Huge wasp or hornet attacking my window in the dark
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Over the course of the last week or so I appear to have been stalked by a huge wasp or hornet outside my bedroom window.
This thing flies at and hits the window making a loud bump and the buzzing is very loud, which is then repeated a few times - much louder than a 'normal' wasp, but this always happens when it is dark outside, 10pm, 3.15am, 4.15am and when inside room is dark. The only light is a downstairs light by front door (but not directly below my window). It is loud enough to wake me up every time.
I saw it just sitting on the outside window frame the other morning (in the dark) and it was huge.
Why is this thing attacking my window?! I'm keeping the window almost completely closed at the moment in case it gets in!
This thing flies at and hits the window making a loud bump and the buzzing is very loud, which is then repeated a few times - much louder than a 'normal' wasp, but this always happens when it is dark outside, 10pm, 3.15am, 4.15am and when inside room is dark. The only light is a downstairs light by front door (but not directly below my window). It is loud enough to wake me up every time.
I saw it just sitting on the outside window frame the other morning (in the dark) and it was huge.
Why is this thing attacking my window?! I'm keeping the window almost completely closed at the moment in case it gets in!
I went on a google spree on Hornets and ended up at the Japanese Giant Hornet
[quote=some website]
The Japanese Giant hornet usually grows to about 1½ inches and has a two inch wing span and a ¼ inch sting. And speaking of stings, this one is bad.
Not only will the hornet inject neurological venom into you, but it will also release an alarm pheromone, which alerts nearby hornets too.
Around 30-40 people are killed in Japan each year by these insects, despite them having no interest in eating human flesh.
However, they can kill up to forty bees a minute, spray acid into your eyes and fly for up to fifty miles a day. The lesson to take from all this? Don’t upset a Japanese Giant hornet!
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That's Japan scrubbed off the list. Jesus Christ! I panic when there is a wasp about..... I think would really rather be dead than meet one of these.
[quote=some website]
The Japanese Giant hornet usually grows to about 1½ inches and has a two inch wing span and a ¼ inch sting. And speaking of stings, this one is bad.
Not only will the hornet inject neurological venom into you, but it will also release an alarm pheromone, which alerts nearby hornets too.
Around 30-40 people are killed in Japan each year by these insects, despite them having no interest in eating human flesh.
However, they can kill up to forty bees a minute, spray acid into your eyes and fly for up to fifty miles a day. The lesson to take from all this? Don’t upset a Japanese Giant hornet!
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That's Japan scrubbed off the list. Jesus Christ! I panic when there is a wasp about..... I think would really rather be dead than meet one of these.
I have a bit of woodland.... and.... hornets.
Being stung by a hornet is like someone pushing a red hot nail into you - potentially extremely dangerous for some people.
Hornets also have a bit of a memory - if you agitate one, they will come after you. They're not like wasps in this regard.
But fortunately, they are, by and large, extremely passive. Keep still, they'll have a nose and bugger off - threaten them (flapping about, try to catch one etc) and it'll end badly.
I was buzzed by a couple today - it certainly gets the nerves jangling as they're big things.
Just thought I'd pass on my experience. Leave well alone.
Being stung by a hornet is like someone pushing a red hot nail into you - potentially extremely dangerous for some people.
Hornets also have a bit of a memory - if you agitate one, they will come after you. They're not like wasps in this regard.
But fortunately, they are, by and large, extremely passive. Keep still, they'll have a nose and bugger off - threaten them (flapping about, try to catch one etc) and it'll end badly.
I was buzzed by a couple today - it certainly gets the nerves jangling as they're big things.
Just thought I'd pass on my experience. Leave well alone.
Well I've been away for a few days, back last night to rainy England which I thought would keep the hornet at home in the dry.....but no, it was buzzing round my window and bashing into it from about 3am to 5am on and off.
As soon as it is light there is no sign of it.
I'm thinking of getting some insect spray and waiting for it to land and then quickly open a bigger window and spray it before hastily retreating, although the previous post about them having a good memory is a bit of a worry if I don't manage a direct hit with the spray
As soon as it is light there is no sign of it.
I'm thinking of getting some insect spray and waiting for it to land and then quickly open a bigger window and spray it before hastily retreating, although the previous post about them having a good memory is a bit of a worry if I don't manage a direct hit with the spray
Used some stuff call Kybosh many moons ago when a queen wasp was in and out of an air brick in our old house. Cover the brick in the stuff (not literally filled the holes in, just sprayed on) and think we got a shot of the invader one day but that was the end of the queen as we never heard from her again.
Scary bit was she got up the cavity and came out under the bath. Buzzing and banging around hence the chemical warfare.
I leave them alone otherwise.
http://www.bayergarden.co.uk/Products/k/Kybosh-Ins...
Scary bit was she got up the cavity and came out under the bath. Buzzing and banging around hence the chemical warfare.
I leave them alone otherwise.
http://www.bayergarden.co.uk/Products/k/Kybosh-Ins...
river_rat said:
Well I've been away for a few days, back last night to rainy England which I thought would keep the hornet at home in the dry.....but no, it was buzzing round my window and bashing into it from about 3am to 5am on and off.
As soon as it is light there is no sign of it.
this is definitely a nightmare of mine.As soon as it is light there is no sign of it.
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