The body is about one inch long, wingspan makes it about 2 inches long. You can see the stinger sticking out of it's back side, it's the size of a small needle!
2006-09-22 12:05:59 · 10 answers · asked by strawberryrhubarbpie 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Ok I just went and looked at pictures online and this thing my friend found in her back yard looks more like a hornet then a wasp. Do they really get that big??
2006-09-22 12:25:28 · update #1
What you probably found is a wasp. Some are somewhat similar to bees in coloration. The link below has pictures of several that might be mistaken for bees.
Not that bees don't get that big. The largest species of bee has a body about 1.5 inches long, but they only show up in Indonesia.
So-called 'killer' bees are almost indistinguishable from normal honeybees. It's not their size that makes them dangerous, but their behaviour - they just get riled up easier and they have a tendancy to swarm.
2006-09-22 12:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, its not a killer bee. They look almost just like a honey bee. What you are describing sounds like a hornet.
2006-09-22 12:10:48 · answer #2 · answered by tmills883 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then its probably a queen bee, killer bee's are really rare, where does youre friend live, cant be in a populated area, if its really a killer bee
2006-09-22 12:15:20 · answer #3 · answered by sur2124 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got in no way danced with a bee that i will undergo in techniques yet i've got had them make me dance. A swarm of bees outfitted a hive interior the roof of our front porch. We had to thoroughly provide up utilising the front door and positioned an illustration up warning human beings to apply the back door.
2016-10-17 11:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a giant hornet if it look like a very large yellow jacket?
2006-09-22 12:11:21 · answer #5 · answered by twangler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a big a ss bee!
2006-09-22 12:13:11 · answer #6 · answered by Summer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be a cicada killer: see attached pictures
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&p=cicada+killer
2006-09-22 12:49:10 · answer #7 · answered by JimZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its from outer space u must catch it and take to nasa to examine
2006-09-22 12:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
perhaps it is a cicada killer. these kill cicadas (which are big)
2006-09-22 14:04:13 · answer #9 · answered by questionasker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R U sure It wuzz a Bee? It could have been a IDK. BUT THAT WOULD BE A HUGE BEE!!
2006-09-22 12:15:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋