Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Behold the Bug


I think it's a Queen, but I'm not sure. It's big, that's all I know. Hornet? Wasp? Who knows?

Strange, the things that get caught up in a window screen when there's a little tear in it. Wasps, bees, mosquitoes ... and this monstrosity. Enough to give a kid nightmares.

Can you tell the scale of the thing? It's nearly the size of my little finger. About as long, nearly as fat. And that stinger! Yikes! I tapped on the glass a couple times, just to see what she'd do. She raised her little stinger up in the air, ready to strike. That's one time I was glad to have a sheet of glass between me and Bugland.

I hope James doesn't name it and try to keep it as a pet.