Chilling on the porch and up comes the biggest freaking bee I ever did see. This thing was terrifying like 3" body at least. All escape routes cutoff! Pick up the only weapon available, a huge battle axe...err umm broom. Holding it out in a defense posture so the dang thing keeps it's distance and flies away, but no. The bastard determines the games afoot and comes closer zooming right and left, obviously trying to calculate the correct time to speed forward for the kill! But no after several sweeps side to side it determines now is not the time for the kamikaze attack and slowly turns and flies off, not unlike a small drone.
First thoughts were I spotted my first cicada killer. Unfortunately the solid stripes on the body didn't match the irregular ones of that species. Orangish yellow black and white stripes both common hornets and...gasp murder hornets have