Poll: Caught a Queen wasp

[Vampire]

So wasps are like bees in that only one in each hive reproduces (the queen) and all of the others are drones, the drones are smaller and male (I think they are male?).

Sort of. Unlike bees though, only the queen wasp survives the winter as she hibernates. Bees survive the winter as a whole colony by packing closely together.

As above, that's definitely a queen wasp. One needs to eliminate it or else it'll start up a new colony somewhere, like your shed/garage/loft.

 

[Tefal]

Breed a winged army of unholy vengeance!!!!

 

[trigger-happy]

I saw one of those today!, tried to wack it some and feed it to a large spider.. It came back to it's senses and attacked me, we both failed

lol

LOL. I killed one with bug spray and it pulled of a fit and flew straight into the light in my kitchen and now its stuck there dead lol.

 

[franco_22]

I saw one of those today!, tried to wack it some and feed it to a large spider.. It came back to it's senses and attacked me, we both failed

lol

Ouch, I think my girlfriend would genuinely pass out if she had to "fight" a wasp that size

 

[413x]

i checked, yes does seem that hornets are less aggressive than euro wasps, id let it go

 

[Jokester]

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's a hornet, how long is it? Looks about 1.5"-2" which is way to big for a queen wasp.

 

[BringTheRain]

QUEEN WASP LOL

As stated, its a queen wasp. They come out between April and May usually. TO find a place to build a nest. Then the drones, box her in the nest in the center.

Then it starts.

HAVE YOU KILLED IT YET?

NO! As we have been waiting for a queen wasp for years, we want to trap it in a huge acrylic cube and film it!

 

[Jono8]

Looks like a Hornet.

 

[arc@css]

That's a big'un. Be careful!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

What will it do in the cube?

 

[Raikiri]

I still think it looks like a European Hornet, the eyes look brown and it has red/brown markings whereas wasps are much darker.

What will it do in the cube?

Continue being a hornet.

 

[Tefal]

NO! As we have been waiting for a queen wasp for years, we want to trap it in a huge acrylic cube and film it!

YES!!

The winged army of death finally wins out over the "squash it" option.

 

[Robbo]

I absolutely hate wasps, vile creatures. VILE.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Continue being a hornet.

I lol'd

 

[trigger-happy]

I absolutely hate wasps, vile creatures. VILE.

lol how are they vile. you sound like a woman lol

 

[Jono8]

I still think it looks like a European Hornet, the eyes look brown and it has red/brown markings whereas wasps are much darker.


Continue being a hornet.

Indeed.

 

[BringTheRain]

What will it do in the cube?

Well we are hoping that we can catch 10/20 wasps and hopefully they will cocoon her in.

But she may just fly off!

 

[Jono8]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?um=1...&sa=1&q=european+hornet&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=

Almost definitely a European Hornet

 

[Robbo]

lol how are they vile. you sound like a woman lol

Because they are pointless, aggressive and can cause you injury for absolutely no reason.

 

[RomanNose]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?um=1...&sa=1&q=european+hornet&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=

Almost definitely a European Hornet

Damn immigrant, so what if they contribute to our ecosystem?They are not English.