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DentElectro | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Wanting to collect some for my vegetable garden. Are you relocating them?
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BayouWitch | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 No.  They will relocate themselves in winter.   They are mahogany wasps but I do believe they are pollinators.  I wouldn’t kno how to go about relocating them. Bees. Yes. These guys. Not so much. They are pretty aggressive
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DentElectro | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 OK, thanks for the feedback. The guys I have in mind are paper wasps, black with yellow stripes. They are non aggressive but prey on caterpillars from white butterflies which destroy our lettuce and spinach plants. I want to relocate some nests closer to my garden area. I will try some experiments 😳🖖
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BayouWitch | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Oh no….
Even down here on the Bayou, the mahogany wasp is known as one of the most aggressive and psychotic insects around.
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DentElectro | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 So happy we don’t have them down here in Aotearoa (NZ), the yellow jackets here are bad enough  😳