Huge Wasp

Daveyboy · 29 Oct 2006 at 18:49

This thing almost ate my head, then someone else ******* it

Biggest wasp i've seen... didn't know they got this large over here

Excuse the poor picture quality, my phone does rubbish close-ups

Puzzled · 29 Oct 2006 at 18:51

Looks like a fat wasp, you were lucky to survive!!

Shouldn't they be gone by now, guess it isn't cold enough yet.

Ripper · 29 Oct 2006 at 18:59

doesn't look that big :confused:

edit: thought that was a 5p

Brizzles · 29 Oct 2006 at 18:59

Ahh the " Coin Wasp " ( Waspus small changeius )

Unusual to find the 10 pence variety at this time of year.

An excellent specimen, though the rarer 50 pence wasp is worth a post.

yhack · 29 Oct 2006 at 18:59

Ripper^ said:
doesn't look that big

edit: thought that was a 5p

That 10p is actually 10 miles wide.

bledd · 29 Oct 2006 at 18:59

my god that's huge!

thought it was a 5p coin at first

-if you find a dead wasp, can you still get nailed by the stinger?

bledd · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:00

mrdbristol said:
Ahh the " Coin Wasp " ( Waspus small changeius )

Unusual to find the 10 pence variety at this time of year.

any more info from your wildlife book today?

squiffy · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:00

pah that's a runt compared to this!

Ripper · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:01

bledd. said:
-if you find a dead wasp, can you still get nailed by the stinger?

lets find out, the stage is yours davey

Brizzles · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:01

bledd. said:
any more info from your wildlife book today?

Testicular crabs ?

bledd · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:03

that 2nd wasp is so big, its started developing human hands!

Daveyboy · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:05

bledd. said:
my god that's huge!

thought it was a 5p coin at first

-if you find a dead wasp, can you still get nailed by the stinger?

The ONLY wasp I ever got stung by was of the dead, crispy brown variety down the back of a car seat. Cigarette end went down there, was busy trying to mash what I thought was the embers, but was mashing a wasp into the end of my finger. Hurt, but don't think it would have been as strong as a fresh sting

meghatronic · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:05

bledd. said:
that 2nd wasp is so big, its started developing human hands!

Nah - just having a dump.

yhack · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:10

squiffy said:
pah that's a runt compared to this!

pah that's a runt compared to this!

Mr-White · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:13

squiffy said:
pah that's a runt compared to this!

those Giant Asian Hornets are huge

MW

shimy182 · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:25

does anyone still have that link for the google map arial photo.
The one with the giant earwig over germany!

panthro · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:38

Although a handful of Asian giant hornets can easily defeat the defenses of honeybees, whose correspondingly small sting cannot inflict much damage against such a large predator as the giant hornet, the Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) has evolved an ingenious method of defending against the much larger predator.

When a hornet scout locates a Japanese honeybee hive and approaches the nest, the scout will emit specific pheromonal hunting signals. When the honeybees detect these pheromones, a hundred or so honeybees will gather near the entrance of the nest, apparently to draw the hornet further into the hive. As the hornet enters the nest, a large mob of about five hundred honeybees surround the hornet, completely covering it and preventing it from moving, and begin quickly vibrating their flight muscles. This has the effect of raising the temperature of the honeybee mass to 47 °C (117 °F). Though the honeybees can tolerate such a temperature, it is fatal to the intruder, which can handle a maximum temperature of about 45 °C (113 °F), and is effectively baked to death by the large mass of vibrating bees.

Thats some cool shizzle.

jcb33 · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:41

bledd. said:
my god that's huge!

thought it was a 5p coin at first

-if you find a dead wasp, can you still get nailed by the stinger?

Yes dead wasp still = ouch

Fantom · 29 Oct 2006 at 20:34

panthro said:
Thats some cool shizzle.

Seconded

GSDog · 29 Oct 2006 at 21:27

We get even biggest wasps here, they are so big they can barely fly... I will try and get a pic one day.