Wasps in April.

area51_for_psx · 7 Apr 2018 at 13:58

Guys over the last few days ive had to kill 2 wasps inside my house. Is this not too early for them? Should I be worried? Possibility of a nest?

Should I be calling pest control to see if they can find a nest?

VincentHanna · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:01

No.

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mikedigitales · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:04

Nope seems normal, it must be about that time of year for all the big old queen wasps to come out of hiding. Kill them all though.

Dav4 · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:09

I seen a pigeon in my garden this morning :eek:

maybe I should call pest control before it gets out of hand. Don’t want to end up with a giant queen Pigeon strutting about out there

Mynight · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:11

Had to kill?

Did they corner you in the kitchen or something?

Arsonist · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:12

They'll be queen wasps. I should know. My dad kills them for a living.

TeraVirus · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:15

Forgot about those annoying buggers!

It's been fairly cold this year, I haven't seen any yet down south.

area51_for_psx · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:19

Not been warm here. Only 10degrees at the moment so was just worried about a nest being in the house.

StriderX · 7 Apr 2018 at 14:43

pls stop
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-percent-decrease-total-insect-biomass.html

Lord-Jaffa · 7 Apr 2018 at 17:05

Leave the queens alone if you can, wasps are an essential part of the ecosystem. As much as I want to nuke them from orbit every summer.

Dj_Jestar · 7 Apr 2018 at 17:08

We had a nest in the eaves of our kitchen (which has been extended) a few years ago. We just kinda let them be. Now we won't need to worry about them coming back, because apparently wasps don't re-use areas that already have a nest in them.

mrbazmondo · 7 Apr 2018 at 17:48

As soon as it warms up we usually get a series of bees coming out of the wood burner in the lounge. As much as I don't want to harm bees, we're forced to have a fire when its warm to deter them from setting up a nest.

Malevolence · 7 Apr 2018 at 18:02

Mynight said:
Had to kill?

Did they corner you in the kitchen or something?

Wasps are kill on sight.

glenimp617 · 7 Apr 2018 at 18:04

Wasps, kill them all

Buy something called the executioner from Amazon

ron3003 · 7 Apr 2018 at 18:30

Killed three queen wasps in the conservatory in the last 48hrs, that's not happened here before. They're coming I tell you!

NoobCannon · 7 Apr 2018 at 19:09

Wasps and spiders are on an instant kill list.

NickK · 7 Apr 2018 at 19:24

Gardening today- saw lots of bumble bees, no wasps or honey/leafcutter/mason bees yet.

area51_for_psx · 7 Apr 2018 at 20:37

NoobCannon said:
Wasps and spiders are on an instant kill list.

Yep instant kill I hate them. Nasty flying needles

EGuitarStar · 7 Apr 2018 at 20:40

No wasps seen yet but a bumble bee made me scream a high pitched scream today.

Thankfully it knew it was not welcome so left promptly.

And Stop The Killing!

Jumper118 · 7 Apr 2018 at 20:54

burn house down. its the only way to be sure.