Where are these freakishly large wasps coming from?

loulou123

Firstly sorry not really pet care, but didnt know where else to post!

I have just had a very weird experiance with 2 wasps. Earlier on i was sitting outside with my laptop (sounds like madness in October, but i couldnt get a good wireless reception indoors! ) and a seagull flew over and dropped the biggest wasp i have ever seen onto me! I jumped up and the wasp landed on my laptop, (im allergic to bee and wasp stings by the way) and then it proceeded to try and sting my laptop keys repeatedly. :eek:

I ran in and got a long feather duster (as im sure anyone would lol) and tried to poke it off my laptop, but it just continued stinging it. Eventually it got bored of this and flew away.

Then just now, went out to get the cat in and another seagull (well im presuming it wasnt the same one!) dropped a 2nd wasp right in front of me, and i also noticed 5/6 dead wasps laying on the ground.

These wasps are HUGE and very aggressive (maybe from time of year, maybe from being in a seagulls mouth-who knows.)

I have never known this to happen before, do i just look abit hungery and the seaulls are trying to feed me up?? I'm wondering if others have noticed the large wasps (or known of seagulls dropping them,) as now im scared to set foot outside the door!

picklepick

I cant say ive noticed any large wasps round here. Perhaps if u can take a photo of a dead one and post it on the Greenfingered forum the gardeners there might be more clued up about this sort of thing?

Fire_Fox

Was it a hornet? I bet the thing stung the seagull and that's why it got dropped, wasps can bend their bodies like a cat can, bet hornets can too.

ali-t

It might be a wood wasp. I had some in my house the other year in the loft and they were the size of chicken nuggets - bloody massive!

Mel2

All I can say is I'm glad I don't live near you!!!!!! lol If that had been me the laptop would have been thrown as far away as possible and there's no way I would have rescued it!!!!

NoAngel

I've not noticed freakishly big wasps, but have noticed freakishly large amounts of wasps! Plus I seem to have a nest in the roof or something. Glad no weird large wasps are near me, feel funny thinking about it!!

lindsaygalaxy

i noticed one today on my window

loulou123

Mel2 wrote: »

All I can say is I'm glad I don't live near you!!!!!! lol If that had been me the laptop would have been thrown as far away as possible and there's no way I would have rescued it!!!!

Lol! I did throw my laptop down, but thankfully it still works! Wouldnt say i exactly rescued it, more waited for the wasp to leave

Fire fox - pretty sure it was a wasp and it was doing the bending thing, as it was attempting to sting my laptop over and over again-just glad it wasnt me.

lindsaygalaxy - glad someone else has seen one too!

Thanks for all the ideas, have always lived near the sea and been a country girl, so was just shocked ive never see them before. My mum suggested, as it seems to be the seagulls bringing them in, if they are getting them from the channel and they are foreign wasps? (but not sure how likely this is!)

donnac2558

I had a giant wasp come down my chimney in heavy rain last week. I thought it was a queen looking for a place to start a hive.

One of the cats heard it and jumped over and went nuts at the gas fire. I moved something and this thing crawled out. I stood on it pretty quickly, didn't want the cat stung.

the gas fire was out by the way.
There was something in one of paper about giant wasps from aboard heading our way.

h007

sorry I dont have much to add except;

urgh feel totally creeped out reading this!!!

arlybarly

Was at work last week in the laundry room and the most gigantic wasp i have ever seen fell onto the floor infront of me, i nearly had heart failure so i beat it with a broom and must have stunned it not killed it because it started buzzin again so had to beat it again. Next day in the kitchens i picked up the dishcloth and there was another massive one hiding in there readcy to jump out and do me in so i flicked it and treied to drown it in the sink, it was so big it wouldnt go down the plughole.

THEN THIS WEEK went into one of the upstairs bathrooms and opened the door not really looking where i was going and there was wasps ALLLLLLLL over the floor, omg i nearly dies and ran off screaming. They had made a nest in the pipework outside apparently and then got in through the holes in the windows. This is a 17th century old Lord of the Manor type house and im sued to creepies in there but have never in all the years seen so many wasps or such big ones. As you can obviously tell i hate wasps lol. Another thing when people say stand still and dont annoy them and they wont bother of sting you, THEY ARE LIEINGGGGG lol.