 about two feet off the ground, about knee high, being very intimidating. Well, the males don't even sting. They can't sting. The females won't sting unless you grab one. So once again, don't do that. They're just trying to get you away from the hole in the ground that goes down to their young. They kill the cicadas, drag them back to the hole in the ground to feed it to their young, and they help to keep the cicadas under control. Those are the locusts that