What wasp was this

[Swissy]

Just found this on the floor of our warehouse . It's bloody big and I am glad it's not buzzing about but what the hell is it. Fag packet for size purposes . Kids don't smoke

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[Vita]

That is a Queen wasp. I know this because my Dad kills them for a living.

 

[Mickie]

Sand wasp ?

 

[Nix]

Wood wasp.

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Metal wasp

 

[Clarkson]

It's a big wasp.

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

Fag wasp?

 

[Netguy]

Sterling Wasp?

 

[Soundood]

sterling smoking wasp

 

[Mynight]

Well looks like the fag packet warnings are correct. Certainly harmed that wasp.

 

[itchy]

A dead one?

Just saying!

 

[Uncle Petey]

Has it lost a contact lens or something?

 

[Vulcan]

Superman wasp.

 

[MooMoo444]

It's a camouflage wasp. They adapt to their environment and can imitate objects. This one seems to have mastered a cigarette box.

 

[Mynight]

Asain hornet?

 

[anything-but]

Dad wasp,my queen kills them for a living.

 

[cheesyboy]

It's a Peruvian sui caedere hornet. They have a particularly nasty way of dealing with rivals threatening their nest. A specialised variety of their warrior hornet attacks the threat with the aim of dying. Once dead, a chemical reaction in its gut causes a release of Bromomethane, which is extremely poisonous even to fairly large mammals, if they breath too closely to it

Presumably, that one's been dead for a while, so Bromomethane levels should be low risk

 

[Uncle Petey]

 

[Swissy]

Lol guys we do however get quit a lot of containers in from the far east .

 

[Mynight]

Lol guys we do however get quit a lot of containers in from the far east .

If it is what I said it might be then be thankful its dead. Google images bring up some horrific examples of the damage they can do to you.