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must be better than spray, which smells like what it is, nerve gas. I don't want to breathe that shit. Also they take ages to die when sprayed. Sit on the windowsill spasming away piteously, trying to drum up some sympathy. Well my heart was hardened against thier fates years ago. But its still annoying. At least with the zap paddle its a satisfying clean kill
 
DotCommunist said:
must be better than spray, which smells like what it is, nerve gas. I don't want to breathe that shit. Also they take ages to die when sprayed. Sit on the windowsill spasming away piteously, trying to drum up some sympathy. Well my heart was hardened against thier fates years ago. But its still annoying. At least with the zap paddle its a satisfying clean kill
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I believe spray is intended to be an area denial weapon, rather than for direct assault. Also, there are formulations that specifically target invertebrates and so shouldn't be too much trouble health-wise.
 
NoXion said:
You like the cold and you like wasps? You're a wrong'un and no mistake.

The only reason I don't squish wasps at the first opportunity is because if you do, the little bastards release alarm chemicals that can attract other wasps (plus squishing bugs is gross anyway). Better to trap them and drown them.
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Really? At the gin vs bourbon urban picnic last summer, emboldened by an uncouth level of drunkenness, I took to squishing wasps with extreme prejudice (using a heavy shot glass) and it's possible their numbers did go up. Certainly one stung me at some point (though compared to the number I killed, it was a mere trifle).
 
Fortuitous bump:

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This is not what I wanted to find under the workbench in my shed!
 
We get two sorts od wasps around here;
The ones we call wood wasps are a bit larger, but very docile and laid back. They've nested in places such as our garage, toolshed and garden. no strings and no problems with them.
The thieving fruit wasps are small and nasty soandsos.
Have a traditional water jar for them (and this year one of the tennis bats has been introduced ...)
 
antimata said:
who cares just let the weather wipe them out.

they only act up when you hassle them....think.
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Thats not strictly true. At the end of summer, when the nest has stopped producing grubs, the workers no longer have a food source (they eat the sugary substance that the grubs produce) so that's when they go mental and try and get our food sources (beer, fruit etc). They are agressive shits most of the year but at the end of summer they are agressive shits that want to get into my pint so the battle begins.

StoneRoad said:
The ones we call wood wasps are a bit larger, but very docile and laid back. They've nested in places such as our garage, toolshed and garden. no strings and no problems with them.
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Wood wasps are docile, but if you piss them off they get seriously annoyed. When I worked as a groundsman, we saw a wood wasp in the woods where I worked. One of my colleagues decided it would be a good idea to hit it with a stick. He missed and it went fucking nuts for about 10 minutes.
 
so...let them live was my point.

ive been stung and it sucks. i was only stung because of my behaviour.....think.
 
Just a bit shocked at the anti-wasp stand on here. Being as I am still typing with one hand after disturbing a hornet's nest in the wood this weekend...and I am also extremely phobic about all these stinging social insects, destruction is just not an option. None of these creatures are deliberately aggressive (I had just stuck a pitchfork in what I thought was a pile of raked bramble deadwood, disturbing the over-wintering nest building)...and the ecological balance of avoiding being overrun by flies and midges is upheld by the voracious appetite for other insects on the parts of wasps and hornets. Incidentally, the queen was still lurking outside the nest (she will be laying and nestbound in the next week or so) and I was startled to see this lumbering 2inch behemoth eyeing me up. Since the worst had happened and I still survived(albeit painfully) curiosity got the better of me - spent an afternoon with my arm encased in a dockleaf and vinegar poultice, watching these amazing (but scary) insects going about their business.
I just don't get why many people speak fondly and protectively about bees -even though a disturbed nest of ground-dwelling bees will actively chase an intruder, stinging en-masse...while I only got 2 across the bows warning stings from enraged hornets - bloody painful though. Bee venom is highly acidic and far more complex than the wasps and hornets although hornets venom does have a nasty nerve agent in it (hence one handed typing).
It is entirely possible to relocate a wasp (and hornet) nest from a sensitive area such as beneath a bedroom window without destroying the inhabitants...in fact, this is a good time of year to do so since many social insects will have reached the fullest extent of nesting space and will be looking to build a new nest (August relocation) for the over-wintering larvae. However, if you must, there are more humane methods than 'burn it out'.

eta to explain somewhat moralising and hectoring tone - just rather proud to have survived one of my worst nightmares (I am genuinely terrified) without resorting to immediate vengeful wrath. My arm is bloody sore though.
 
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campanula said:
Just a bit shocked at the anti-wasp stand on here. Being as I am still typing with one hand after disturbing a hornet's nest in the wood this weekend...and I am also extremely phobic about all these stinging social insects, destruction is just not an option. None of these creatures are deliberately aggressive (I had just stuck a pitchfork in what I thought was a pile of raked bramble deadwood, disturbing the over-wintering nest building)...and the ecological balance of avoiding being overrun by flies and midges is upheld by the voracious appetite for other insects on the parts of wasps and hornets. Incidentally, the queen was still lurking outside the nest (she will be laying and nestbound in the next week or so) and I was startled to see this lumbering 2inch behemoth eyeing me up. Since the worst had happened and I still survived(albeit painfully) curiosity got the better of me - spent an afternoon with my arm encased in a dockleaf and vinegar poultice, watching these amazing (but scary) insects going about their business.
I just don't get why many people speak fondly and protectively about bees -even though a disturbed nest of ground-dwelling bees will actively chase an intruder, stinging en-masse...while I only got 2 across the bows warning stings from enraged hornets - bloody painful though. Bee venom is highly acidic and far more complex than the wasps and hornets although hornets venom does have a nasty nerve agent in it (hence one handed typing).
It is entirely possible to relocate a wasp (and hornet) nest from a sensitive area such as beneath a bedroom window without destroying the inhabitants...in fact, this is a good time of year to do so since many social insects will have reached the fullest extent of nesting space and will be looking to build a new nest (August relocation) for the over-wintering larvae. However, if you must, there are more humane methods than 'burn it out'.

eta to explain somewhat moralising and hectoring tone - just rather proud to have survived one of my worst nightmares (I am genuinely terrified) without resorting to immediate vengeful wrath. My arm is bloody sore though.
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blah blah blah the fuckers should be wiped off the face off the earth, let alone underneath someone's windowsill."ooh carefully extract the nest and place it in a safe space to allow them to flourish."

the only place for them is a bonfire.
 
everyone loves bees, and the charities that support them. massive documentaries about them etc.

you watch the crowd funding response for saving the wasp if ever they were getting near extinction.
 
farmerbarleymow said:
Respect has to be earned, and clearly you - through your needlessly, murderously aggressive behaviour - haven't earned theirs. :p
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They generally stay away from me tbh but I will get medieval on them if they vex me :(

I don't go poking their nests or scaring their offspring, all drunk and angry.
 
antimata said:
so...let them live was my point.

ive been stung and it sucks. i was only stung because of my behaviour.....think.
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The point I was trying to make was that once the breeding cycle is done, they are kicked out of home with no access to food so they come and fuck with our shit. And when we get pissed off, they get all stingy. Fuck 'em.
 
they can kill me. lots of things can kill me, errant cars, isis, an increasingly punitive benifit regime, the IRA or maybe basque seperatists. That would be pretty cool, to be offed by Basque seperatists. Go out for someonses reason. However to be lain low by a fuckig flying insect would not please me. At all. Flamethrowers needed.

I even learned to like bees they are holding the 'finish him!' sting but they don't use it unless its hive defense. Wasps are just cunts. Lurking in our beer cans. Crawling all over yer kids face. Lets have it right, they are utter bastards who exist only to ruin summer
 
that racket you have dotcom. i'd stagger out into the fields in the summer with a ted bundy grin, shouting "where are you. come, come sting me". waht a lovely bit of kit:thumbs:
 
BigMoaner said:
that racket you have dotcom. i'd stagger out into the fields in the summer with a ted bundy grin, shouting "where are you. come, come sting me". waht a lovely bit of kit:thumbs:
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its russian roullette given the bastards ability to waspitalise me with their vile toxins. Honestly Alton Towers is regularly ruined for me cos of wasp related freakouts. They wont put lids on the bins, cos terrorism. So the bastards grow insanely fat on peoples discarded ice cream and then start giving it the large ones. No. If I had my hazmat suit I would trace your stingy arse back to the hive and crush your queen.

In some places they have hornets which are basicallt giant wasps whose sting feels proper painful even if you don't have an allergy. Saw this man once on tele go through loads of different stings and the hornet was second only to the bullet ant




just no
 
DotCommunist said:
its russian roullette given the bastards ability to waspitalise me with their vile toxins. Honestly Alton Towers is regularly ruined for me cos of wasp related freakouts. They wont put lids on the bins, cos terrorism. So the bastards grow insanely fat on peoples discarded ice cream and then start giving it the large ones. No. If I had my hazmat suit I would trace your stingy arse back to the hive and crush your queen.

In some places they have hornets which are basicallt giant wasps whose sting feels proper painful even if you don't have an allergy. Saw this man once on tele go through loads of different stings and the hornet was second only to the bullet ant




just no
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jesus christ. ouch (surreal video. screamign in agony whilst respecting traditions doing tribal dance.)
 
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