P1Fanatic

MrsP1F walked into the bedroom last night to find the now named "Harry" the hornet resting on the wardrobe door.

Managed to use a fish tank net to get him into a jam jar.

He measures 4.5cm and looks mean!

http://www.p1f.co.uk/hornet.jpg
http://www.p1f.co.uk/hornet2.jpg

Then we found his buddy in the spare room this morning. Gonna go check outside in a moment and make sure we dont have a nest somewhere.

Simon.

Lee247

Thats horrible <shudders>

porlkertus

Glad he didn't get anywhere near ur keys...

Ken 275

Euthanise the ******, after all, they're parasites.

STi-Frenchie

We get HUGE hornets over here - must be 2 or three inches in size. Scares the absolute crap out of us when one flies in the window. We just leave all the windows open and leave town for the day! I would drive it very far away and chuck the jam jar out the window...unless it's a homing hornet you should have no problems

Harry_Boy

You named a hornet after me..... How thoughtful.....

PS. Let me out of this bl**dy jam jar.......


'Kinell - that's a big booger......

eldudereno

Maybe some superior being will visit our planet one day and regard you as a parasite.

Ken 275

Prolly.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Some things require to be managed to maintain a Homo sapiens existence.

"Parasites" are one of them.

No hard feelings, but where's the Warfarin?

GC8

He certainly looks pissed-off in picture #1.....

shaunywrx

I had a nest in my garden once, big scarey ******'s they were (about 3 inch's long), they were alway's coming in the house, and when you tried to get them out, they just looked at you with those great big scarey red eye's, as though to say "come on then, if you think your hard enough". I used to dread coming home every day just to be welcomed by "Harry" and his gang of chav hornet's. The man from the council told me that they can kill you, apparently if you kill or attack one they can put out a distress signal, and all his mate's will start to swarm and attack you.

ajm

LOL! Hornets are not "parasites" they are just trying to eek out an existance the same as the rest of us!

Contrary to popular belief bee venom is actually more toxic than hornet venom. Hornet venom contains more acetylcholine (a pain receptor stimulant) which is why their stings hurt more.

Also, they are not attracted to sweet things like wasps are, preferring instead to stick to their normal diet of other insects, so infact they reduce pests.

Ken 275

Fair do's.

Would you mind awfully if I translocated the ten gzillion midgies (sp. Culicoides) from my locus to yours?

Everything has its place in food chain, I just don't like being a link sometimes.

K.