Queen wasp or hornet??!!

[XmisterIS]

I have just done battle with one of the biggest, black and yellow stripey gits I've ever seen!

It came in through the open window sounding like a lawn-mower and it took five hits of fly spray before I vanquished it. Having first carefully poked it to make sure it really is dead, it measures just over an inch from its head to the tip of its stripey arse! Queen wasp or hornet?! I think it's a hornet!

 

[Globalti]

This website probably has the best comparison pictures: http://www.hampshire-waspcontrol.co.uk/wasp-nest.html

 

[XmisterIS]

Uuuurgh! looking at the photos, it has definitely got much more yellow than black, and a slightly red/yellow head with big eyes, I think it's a sodding hornet. My God, I hope there's not a nest nearby! I am terrified of the following things: wasps, hornets, spiders, cockroaches, maybugs, horses, bulls.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Personally, I don't understand why people feel the need to kill everything that flies. Was it doing you any harm? Are you allergic to wasp stings? If neither of these, why didn't you just leave it alone?

 

[XmisterIS]

If I get stung by a bee, wasp or hornet, I may need to go to hospital.

 

[TheDoctor]

Personally, I don't understand why people feel the need to kill everything that flies. Was it doing you any harm? Are you allergic to wasp stings? If neither of these, why didn't you just leave it alone?

Stripy aggressive b@rstards.
I think we should nuke the entire nest from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...
I hate wasps!!

 

[Bman]

Wasps are evil Mothe......

They sting for fun.

 

[TheDoctor]

Bongman speaketh the sense.

 

[MontyVeda]

whats wrong wit the jar/card combo... they'd much rather be out than in. Saying that, I too feckin hate the flying stinging buggers, they are not of this earth.

 

[fossyant]

Tend to get honey bees coming in my office, so carefully catch them with a clear glass and card and flick them out. Had to catch a mahoosive Bumble Bee from the kids trampoline it has a tent like cover - i.e. rain proof - that was tricky standing on a bouncy trampoline trying to catch this jumbo jet bee.

 

[ufkacbln]

Stripy aggressive b@rstards.
I think we should nuke the entire nest from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...

I thought you were talking about the Cornish Rugby Team!

Then I read

I hate wasps!!

 

[mr Mag00]

live and let live XmisterIS, i understand ur worries, but seriously live and let live

 

[Norm]

If I get stung by a bee, wasp or hornet, I may need to go to hospital.

If I get hit by a car, motorbike or lawnmower, I may need to go to hospital.

I've just had great fun with a sledgehammer in my garage.

 

[brockers]

I've just had great fun with a sledgehammer in my garage.

Let's not go there.

 

[asterix]

Personally, I don't understand why people feel the need to kill everything that flies. Was it doing you any harm? Are you allergic to wasp stings? If neither of these, why didn't you just leave it alone?

Yes, we had a hornets nest in our garden, in a hollow tree. It was there for 2 years altho' hornets tend only to use a nest once.

They are quite inoffensive to humans and not aggressive. They eat other insects, including wasps and are beneficial rather than a pest.

I leave most insects alone, except bloodsuckers such as mosquitos, ticks and horse-flies.