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This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - Big Dawg - 08-15-2010 First of all Yes, I do cut my own grass but wifey decided it would be"fun" to ride around in back yard on riding lawn mower. We have 6-7 acres but only 2.5 acres to cut with mower. Hello Mr. Bald Faced Hornet! :eek1: Oh, you have friends?!! :conf: Damn, you sure can fly fast too!!!! :angry: OUCH, Hey, that hurts! Damn bugs! http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/bald-faced_hornet.htm RE: This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - Crossroads - 08-15-2010 Ouch! :eek1: Our "out house" at summer cabin was taken over by wasps this summer, I found out. Decided to steer clear, and to visit the near by town for ice cream and soda (and modern toilets!) every day we spent there... Obviously, my kids loved the situation! Have to get rid of the nest come fall and first sub-zero days... RE: This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - Big Dawg - 08-15-2010 We do not have the cold winters you have! :rolleyes: Nasty buggers! RE: This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - cindel76 - 08-15-2010 It was very nice of your wife to conduct a recon of the area to search out enemy strongholds. Now you can initiate a strike to remove them. Then check to see how many points you are away from victory! Erm...do I play wargames too much? :whis: RE: This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - Scud - 08-16-2010 I can top that. I rounded the corner of my house to go into my garage (naturally the door was closed) and took this picture with my phone. I was hoping that wasn't my neighbor's finger in his mouth. Turned out to be a spare rib bone. Fortunately they're pretty docile, but this was a little too close. He's not old, maybe a year and pretty small, but smart enough to unscrew the top of my neighbor's bear-proof garbage can. Oh, in case you're wondering, this isn't the backwoods of Maine. This is New Jersey. Dave RE: This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - Mike Abberton - 08-16-2010 "Bear-proof" garbage cans sound like dead-bolts on you house door or car locks. They only stop the lazy bears, and the really hungry bear will smash everything else in a 5-foot area getting the can open. Mike RE: This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - Scud - 08-17-2010 Actually, with the screw on top kind, they usually just sit on them, top blows off like a howitzer, most of the garbage too. The town used to recommend one they couldn't get into, but the garbage men couldn't lift them, so ended up refusing to empty them. Hope the bears never unionize. Dave RE: This is what my wife bumped into while working in backyard. - Dog Soldier - 08-17-2010 I do not know how this compares in the "one up" category with Dave's post. We have been having mountain loins, aka cougars invading the suburbs in Denver metro area. We are talking pretty deep into the city here. Seems they are traveling down a stream bed from the mountains. Mountain Lion Sighted in Englewood, Littleton 8/11/2010 Mountain Lion Spotted Again In Englewood 8/13/2010 Unfortunately residents forget their pets are considered by this predator to be the equivalent of a car hop bringing you a snack on a tray right to your car to hook on your window. I do not think this wily devil has been caught yet. He may have just went back to the mountains. Mountain lions can roam a 350 sq mile range. Dog Soldier