Where you live, I would imagine that yellow jackets would be far, far worse. With those wasps, though only the females have stingers, both genders have mandibles that can tear off meat, thus both genders are quite capable of biting. I once suggested that yellow jackets could be hostile enemies in this very mod, because the video linked to below shows they are extremely aggressive:Ackirb wrote:Actually, the males are quite aggressive. I live in the southern United States, so we get a lot of them in the summer. They pretty much chase after and, if it's small enough, attack anything that moves.Inocudom wrote:Male carpenter bees do not have stingers, only the female carpenter bees do (and carpenter bees aren't aggressive anyway.)
http://youtu.be/pkrbIy7RWKM
Concerning male carpenter bees, I have seen them chase after and tackle each other, but they never chase after and attack me. Certain species of wasps, however, will chase after and attack me (especially yellow jackets.)