Wasps nest in the attic

PureAppleJuice · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:54

So for two weeks now my girlfriend and I had been hearing scratching and movement in the roof above our bedroom, and it has stupidly taken us this long to realise that it obviously isn't mice. After a stroll around the outside of the house I saw plenty of wasps going in and out of a hole just about where the noise was coming from.

What do you think the scratching is? Are the wasps eating away at the ceiling? I'm expecting myself to wake up in screaming agony after they've broken through and swarmed me at 3 in the morning. Anyway, this is just a general complaint about it/wanting to hear some sort of horror story to justify not sleeping in that room. Hopefully the nest will be sorted by a pest controller of some description over the coming few days!

misterPK · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:56

They are specially trained voyeur wasps installing cameras to spy on what you and your girlfriend get up to in there....

PK!

Brian8bit · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:57

Thread title immediately reminded me of this thread on something awful.

Link removed Brian as there is some choice language in there.

AtticusFinch · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:57

Panic!

Efour · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:57

zombie, more than likely.

Cosimo · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:59

The wasps are practicing their flesh eating skills for when the break through your ceiling and attack you.

edscdk · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:00

I thought it was a new day time TV program

4T5 · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:00

jidh007 said:
What do you think the scratching is?

They are building a Man trap & fornication device, You are about to be impregnated with Wasp eggs. When they are born they will feast on you & eat there way out.

Archy · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:01

malc30 said:
They are building a Man trap & fornication device, You are about to be impregnated with Wasp eggs. When they are born they will feast on you & eat there way out.

Hank_Marvin · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:02

Yeah they are eating your ceiling, had them in kitchen flat roof at parents, they got through in the end and mades a big hole, we taped it up, put on suits and sprayed all the stuff in the nest.

O and you can call the council normally to remove it.

4T5 · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:03

Hank_Marvin said:
we taped it up, put on suits and sprayed all the stuff in the nest.

I didn't realise you had to dress up posh to kill wasps. :confused:

Cosimo · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:04

Waits for someone to suggest fire when they're in the loft.

Retromatic · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:06

I had the same problem at an old place of mine, large wasps nest removed by my father in law who is a pest controller - not sure about the wasps making the noise though? The noise in ours turned out to be squirrels in the loft lol. Could be birds as well I guess?

Edit : Just noticed your from my old home town, must be something in the Horsham air lol.

Davies_M · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:06

Efour2 said:
zombie, more than likely.

Seriously, I had this the other week. Tackle the problem as soon as, otherwise next thing you know your going in the kitchen to get some grub and a member of your family is trying to eat your face.

scorza · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:12

Seriously yes the wasps are eating through your house. My parent's house in France gained a nest of gueppes right above the front door, bizarrely it was the local fire brigade who came round to sort it out who basically just plugged the hole. For a few days after my parents said they could hear the wasps trapped inside getting ever more desperate trying to eat their way out through the wood.

Vita · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:12

We have wasps in our attic nearly every year. I tend to leave them to it. I blame all the flowers my dad keeps in the garden :\

PureAppleJuice · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:17

Christ, well I hope they don't eat their way through and kill me then. Perhaps I should go out and buy a tarantula or something that will eat them.. hmmmm.

4T5 · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:19

Can i have your stuff ?

Cosimo · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:22

jidh007 said:
Christ, well I hope they don't eat their way through and kill me then. Perhaps I should go out and buy a tarantula or something that will eat them.. hmmmm.

A hundred tarantulas won't help.

Overslop · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:23

Apparently the best way to get rid of a wasps' nest is to smear your willy in ice cream and give the thing a few slaps with it.