In message , James Fidell
writes

I saw a few wasp-like insects last year (ie black and yellow), but much,
much bigger -- perhaps 4cm long. Didn't look like a hornet, but I've no
idea what else it might have been.


What did they sound like? Unmistakeable deep deep drone? That's a
hornet. There's black on them as well as red.

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Sue