Large bee in my yard! Help!

Question

I found a really large bee in my yard the other day. It was about 1 1/4 inches long, and it had a large body also. It was black and yellow, and looked like a cross between a bumble bee and a yellowjacket. But it was seriously HUGE! I didn't know bee's that large existed. Does anyone know what kind of bee it could be? I live in Michigan.

Answer 1

A carpenter bee, make sure it's not living in any wooden parts of your house , under the eaves etc. They can do a lot of damage.

Answer 2

it's difficult without a picture, but i'll post this one so you can see if it matches: a cicada killer (since cicada's are being seen a lot right now)

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...

Answer 3

Learn to ID it, here -

http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

http://greennature.com/article1899.html

http://www.einsteins-emporium.com/life/a...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

http://www.insectimages.org/