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Arctic wasps?
One a south-facing fence panel today, a wasp was scraping wood. The
shade temperature was around 3 or 4 deg C, although it must have been a good bit higher in the sun. Wasps have been a damn nuisance this year, as we have a nest under paving stones on a raised patio about 50 cm high, and only a couple of meters from the house. Entrance was via a rockery at the front of the patio. I keep expecting the cold weather (-5 here last night) to kill them off, but they seem very resilient. -- Jeff |
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Arctic wasps?
On 01/12/16 18:41, Jeff Layman wrote:
One a south-facing fence panel today, a wasp was scraping wood. The shade temperature was around 3 or 4 deg C, although it must have been a good bit higher in the sun. Wasps have been a damn nuisance this year, as we have a nest under paving stones on a raised patio about 50 cm high, and only a couple of meters from the house. Entrance was via a rockery at the front of the patio. I keep expecting the cold weather (-5 here last night) to kill them off, but they seem very resilient. Killed a wasp crawling over the lounge carpet late this afternoon. I've no idea where it came from or how it got in. -- Jeff |
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Arctic wasps?
On 05/12/2016 08:35, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:16:54 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/12/16 18:41, Jeff Layman wrote: One a south-facing fence panel today, a wasp was scraping wood. The shade temperature was around 3 or 4 deg C, although it must have been a good bit higher in the sun. Wasps have been a damn nuisance this year, [snip] They weren't much bother with fruit this year where I am. Killed a wasp crawling over the lounge carpet late this afternoon. I've no idea where it came from or how it got in. Had three of those recently; quite large, so probably dozy queens looking to hibernate. I've no idea how it got in, as windows all shut these days. I caught them in a jam-jar and put them outside to find somewhere else to spend the winter. I generally leave them to it, but have had to evict a similar number of dozy queens that woke up when we had the fire on over the weekend. I don't mind them over wintering outside in the garage but not in my house. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Arctic wasps?
On 06/12/16 12:42, Martin Brown wrote:
On 05/12/2016 08:35, Chris Hogg wrote: On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:16:54 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/12/16 18:41, Jeff Layman wrote: One a south-facing fence panel today, a wasp was scraping wood. The shade temperature was around 3 or 4 deg C, although it must have been a good bit higher in the sun. Wasps have been a damn nuisance this year, [snip] They weren't much bother with fruit this year where I am. Killed a wasp crawling over the lounge carpet late this afternoon. I've no idea where it came from or how it got in. Had three of those recently; quite large, so probably dozy queens looking to hibernate. I've no idea how it got in, as windows all shut these days. I caught them in a jam-jar and put them outside to find somewhere else to spend the winter. I generally leave them to it, but have had to evict a similar number of dozy queens that woke up when we had the fire on over the weekend. I don't mind them over wintering outside in the garage but not in my house. Yes, as Chris noted, a large, dozy queen. We don't tolerate them in the house as we look after our 2-year old granddaughter a couple of days a week, and wouldn't want her to get stung. But why are they still around? It was much milder last winter and I don't remember seeing any wasps in November, let alone December. I am afraid that any nest found within 10 metres of the house will be dealt with next year. -- Jeff |
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Arctic wasps?
On 06/12/2016 14:29, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 06/12/16 12:42, Martin Brown wrote: On 05/12/2016 08:35, Chris Hogg wrote: On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:16:54 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/12/16 18:41, Jeff Layman wrote: One a south-facing fence panel today, a wasp was scraping wood. The shade temperature was around 3 or 4 deg C, although it must have been a good bit higher in the sun. Wasps have been a damn nuisance this year, [snip] They weren't much bother with fruit this year where I am. Killed a wasp crawling over the lounge carpet late this afternoon. I've no idea where it came from or how it got in. Had three of those recently; quite large, so probably dozy queens looking to hibernate. I've no idea how it got in, as windows all shut these days. I caught them in a jam-jar and put them outside to find somewhere else to spend the winter. I generally leave them to it, but have had to evict a similar number of dozy queens that woke up when we had the fire on over the weekend. I don't mind them over wintering outside in the garage but not in my house. Yes, as Chris noted, a large, dozy queen. We don't tolerate them in the house as we look after our 2-year old granddaughter a couple of days a week, and wouldn't want her to get stung. But why are they still around? In my case I think they got the idea that the house is cold enough to hibernate and were surprised when it suddenly got a lot warmer. Until very recently with the cold snap there has been plenty of food for them. I have still got roses and pelargoniums in flower as well as some very confused azaleas! It was much milder last winter and I don't remember seeing any wasps in November, let alone December. I am afraid that any nest found within 10 metres of the house will be dealt with next year. Unless you are digging for fence posts and hit a wasps nest by accident it really isn't worth persecuting them unless they are in the fabric of the house. Their paper nests in free space are really beautiful. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Thanks bác, giờ mình mới biết đến thông tin hữu *ch n*y. Ai có những thông tin dạng như thế n*y post lên cho mọi người cùng tham khảo luôn nhé. Đang rất quan tâm
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