Yesterday there was a black wasp stalking me, but it had a fire engine red body.
Is this a regular wasp?
Is this a regular wasp?
I thought the title was referring to a sun-burned person from Minnesota.
Could be a mud dauber. But if it is building a paper nest, not mud, then it is likely 'Polistes carolina', which has black wings and they can be aggressive
Yesterday there was a black wasp stalking me, but it had a fire engine red body.
Is this a regular wasp?
Possibly a Caribbean paper Wasp?
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202229-Polistes-crinitus
Could have been a Tarantula Hawk, a type of large wasp but they normally have black body and fire color wings like a butterfly. These are extremely dangerous, I think its the 2nd most poisonous insect sting. They paralyze tarantulas with their sting and lay larvae eggs inside the victim. It may mean you have a tarantula around your house somewhere.