| We have a large amount of wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets in a tree in our front yard and I want to get rid of them to make sure they don't sting my 2 year old son or me when I am mowing. Could you please help me identify what this is and how I get rid of it? Note, it is a pretty large tree and these things are all over it, I am not sure arasol cans will work, I will need A LOT of them! Also note, I wouldn't care if they didn't pose a risk to my son and I but they do. Thanks for your help!  Edit - a couple more details for my woefully vague post. I will post another picture of the one I got with a quarter and tape measure by it but it looks to be just shy of an inch curled up, my guessay is probably an in and a half when straightened out. When I say they are all over, I believe them to be nesting, not hunting. They are basically on every branch of the tree, not like a swarm that comes and goes. I believe the tree is aN oak tree but am open to correction. On that as I am not really one for much plant knowledge. My wife says it has "oak galls" I don't know if those are nests for these things or not but they are also all over the tree. I will post more images of several of these things.       |
| Please, what is the size of this? Also, when you say they are "all over the tree" do you mean they are making a nest in the tree or are they hunting for prey in the tree? Maybe knowing what kind of tree might help, too. Thanks. |
| It does look like a Cicada killer wasp but I don't think they swarm and are pretty much harmless unless you are a Cicada. To get rid of them, you would have to find the nests somewhere in the ground in your yard. Then go back at night and use some wasp spray - fill up the hole with spray. |
| Thanks for the help! I will have to look for nests somewhere. I have never noticed anything other than the "oak galls" in the tree and figured that was the nest. |
| That is a different (tiny, harmless) wasp. |
