Queen wasp, or hornet
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Thanks for replies, just glad it didn't manage to crawl into a sock & surprise wearer of said sock
Was approx 1 inch long, but has curled up slightly, so maybe an inch & a half if straightened out.
Don't know if it would make a difference, but we're in a semi-rural location in Hertfordshire.
Turn7 said:
Coin to add scale ?
Tried that but pic was then 'too large' to upload. Was approx 1 inch long, but has curled up slightly, so maybe an inch & a half if straightened out.
Don't know if it would make a difference, but we're in a semi-rural location in Hertfordshire.
keslake said:
Why god chose to create such a thing, only he knows.
Pretty much my biggest fear in life!
To keep other bug numbers under control. Hornets are very docile compared to wasps. You can get quite close and they will not be aggressive unless they feel threatened. We often get them coming down our chimney, or have them investigating us if we are in the garden. Never a problem.Pretty much my biggest fear in life!
Bit hard to say without knowing the size, but likely to be a hornet.
Hornets are massive compared to wasps, whilst I'd think a queen wasp would only be slightly bigger than the workers. Once a wasp nest is established a queen wasp wouldn't leave the nest either.
I often have hornets around me and they've never behaved aggressively at all. They look scary though. They don't reuse nests from one year to the next, but will probably persist in your area so it might be worth tracking them if you can.
Hornets are massive compared to wasps, whilst I'd think a queen wasp would only be slightly bigger than the workers. Once a wasp nest is established a queen wasp wouldn't leave the nest either.
I often have hornets around me and they've never behaved aggressively at all. They look scary though. They don't reuse nests from one year to the next, but will probably persist in your area so it might be worth tracking them if you can.
keslake said:
Pretty much my biggest fear in life!
Funny thoughts that pop up when drinking......Got to thinking what if other creatures behaved like wasps? Not so much a UK concern but imagining something like a Huntsman behaving like a drunken wasp in a beer garden. Or instead of a brown recluse, it was named the brown extrovert!
Back on topic, hornets behaving like wasps would make summers less fun! It's bad enough having to deal with wasps waking me up in the night visiting through open windows.
Hornets do a good job of keeping wasps down.
I had a wasps nest in my garden and honestly they were fine, probably don’t 5hit on their own doorstep (?) I could stand by the nest and watch them come & go, paid no attention to me and had a path one direction out across my garden.
Went to have a look one day and nest was dead, then noticed a few wasp parts scattered about. Opened the nest and found a near dead (but still just alive) Hornet and a load of beheaded wasps.
Every Hornet I’ve had near me have been well behaved.
I had a wasps nest in my garden and honestly they were fine, probably don’t 5hit on their own doorstep (?) I could stand by the nest and watch them come & go, paid no attention to me and had a path one direction out across my garden.
Went to have a look one day and nest was dead, then noticed a few wasp parts scattered about. Opened the nest and found a near dead (but still just alive) Hornet and a load of beheaded wasps.
Every Hornet I’ve had near me have been well behaved.
uncleluck said:
Hornets do a good job of keeping wasps down.
I had a wasps nest in my garden and honestly they were fine, probably don’t 5hit on their own doorstep (?) I could stand by the nest and watch them come & go, paid no attention to me and had a path one direction out across my garden.
Went to have a look one day and nest was dead, then noticed a few wasp parts scattered about. Opened the nest and found a near dead (but still just alive) Hornet and a load of beheaded wasps.
Every Hornet I’ve had near me have been well behaved.
Just can't compute the combination of these four words.I had a wasps nest in my garden and honestly they were fine, probably don’t 5hit on their own doorstep (?) I could stand by the nest and watch them come & go, paid no attention to me and had a path one direction out across my garden.
Went to have a look one day and nest was dead, then noticed a few wasp parts scattered about. Opened the nest and found a near dead (but still just alive) Hornet and a load of beheaded wasps.
Every Hornet I’ve had near me have been well behaved.
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