WASP!!!!!

[Dos_Box]

Just had a HUGE wasp fly in the office (hatethemhatethemhatethemhatethem).

It's mid-November! Just die!!!!

In case you were wondering I had to chase it out of the windows with an old PC Pro. At arms length.

[Andrew_C]

I'd have thrown a PC at it. Hate doesn't come close; I LIKE bees though!

[Guest Guest]

Hate doesn't come close

 

Scared? Or is that just me? And moths too, crazy erratic man eating killers!

[tmcd35]

I take the manly approach - Open the door/window and hide behind the sofa until it's gone.

[Poults]

Putting some pc's in storage the other day and moved some old bags revealing a small nest and also disturbing them at the same time, ended up swatting them with pieces of conduit before giving up and getting someone in to remove it.

[Gatt]

I take the manly approach - Open the door/window and hide behind the sofa until it's gone.

I thought that was running around like a blue a---ed fly screaming like a banshee

 

 

or is that just me?

[Vegas]

And by PC Pro you mean Playboy!

[hardtailstar]

We have a nest in the roof that pest control companies cannot find, Ive been stung twice in one day when a wasp managed to get underneath my shirt!

 

We get them appear and try to fly out my window, The other day in the toilet next door there was a swarm of them trying to get out! The caretaker counted up 26 that he had killed.

[Netman]

Awww, thought it was going to be a thread about these fine chaps... W.A.S.P. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

NSFW BTW...

[tmcd35]

I thought that was running around like a blue a---ed fly screaming like a banshee

 

Lol, that's plan B (or Plan A for Spiders). We enact plan B when the Wasp follows behind the sofa...

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Damn Wasps! It's been more than cold enough lately that they should all be DEAD!!!

[TechMonkey]

So it was your fault! I just got stung. Someone mentioned there was a wasp in the room but I paid no attention and then felt a tickling on my leg. Rolled up my trouser leg and couldn't find anything until I suddenly feel a nip. Slap leg and stunned wasp falls out. Little get.

[Gatt]

Lol, that's plan B (or Plan A for Spiders). We enact plan B when the Wasp follows behind the sofa...

 

:spider: :spider: :spider: :spider: :spider:

 

Damn Wasps! It's been more than cold enough lately that they should all be DEAD!!!

 

Maybe there are.... Zombie Wasps....

[localzuk]

What's the point of wasps? They don't seem to have any value in the animal kingdom.

 

I'm kind to most bugs that appear in my house - bees, spiders, even earwigs, but wasps? They get the business end of a magazine every time. Same with hornets.

[SYNACK]

What's the point of wasps? They don't seem to have any value in the animal kingdom.

 

I'm kind to most bugs that appear in my house - bees, spiders, even earwigs, but wasps? They get the business end of a magazine every time. Same with hornets.

They keep the population of other plant eating bugs down by being aggressive little douches and killing them and anything else that gets in their way.

 

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/more_wasps.shtml

Edited November 13, 2013 by SYNACK

[spookyspoof]

Before i clicked on this link I thought it was about World Aquanaut Security Patrol - Gerry Anderson Encyclopedia

 

But I totally agree I hate anything that flies that is smaller than a bat..... Daddy Long Legs freak me out. Have no idea what they're doing! And surprising I've discovered a fear of LadyBirds. We have a nest of them here in the office, cute and adorable til they fly! one pounced at me yesterday landing on my keyboard!

Seriously they're big when in motion!

[Fleetwood]

The one thing I can't understand is how these flies/wasps/bees managed to get inside through the TINIEST gap possible, yet as soon as you open a window or door(s) they lose all navigational skills and can't seem to get back out again.

 

Hate them I made the mistake of having my curtains open, window open and light on when it was pitch black - 3 moths tried to make a new home in my room, and even though it was gone 11 I wasn't going to bed until I got rid of them. OUT COMES THE VACUUM! (best defence weapon ever, especially with spiders.)

Edited November 13, 2013 by Fleetwood

[bushby]

as i live in a log cabin in the parents garden i get all sorts of thing in there from spiders they be my pets now:P stag beetles to chickens.

BUT when it comes to those demons that are called WASP's its a whole other world of terror. eg last weekend sat playing on pc wasp crawls out of case i scream and punch it i got stung then another showed its self my responce was f this im out of here run in doors to the house and get a bug spray comence operation hunter wasp after killing the first lot i found a hive how the hell i missed it was on the back of my lego R2D2 modal. got a EXTERMINATOR out to clear room room is clear and i still have my spiders

[witch]

Wasps dont all die in the winter - the queen wasps hibernate.

I am highly allergic to wasps and do a good version of the "wasp dance" if one comes anywhere near me - and of course I am ready with the epipen. (for me, not the wasp!)

I used to kill them because I thought they were pointless as well as painfully pointy, but it turns out they do do some good, insect-wise. Also I have got a bit softer in my old age and hate the thought of killing anything.

But why would anyone kill crane flies? They are irritating, yes, but they don't hurt anyone. Same for moths, some of which are beautiful. Jealoous of the stag beetles, they are amazing creatures

Edited November 14, 2013 by witch

[Sirbendy]

We used to get random HUGE wasps in the bathroom of our old cottage...may have been hornets. HUGE. I used to adopt the vacuum approach.

 

Then one day I couldn't find it...in strolls my big cat, casts a disdainful eye on the buzzing critter. One very acrobatic leap and twist later, he's speared the thing right through with a claw. Game over for the sucker, down the loo it went. Good boy Hex.