Viewing post #918842 by JRsbugs

It does look like a Cicada killer wasp nest.

https://www.google.co.uk/searc...

I'm not going to suggest you try to kill it, if you do then you might not have any future predators of the cicadas. They will take the cicadas into their nest to use for food for their offspring.

Cicada killer females use their sting to paralyze their prey (cicadas) rather than to defend their nests; unlike most social wasps and bees, they do not attempt to sting unless handled roughly

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