Spotted today: First Waspyfecker of the year ...

[Maz]

If you produced a stool made of wasps I think you would know ALL about it.

If you sat on it, you would!

 

[slowmotion]

I like them for precisely this reason.

...but imagine what pubs would be like if every boozed-up punter started going on a stinging rampage....

 

[Davidc]

Wasps are shoot.

Or put another way - one of the most important insects for human wellbeing and survival. Natural control of some of the worst agricultural and garden insect pests.

I've noticed that the midges and mosquitoes are back as well. They taste just as vile as their parents and grandparents did last year.

 

[The Brewer]

We have a shed at the bottom of the garden where the Xmas decorations are stored and when at Xmas we took the decorations out of storage several wasps came out of hibernation. Very lage wasps.
They no longer pose a threat .

 

[Camrider]

Cant stand them either, they dont even serve a purpose

A lot more purpose than many a Homo sapien I know

Been stung a few times but I actually quite like them they are fascinating creatures to study. More impressive though are their big cousin the Hornet now they really do have a sting.

 

[biggs682]

we saw our first one last saturday

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Would you like me to take you to our leader?

....Err, actually, no, I think I'd possibly piss myself laughing at their pathetic Earthlingness!! Then again, I could possibly overpower them and take over the world!! MUHAHAHAHAHAA!!

.......So, umm, possibly, yes.

My youngest put on his coat only to be stung by a big bastard which had been sleeping in the collar. Grrr

Disturbing a poor exhausted wasp?? Kids these days, honestly!

 

[martint235]

We had a wasps nest in the eaves of our roof last year.
Was going to get someone in to remove.
But good advice on here said leave, they will die off when it get's cold and that they won't come back as they don't re-use the same nesting place twice.

Strangely enough the man from Lewisham Council told me the exact opposite a few years ago. He said that whatever made the site attractive this year would still be attractive next year. He was probably talking b*****ks though as he also said that at the time I called him (around mid-Dec) it was too late in the year for wasps and that they'd all be dead or hibernating. At the time I was watching 3 of them headbutting a window trying to get out.

 

[Saddle bum]

Once had one the little feckers lying in ambush in my wellies. Now, I always give a good shake before putting them on.

AND..... When riding, one the size of a sparrow bounced of my sunspex, landed on my lip and stung me. Mouth swelled up like a red inner tube.

Nothing short of a 40mm Bofors is adequate for them...........

 

[Fnaar]

I saw a large queen the other day. Mincing down the high street, he was, arms akimbo.

 

[GetAGrip]

Stupid season is once again upon us......

Soon we will have people suddenly running away from things whilst making silly noises LIKE A BIG 3 YEAR OLD.

Do people honestly think that is normal sane adult behaviour?? I mean FFS!


I sometimes think I've landed on an alien planet, really, I do.

Not something I seem to have any control over I'm afraid . Have needed to visit an osteopath more than once, having shaken my head so hard so as to put my neck out! Not normally known for being a sissy either .

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Not something I seem to have any control over I'm afraid . Have needed to visit an osteopath more than once, having shaken my head so hard so as to put my neck out! Not normally known for being a sissy either .

And you are called 'Get A Grip' too!