Wasp burglar

BillHicksRIP

BillHicksRIP

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There's been a rather large wasp hanging round my flat the last couple of days. It was buzzing about one of the windows the other day, so I opened them both fully, shut the curtains, and eventually it buggered off. Now it's back inside somehow. I haven't opened the windows as it's too cold, but it somehow got back inside. I opened them again and shoo-ed it out, expecting it to fly away, which it did briefly, but now it's back on the window ledge trying to get in again. What the hell does it want? The only thing remotely interesting is the wife's basil plant on the window ledge, but what would it want with that? Is it concealing some mozzarella?
 
BillHicksRIP said:
There's been a rather large wasp hanging round my flat the last couple of days. It was buzzing about one of the windows the other day, so I opened them both fully, shut the curtains, and eventually it buggered off. Now it's back inside somehow. I haven't opened the windows as it's too cold, but it somehow got back inside. I opened them again and shoo-ed it out, expecting it to fly away, which it did briefly, but now it's back on the window ledge trying to get in again. What the hell does it want? The only thing remotely interesting is the wife's basil plant on the window ledge, but what would it want with that? Is it concealing some mozzarella?
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slaughter it and be done with it. :p
 
When it's on the window ledge, pour a flammable liquid over your curtains and set fire to them. That'll teach the wasp.
 
I tried an electric fly zapper on wasps - it put them in a coma for a few seconds, but then you just get an angry wasp... So if you try that one, beware it's probably not dead, just stunned!

BTW, Nice sig Tauren :cool: I'm surprised at how good it looks considering it's jpg and 15kb!

@ScarySquirrel... quite possibly, yes. :p:D
 
furnace said:
I tried an electric fly zapper on wasps - it put them in a coma for a few seconds, but then you just get an angry wasp... So if you try that one, beware it's probably not dead, just stunned!

BTW, Nice sig Tauren :cool: I'm surprised at how good it looks considering it's jpg and 15kb!

@ScarySquirrel... quite possibly, yes. :p:D
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thanks! its one of my favorite photo's i took, so i thought i'll make it into a sig :D
 
Before you go on a murderous rampage, give this some thought. Is it possible that there might be a wasp nest in one of the orifices of your house (I.e. in between two wall or something).

It may be possible that every now and again, a single wasp is finding a way into your house. So, by killing the wasp (which releases the "Some ******* killed me - AVENGE ME!!!!!!" pheromone), you are potentially declaring war, and thus risking death and destruction by these evil creatures.

Far fetched? Maybe. But you have been warned....
 
furnace said:
I tried an electric fly zapper on wasps - it put them in a coma for a few seconds, but then you just get an angry wasp... So if you try that one, beware it's probably not dead, just stunned!
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It was pining for the fjords.
 
Are you sure it was the same wasp? If it comes back, stick a blob of tip-ex on it's back to track it.

Or it could be a ghost wasp, a wasp from the future/past with duality in mind, a clone wasp, a twin brother/sister wasp or maybe just maybe there are two fairly similar looking annoying pointless insects out there... :D
 
I thought I saw the same wasp a few days in a row a while back. Every day there was a wasp in the bathroom which I forced out. After a couple of days I noticed there were a couple more wasps, and the next day there were about 10.

I phoned my landlord (not just about wasps) to say I thought there might be a wasps nest, but he said there couldn't possibly be a wasp nest because there isn't any loft space above the bathroom but he'd take a look :confused: :confused: :confused:

The next day there weren't any and I haven't seen anything since. Don't think he did anything cause normally wasp killing stuff leaves some obvious trace, so part of me is unhappy that I didn't get to prove him wrong :( (had wasps nests elsewhere in a part of a house without a loft so I know I was right). Given that I've never actually met my landlord I have a pretty bad impression of him so far...
 
Hmm. Wasp nests can be pretty much anywhere, they're sneaky little

Don't envy you mate, I hate em. Might have something to do with the little matter of the anaphylactic shock I endured the last time I got stung.
 
Had a similar prob past 2-3 months always one particular wasp was getting in and, most other wasp/bees and other insects werent coming in at all.

So I did the best course of action opened the window and the wasp wouldnt leave... so threw some water at it.

Bad mistake

Wasp turned and looked at me and then it tried to come for me but it was behind my white net so I figured I was safe..... I was not it somehow got trapped it put its head thru the small holes in the pattern/design in my net ! and it squeezed past by then I had put glass around it, and slowly squashed it.

Havent seen any wasp try it past week so am happy my nightmares over.
 
Wasp + Window + Candle = Messy window.

I wish I took a picture of that now, poor little guy stuck his stinger out too. :p
 
I'd rather not kill it in case it does yell out to it's mates. Plus, there's the whole karma thing. One day, wasps may take over the world, and where will that leave my offspring? As Saxondale says, "Wasps are barstewards". I wonder if there's a head wasp somewhere that I can slip £20 to and tell him to call his boys off?
 
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