be agressive.
Anyone know what they are?

Mole flies

 

[lifesagasman]

have you got a bee in your bonnet?

no. i'm just pleased to sting you

 

[imamartian]

Under my front window wasp like insects are emerging from little holes in the ground.
They look like a wasp but don't appear to be agressive.
Anyone know what they are?

Mole flies

That's a fishing thing.... don't forget, we're only one click away from googling this stuff lol!

 

[Servotech]

They are probably, solitary bees. We have them burrowing into the lawns, etc, round our way. About an inch long , brown body with a red backside?
They leave a hole about the diameter of a pencil with soil piled up round it.
I love all sorts of wildlife,,,,, Until I go abroad, where I live by the statements:-
If it flies , it dies. If it slithers, it wither's.... And finally.... If it's weird, its feared.

That discribes them perfectly, I'll try and upload a picture later on.

 

[Servotech]

They are probably, solitary bees. We have them burrowing into the lawns, etc, round our way. About an inch long , brown body with a red backside?
They leave a hole about the diameter of a pencil with soil piled up round it.

That's a red-tailed bumble bee then... not a wasp.

If it's yellow and black... KILL KILL KILL KILL....!!!!!!!!

Many thanks for the name.
That also explains why they don't seem to be agressive.

 

[Nige F]

Under my front window wasp like insects are emerging from little holes in the ground.
They look like a wasp but don't appear to be agressive.
Anyone know what they are?

Mole flies

That's a fishing thing.... don't forget, we're only one click away from googling this stuff lol!

But I didn`t google it

 

[cmother1]

We had loads of them in our last house (believe they were solitary bees) and never had any problems - even with 2 small kids at the time.
You could even sit on top of their burrows and they didn't get agitated. They'd wait patiently for you to s*d off until they could get out.

 

[Servotech]

I took these photos of the bees/underground holes about 2 hrs ago.

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It's quite exciting that they are bees and not wasps.
I read somewhere that if bees disapeared from the earth humanity would only last another 10 years!
It would upset the planets eco system so much.