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What happened to these wasps?
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:16 am
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:16 am
Looks like they were flash frozen in place. All dead.
This post was edited on 9/13/14 at 9:18 am
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Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:19 am to KingRanch
what spray?
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:20 am to KingRanch
Aliens
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:21 am to Bama and Beer
No spray, out in the woods checking game cameras and MallardMaster and I came across this.
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:22 am to KingRanch
Just a guess, but looks like a fungi that attracts insects
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:23 am to KingRanch
where is this?
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:26 am to djangochained
Avoyelles
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:27 am to AlxTgr
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fungi
I could see that, there's fibrous hairs growing out of the wasps
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:35 am to KingRanch
Wasp ebola
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:47 am to KingRanch
I dunno, but whatever it is we need to find out. Quick. And spread the hell out if it.
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:55 am to KingRanch
Whoever is poaching your land sprayed them
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:04 am to TigerTatorTots
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Whoever is poaching your land sprayed them
this is what i'm guessing, they're simply helping KR with his devil bug problem
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:10 am to KingRanch
damn, I have never seen anything like that...looks to be some parasite has infected the nest. I am not sure why they all died at once and appear to have not moved since, though...
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:10 am to aVatiger
I would be scared to spray that nest with any type of spray.
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:11 am to KingRanch
Justice.
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:37 am to KingRanch
Cut it down and clear coat it.
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:43 am to Spankum
That's what we don't understand. It's like they're frozen in time. If they were sprayed they would have fallen off the nest.
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:53 am to KingRanch
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:57 am to KingRanch
i can't imagine y'all would have frost early one morning, let me send the pic to my bee guy and see what he thinks..
Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:57 am to KingRanch
Why aren't they burning? They should be burning.
As for what happened to them, a type of "mind controlling" fungus. Basically the fungus develops inside the wasp and when the time is right, modifies the wasp's behavior so that it becomes more conducive to spreading the spores of the fungus. Basically that fungus caused the wasps to cling to the nest (elevated area) before killing them where the spores would spread easier. Cordyceps species that infects ants and turns them into "zombies" too.
As for what happened to them, a type of "mind controlling" fungus. Basically the fungus develops inside the wasp and when the time is right, modifies the wasp's behavior so that it becomes more conducive to spreading the spores of the fungus. Basically that fungus caused the wasps to cling to the nest (elevated area) before killing them where the spores would spread easier. Cordyceps species that infects ants and turns them into "zombies" too.
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