Cicada Killer Wasp?

Does anyone know if these wasps live in Minnesota?



Once when I visited family their, I was taking picture on a ridge with a bunch of wild flowers, and when I got back in my car a giant bee flew in and landed on the inside window. It sat there until I rolled it down then it flew out.



Does anyone know if these wasps, or other giant wasps (Like the Asian giant hornet live in or around Minnesota?



It wasn't a normal wasp it was about 1-2 inchs big.

Cicada Killer Wasp?
Yes.
Reply:It may certainly have been a cicada killer wasp. They are very large, but are not aggressive. They "hunt" cicadas like the annual cicada and sting it which paralyzes it. They then take it to their nest which is under ground, and lay eggs on the paralyzed cicada. The eggs hatch and the young wasps feed on the cicada until they pupate and then become adult wasps themselves.



http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/20...



Pretty cool, huh?



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