Where have all the wasps gone?(not missed!)

aghost · 19-08-2013 09:45PM

I have to admit some of the above posts are hilarious. Tree stumps, beer cans ect. Wasps hey, sure wouldn't life be dull without them, great bunch of lads. Yeah I know if it happened to me ....

playedalive · 19-08-2013 09:46PM

I've had wasps come into my house and eat my mushy peas. So they are still around.

Ilik Urgee · 19-08-2013 09:47PM

I must've killed 15 or 20 of the baxturds today. You get better at it tbf.

crosstownk · 19-08-2013 09:47PM

DIY wasp traps FTW. I cobbled one together yesterday from a Fanta bottle.

7 Fúckers dead this evening.

xzanti · 19-08-2013 09:48PM

I've been killing at LEAST 5 a day since last week.. I'm not exaggerating! Little fúckers! I have the 'swat n stamp' 2 step down to a fine art.. don't even need the spray anymore.

Also, my 2 year old Son is a Jedi level wasp spotter.. so together we are an elite team!

RobbingBandit · 19-08-2013 09:49PM

Cut one up last night with a knife,hate the bastards with all my heart. Got one that keeps flying into my room each morning for the last 4 days,he's next for a cutting.

crosstownk · 19-08-2013 09:49PM

xzanti wrote: »

my 2 year old Son is a Jedi level wasp spotter

Stung he will be.

Fox_In_Socks · 19-08-2013 09:50PM

Whey get in the house, I take them out by hand.

Renegade Mechanic · 19-08-2013 09:52PM

Quite a few of them got to meet the business end of the power washer lance at work today. Must be increasing in numbers..

ixoy · 19-08-2013 09:55PM

They suddenly seem to be everywhere. Two in the car on Saturday and one clung on to the car window (outside) on Sunday, staring in at me for miles just waiting for the door to open. One of Nature's most evil and pointless creations.

WIZE · 19-08-2013 09:58PM

Electric Tennis Racquet Style Swatter ftw

MadsL · 19-08-2013 09:59PM

Ah quit complaining...I had to fend off one of these the other day, armed only with a wine glass. It came at me three times.

http://i.imgur.com/jJd1swd.jpg

It's a Tarantula Wasp, which lays its egg on Tarantulas after stinging them, paralysing them and laying an egg in the stomach of the spider. The grub then eats its way out avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive longer.

The sting has been described by Justin Schmidt, who made it his business to get stung by every insect to crreate the Schmidt Index of Sting Intensity as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream.

worded · 19-08-2013 10:02PM

What have wasps ever done for us ?
Do they kill flies?

Stone Deaf 4evr · 19-08-2013 10:02PM

MadsL wrote: »

Ah quit complaining...I had to fend off one of these the other day, armed only with a wine glass. It came at me three times.

http://i.imgur.com/jJd1swd.jpg

It's a Tarantula Wasp, which lays its egg on Tarantulas after stinging them, paralysing them and laying an egg in the stomach of the spider. The grub then eats its way out avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive longer.

The sting has been described by Justin Schmidt, who made it his business to get stung by every insect to crreate the Schmidt Index of Sting Intensity as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream.

Thanks for tonight's nightmare.

Fox_In_Socks · 19-08-2013 10:02PM

MadsL wrote: »

Ah quit complaining...I had to fend off one of these the other day, armed only with a wine glass. It came at me three times.

http://i.imgur.com/jJd1swd.jpg

It's a Tarantula Wasp, which lays its egg on Tarantulas after stinging them, paralysing them and laying an egg in the stomach of the spider. The grub then eats its way out avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive longer.

The sting has been described by Justin Schmidt, who made it his business to get stung by every insect to crreate the Schmidt Index of Sting Intensity as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream.

Are you a spider? No?

Then quit yer complaining!:pac:

crosstownk · 19-08-2013 10:04PM

Nerd post:

I was listening to the radio the other day (Mooney - for my sins) and apparently during the summer they forage for high protein food to feed to their young. The young, in turn, exude a sugary fluid that the adult wasps feed off. However, at this time of year the young have matured and that sugary shít is gone so instead they píss us all off by looking for our sugary foods.

Like I said, nerd post.

worded · 19-08-2013 10:05PM

MadsL wrote: »

Ah quit complaining...I had to fend off one of these the other day, armed only with a wine glass. It came at me three times.

http://i.imgur.com/jJd1swd.jpg

It's a Tarantula Wasp, which lays its egg on Tarantulas after stinging them, paralysing them and laying an egg in the stomach of the spider. The grub then eats its way out avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive longer.

The sting has been described by Justin Schmidt, who made it his business to get stung by every insect to crreate the Schmidt Index of Sting Intensity as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream.

Is Justin looking for any interns via jobs bridge ? Sounds like a hardcore profession

MadsL · 19-08-2013 10:10PM

worded wrote: »

Is Justin looking for any interns via jobs bridge ? Sounds like a hardcore profession

He goes by Justin AGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!! Schmitt.

Free Savlon with the position.

A simpler scale is the Starr Scale
It rates the tarantula wasp at twice that of a yellowjacket wasp.

NuckingFacker · 19-08-2013 10:15PM

MadsL wrote: »

Ah quit complaining...I had to fend off one of these the other day, armed only with a wine glass. It came at me three times.

http://i.imgur.com/jJd1swd.jpg

It's a Tarantula Wasp, which lays its egg on Tarantulas after stinging them, paralysing them and laying an egg in the stomach of the spider. The grub then eats its way out avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive longer.

The sting has been described by Justin Schmidt, who made it his business to get stung by every insect to crreate the Schmidt Index of Sting Intensity as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream.

Just fcuk right off with that yoke. That's like wasp-zilla. I'm now starting to imagine that there are waspy things in the room, watching me. Every time the collar of me t-shirt brushes against my neck, it's "a wasp"..jasus..I hate the things..I'm also enjoying my beer less, suspecting it has become wasped..

gurramok · 19-08-2013 10:22PM

Yeh, they're back alright since I last asked

Got off pretty lightly compared to the stories here, had 2 attack me the minute I sat down to eat my lunch. A swift punch created a no-fly zone!

I think a wasp predator is the dragonfly who are also out and about, if indeed they are predators of wasps they are our allies so don't kill them!

Call Me Jimmy · 19-08-2013 10:23PM

Yes, they are all in or around our house. All of them.

fsfg · 19-08-2013 10:24PM

They were on the bus today

MadsL · 19-08-2013 10:24PM

fsfg wrote: »

They were on the bus today

No ticket either. Fecking scumbags.

MurdyWurdy · 19-08-2013 10:30PM

One cheeky fecker was sniffing around all my shopping outside Aldi while I tried to pack it in to the car. I really really hate them :mad:

Frito · 20-08-2013 01:15AM

Evolution1 wrote: »

Usually here in may . Always had a nest to spray .

Quite early for wasps but right time for mining bees. Could you be confusing the two? They're similar sizes but different body shapes and markings.
Been watching Bill Turnbull (of BBC breakfast) who's an avid beekeeper. Apparently there's a parasite that grows on a bee's thorax which introduces several viruses leading to wing deformity (amongst other symptoms) then death. This parasite was first recorded in UK circa 1992 and contributing to the decline in population.

my my my · 20-08-2013 01:22AM

the wasps are in my garden

i actually like em

but when they start buzzing around kids you have to be htiitin them with a fly-swatter

paddy147 · 20-08-2013 01:25AM

Wasps are actually very benificial handy to have around.

They eat up lots of aphids that can otherwize destroy plants,flowers,fruit and crops.

allthedoyles · 20-08-2013 01:25AM

We have loads of wasps in back garden especially in compost bin - we kill as many as possible :

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRTk-fnCIAAk3bd.jpg

my my my · 20-08-2013 01:28AM

allthedoyles wrote: »

We have loads of wasps in back garden especially in compost bin - we kill as many as possible :

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRTk-fnCIAAk3bd.jpg

whats the point

The Royal Scam · 20-08-2013 01:29AM

One was flying around the bedroom, picked up the nearest aerosol and sprayed it with it, wasp started acting like I had just given it a lobotomy. It was hilarious, wintergreen in future as my new killer so..

Where have all the wasps gone?(not missed!)

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