Big fking wasp!
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nasty buggers them. OH 
Found a pic of a queen german wasp on graph paper so i could tell how big it was. This thing was nearly twice as big. It was a good inch and a half long.
ETA I just cropped the picture bigger to give perspective, and measured the small wicker basket to estimate the size of the wasp and I was right, about an inch and a half.
ETA I just cropped the picture bigger to give perspective, and measured the small wicker basket to estimate the size of the wasp and I was right, about an inch and a half.
Edited by sadako on Friday 29th April 21:59
Defcon5 said:
Is that a big insect zapper its next to? Taunting you
Certainly looks like a bug zapper!! Cant see that big bugger fitting through the bars though?
Hornets are usually more red in colour, but its not that easy to see from the picture. Best to kill it to be sure it doesnt start a nest in the house - or catch it and release it far, far away if you have a more Buddhist nature!
Raoul Duke said:
Defcon5 said:
Is that a big insect zapper its next to? Taunting you
Certainly looks like a bug zapper!! Cant see that big bugger fitting through the bars though?
Hornets are usually more red in colour, but its not that easy to see from the picture. Best to kill it to be sure it doesnt start a nest in the house - or catch it and release it far, far away if you have a more Buddhist nature!
It was very yellow, no red on it at all. It didn't look like a hornet, it wasn't the right shape.
sadako said:
Raoul Duke said:
Defcon5 said:
Is that a big insect zapper its next to? Taunting you
Certainly looks like a bug zapper!! Cant see that big bugger fitting through the bars though?
Hornets are usually more red in colour, but its not that easy to see from the picture. Best to kill it to be sure it doesnt start a nest in the house - or catch it and release it far, far away if you have a more Buddhist nature!
It was very yellow, no red on it at all. It didn't look like a hornet, it wasn't the right shape.
I had an encounter with one of these b
ds in France, genuinely, after being beaten around in mid air for a while out of sheer flailing terror it was fine, being squashed with a very had bristled brush against the wall a few times it was again fine, being hit with a shoe whilst not airborne incapacitated it somewhat, it then took 5/6 more full on squashes before it finally died... horrible little buggers.
ds in France, genuinely, after being beaten around in mid air for a while out of sheer flailing terror it was fine, being squashed with a very had bristled brush against the wall a few times it was again fine, being hit with a shoe whilst not airborne incapacitated it somewhat, it then took 5/6 more full on squashes before it finally died... horrible little buggers. doodles19 said:
I had an encounter with one of these bds in France, genuinely, after being beaten around in mid air for a while out of sheer flailing terror it was fine, being squashed with a very had bristled brush against the wall a few times it was again fine, being hit with a shoe whilst not airborne incapacitated it somewhat, it then took 5/6 more full on squashes before it finally died... horrible little buggers.
HaHa same happened to me in France,only yours truly was the loser.Got stung on the nipple.ds in France, genuinely, after being beaten around in mid air for a while out of sheer flailing terror it was fine, being squashed with a very had bristled brush against the wall a few times it was again fine, being hit with a shoe whilst not airborne incapacitated it somewhat, it then took 5/6 more full on squashes before it finally died... horrible little buggers. It was a hornet and the shape and colour of the b
d has been etched onto my psyche for 30 years.Wasps are not completely useless, they do serve an important pest control service. They also do some pollinating, although not much. Felt I had to do my bit for the wasps. We have some nice furry bees nesting in a bee box thing we put up, I love it, I don't care what you say I love bees.
maxxy5 said:
Wasps are not completely useless, they do serve an important pest control service. They also do some pollinating, although not much. Felt I had to do my bit for the wasps. We have some nice furry bees nesting in a bee box thing we put up, I love it, I don't care what you say I love bees.
Bees are great. We get some huge bumblers that must need permission from air traffic control.... and we also have some solitary bees that nest at the bottom of the garden - easily distinguished by their orange bum. Whilst I appreciate the "need" for wasps, I'm not a fan. Bees
wasps 
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