Killer wasps in the house

gingerlilywhite

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum. I am new to boards. Anyway, in the last two weeks I have found two big dying wasps crawling on the floor in my house. It's not a big house and I just can't figure out where they might be getting in...

It's freaking me out...does anyone know if I need to do anything or could there be a nest or something somewhere?

GLilywhite

Micky Dolenz

You could try telling them to buzz off

Formal shorts

Happened me a few years ago.

Nest outside.

You're in their house now

epgc3fyqirnbsx

You wouldn't think they'd be about this time of year.
Then again we had an invasion of houseflies for a week after christmas but they just disappeared afterwards.

Worlds gone mad :eek:

genericguy

i got stung myself yesterday... now i'm stuck with a dodgy dvd player.

WindSock

Convert them to Catholicism and they will be saved!




Also, yeah could be a nest.

ScumLord

Maybe a B movie is about to start. Hopefully your the one who survives.

stephenmarr

there queens that were nesting in you attic.

we'llallhavetea_old

oddly enough there was one in my car the other day, big fecker. i thought they all die off in september?

TheZohanS

Did they look like this?

My name is URL

I've not seen any wasps or flys so far this year.. they're most likely mutants that turn you into paralysed zombie growth vehicles.. like these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN2XMyxAs5o

gingerlilywhite

thanks for the advice...if you do call in the experts will they check surrounding areas outiside or just your own garden as I'm in terraced house? The nest could be anywhere around..

oh and yeah il ask them to buzz off too!

bonerm

WindSock wrote: »

Convert them to Catholicism

I'd imagine they prefer staying Protestant.

MaybeLogic

Have you considered you might be freaking the wasps out, asking questions like this?

And yes, you came to just the right forum.

WindSock

bonerm wrote: »

I'd imagine they prefer staying Protestant.

Yeah but they're dying, see. That's the joke :pac:

bonerm

WindSock wrote: »

Yeah but they're dying, see. That's the joke :pac:

Yep I know. But better a dead WASP than poor alive Catholic. Just think of the scandal! Wot Wot.

WindSock

Are you gonna post something awesome for your 1000th post, Maybelogic?

landsleaving

WindSock wrote: »

Yeah but they're dying, see. That's the joke :pac:

gingerlilywhite

well i might just get a better response from a dying wasp....

anyway, il let it rest...

bonerm

landsleaving wrote: »

It's cost 'aity million dolllaerhs.

MaybeLogic

WindSock wrote: »

Are you gonna post something awesome for your 1000th post, Maybelogic?

Oh, it slipped me by.
Glad I didn't see your post beforehand. The pressure would have been enormous to handle. I might have cracked under the strain.
Really looking forward to your 10,000th now.

GHOST MGG2

I thought you needed a license to dye wasps..especially in your house..
im afraid im going to have to report you for abuse against wasps..aaw..
ps..btw what colour where yu trying to dye them:-)

CreepingDeath

gingerlilywhite wrote: »

in the last two weeks I have found two big dying wasps crawling on the floor in my house. It's not a big house and I just can't figure out where they might be getting in...

Maybe the toilet snakes opened the door for them.

WindSock

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Oh, it slipped me by.
Glad I didn't see your post beforehand. The pressure would have been enormous to handle. I might have cracked under the strain.
Really looking forward to your 10,000th now.

I was gonna do something for it but I forget now what it was.

MaybeLogic

WindSock wrote: »

I was gonna do something for it but I forget now what it was.

If I hadda seen your post, I would have posted a naked pic in KYN.
Too late now.
You can use that idea, if you want.

WindSock

MaybeLogic wrote: »

If I hadda seen your post, I would have posted a naked pic in KYN.
Too late now.
You can use that idea, if you want.

Why do it for free when I can do it for charity in Decembre?

MaybeLogic

WindSock wrote: »

Why do it for free when I can do it for charity in Decembre?

We have a volunteer.

WindSock

I was actually thinking of doing it before, sit beside the Hags with the Bags in town, but I'd probably bwock out.

MaybeLogic

WindSock wrote: »

I was actually thinking of doing it before, sit beside the Hags with the Bags in town, but I'd probably bwock out.

You go, girl.
The internet needs more pictures of naked ladies.

WindSock

MaybeLogic wrote: »

You go, girl.
The internet needs more pictures of naked ladies.

Hairy naked ladies?

Bonito

What colour yor dying them Op?

Yellow and black is sooooooooooo last october 31st.

MaybeLogic

WindSock wrote: »

Hairy naked ladies?

I'm sure there'll be plenty of volunteers to get you all smooth and shiny for the big day.

Tigger

make a wasp factory

M6

The sleepy wasps are not dying, they are queens looking for a winter home. Maybe the heat woke them up or something. Perhaps you could find alternative accommodation for them, but if you put them outside, they might die of cold. I did just that a few moths back. I put a queen wasp outside - I tried to put her in a birdbox but she fell to the ground and in the darkness I let her be.

marcsignal

gingerlilywhite wrote: »

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum. I am new to boards. Anyway, in the last two weeks I have found two big dying wasps crawling on the floor in my house. It's not a big house and I just can't figure out where they might be getting in...

It's freaking me out...does anyone know if I need to do anything or could there be a nest or something somewhere?

GLilywhite

did you find them upstairs ?

If they are unusually large, then it is likely they are queens that have been hibernating in your attic over the winter, and the recent warm spell has woken them up too early. You did yourself a favour by killing them, and will prevent them from building a nest in your attic this spring.

They are drowsy because of the very recent sudden drop in temrature.

you could go up into the attic and have a look around the eaves for traces of an old nest from last year. It will be quite safe to do this because all of the worker wasps will be long dead. The old nest will look something like this, about the size of a football, with no wasps crawling around the outside.

The cocoon that hibernating queens use over the winter will be similar, but much smaller, about the size of a golf ball, and would look something like this. You might spot the odd one of these stuck to the rafters.

Overall, I wouldn't worry about it too much, just kill any more you find.

If they are coming down into an upstairs room ? one way to lure any stragglers down, is to leave a light on at night in the room where you have been finding them. The light will lure them down into the room from the dark attic at night, and you can waste them in the morning. You should find them lurking around the window in that room.

hope this helps ?

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