This blog reports events and interesting tidbits from Rensselaer, Indiana and the surrounding area.
Some people do not like these insects, but if you leave them alone, they leave you alone. They prey on cicadas, paralyzing them with a sting, then hauling them to their burrow. There they lay an egg on the poor cicada, which hatches into a larva that eats the cicada. There are a lot of predatory wasps that prey on other insects in this way, from very small ones to large ones like the cicada killers.
The wasp would not pose for me, but I was able to get a picture of it in flight.
April 18 Rensselaer Plan Commission meeting 5:30; Rensselaer BZA meeting 6:30 City Hall
April 20 Community Baby Shower, Fairgrounds. Registration required.
April 22 City Council meeting 6:00, City Hall
April 26 Gas Department Customer Appreciation luncheon, 11-1 Gas Department
May 4 Town-wide garage sale
May 4 First Farmers' Market
May 5 Lifewise Academy Character Trait Trot 5K, Francesville
May 6 Commissioners meeting, 8:30 Sparling Annex
May 6 Rensselaer Park Board meeting
May 13 Rensselaer City Council meeting 6:00 City Hall
Unofficial website of Memories Alive at Weston Cemetery (Weston Cemetery Walk)
Unofficial Art Tour of Rensselaer
The official website of the City of Rensselaer: http://www.cityofrensselaerin.com/
The Rensselaer branch of the the Jasper County Library offers many programs. Their calendar is at: http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsCalendar.cfm?SiteID=8102
The water flow in the Iroquois River is measured east of Rensselaer by the USGS at: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/in/nwis/uv?sit
https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=509&LayerID=7887&PageTypeID=2&PageID=3844 Who owns what and where in Jasper County.
Weather, Rensselaer and area.
City of Rensselaer; Minutes of City Council, Park Board, Board of Public Works and Safety
Jasper County Government Document CenterRensselaer Central School Board Minutes (called Board Bits)
1 comment:
I was stung by one of these critters the other day - 2 of my toes swelled to twice their size and hurt for hours, much worse than a bee or wasp sting. I will forever be cautious walking through grass in open-toed shoes.
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