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paulskinback · 10-29-2006, 08:47 AM

I knows there are bigger ones about, but this is the biggest one i've ever seen in England.

Excuse the poor picture quality, my phone doesn't do good close-ups

Quite scary! The sting must have been huge, I didn't kill it, someone else did, but I had to put it out of its misery, its huge head and mouth were still moving and I felt a bit bad (what a softie I am)

TexanAvenger · 10-29-2006, 09:05 AM

My only thought in seeing that is that it's a mutie.

I've never thought myself to have fear of wasps, but that insect is ridiculous. And bigger ones are around? No thank you.

paulskinback · 10-29-2006, 09:21 AM

TexanAvenger, thats what I thought - or at least it was a queen. Apparently there are larger asian wasps, Vespa Manadarinia:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_mandarinia

Now thats scary!

stevie667 · 10-29-2006, 09:57 AM

Thats no wasp!

What you have there is Boeing F/A-18 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft.

Its a big fucker too! I saw something similar at work the other day, damned thing couldn't find any sweet stuff so carried away someones kid instead.

The_Dunedan · 10-29-2006, 10:25 AM

You see those big Asian buggers in the southern US pretty frequently as well...they're an invasive species that got introduced some time ago.

USMC6531 · 10-29-2006, 10:25 AM

wow, are all the bees around you usually that big!

TexanAvenger · 10-29-2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan

You see those big Asian buggers in the southern US pretty frequently as well...they're an invasive species that got introduced some time ago.

Aw shit... I live in the southern US.

Now I'm going to have to buy finelink chainmail. Thanks.

paulskinback · 10-29-2006, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevie667

Thats no wasp!

What you have there is Boeing F/A-18 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft.

Its a damned big fucker too! I saw something similar at work the other day, damn thing couldn't find any sweet stuff so carried away someones kid instead.

Oh my god! I just had to pick myself up off the floor, thats the funniest sh*t i've seen all day! Thanks stevie

The_Dunedan · 10-29-2006, 10:43 AM

They're nothing to worry about too much...they're not known for being overly aggressive, though their venom is powerful enough to be teratoxic ( dissolves tissue ) in humans.

paulskinback · 10-29-2006, 10:55 AM

mmm dissolved tissue... nice

Ustwo · 10-29-2006, 11:15 AM

Pretty sure thats a European Hornet, hard to tell with the pictures.

Grasshopper Green · 10-29-2006, 11:57 AM

Thanks for that info, Dunedan. Another reason to add to my list of why I don't like wasps...

I can't believe someone let one of those thinks sit on their hand long enough to get a photo of it.

newshoes · 10-29-2006, 12:46 PM

A few years ago i saw a wasp decapitate another wasp and fly away with its head.

I thought that was pretty cool.

I've noticed quite a few impressive bugs in the UK this year. I blame global warming.

Warlock! · 10-30-2006, 01:05 PM

Cicada Killer Wasp, perhaps?

I just learned about these bastards this year, as I'd never even seen one before. Now I'll be chillin' on the deck, listening to a cicada or two, when a fkn huge wasp/Cessna flies by my head and into the small tree by the deck... and suddenly the cicada noise stops. A minute or two later and a dead cicada drops from the tree, and the wasp continues on his merry way.

The_Dunedan · 10-30-2006, 02:54 PM

Those are those giant Asian jobbers. They eat cicadas in China as well.

paulskinback · 10-31-2006, 05:02 AM

Do they drug the wasps that they let crawl in their hands for those pictures??

Theres no way i'd let one crawl on me in case it chewed my hand off, or stung me - which according to wikipedia feels like a searing hot 5 inch nail being shot into the flesh

Pip · 10-31-2006, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newshoes

A few years ago i saw a wasp decapitate another wasp and fly away with its head.

I thought that was pretty cool.

I've noticed quite a few impressive bugs in the UK this year. I blame global warming.

I blame Chernobyl.

I saw a wasp wrestle with a fly in mid-air once. Curious bastard that I am, I caught them in a big glass (they were preoccupied, so it wasn't very difficult!) and watched the wasp rip off leg after leg and then the wings of the fly. And then the wasp sucked the juice out of what was left and I had a glass with bits of dry fly all over it.

Yay for Nature.

But seriously, I'm terribly afraid of wasps because I've never been stung by one, so I don't know how much it'd hurt and my cousin is allergic to wasp stings so maybe I am as well... Winter is my favourite season for a reason. No bugs!

cj2112 · 10-31-2006, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pip

I blame Chernobyl.

Nope...I blame Bush

Intense1 · 10-31-2006, 10:20 PM

Sorry to show my ignorance, but aren't wasps mostly brown/red bodied? I've never seen a wasp that had yellow markings like the OP showed. A week ago when I opened my door I had about 5 wasps (red colored double bodied like demons) sneek in, which I promptly killed with a powerful combo of a fly swatter and RAID.

Am I insectly mistaken?

paulskinback · 11-02-2006, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intense1

Sorry to show my ignorance, but aren't wasps mostly brown/red bodied? I've never seen a wasp that had yellow markings like the OP showed. A week ago when I opened my door I had about 5 wasps (red colored double bodied like demons) sneek in, which I promptly killed with a powerful combo of a fly swatter and RAID.

Am I insectly mistaken?

Wasps over here are pretty much the same colour as bees, but look more evil and obviously have the same traits as wasps - ie can sting over and over as opposed to bees that are more placid and will die if they sting ya

I'd hate to see any demon red ones, i'd run to the hills

Intense1 · 11-02-2006, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulskinback

Wasps over here are pretty much the same colour as bees, but look more evil and obviously have the same traits as wasps - ie can sting over and over as opposed to bees that are more placid and will die if they sting ya

I'd hate to see any demon red ones, i'd run to the hills

Here it is, sir, here it is - http://bugguide.net/node/view/1712

They tend to like to open up a home in my air conditioner, so when it gets cool, they want to come into my room where it's warm, the evil buggers (pun intended)

blahblah454 · 11-02-2006, 11:21 PM

Wow, thats some freaky stuff. I would like to keep my bug run-ins to the smaller variety thank you very much!

10-29-2006, 08:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
paulskinback Insane	Big Wasp I found I knows there are bigger ones about, but this is the biggest one i've ever seen in England. Excuse the poor picture quality, my phone doesn't do good close-ups Quite scary! The sting must have been huge, I didn't kill it, someone else did, but I had to put it out of its misery, its huge head and mouth were still moving and I felt a bit bad (what a softie I am) __________________ 'Everything that can be invented has been invented.- - 1899, Charles Duell, U.S. Office of Patents. 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' - Ken Olson, 1977, Digital Equipment Corporation Last edited by paulskinback; 10-29-2006 at 10:42 AM.. Reason: extra photo

10-29-2006, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
paulskinback Insane	TexanAvenger, thats what I thought - or at least it was a queen. Apparently there are larger asian wasps, Vespa Manadarinia: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_mandarinia Now thats scary! __________________ 'Everything that can be invented has been invented.- - 1899, Charles Duell, U.S. Office of Patents. 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' - Ken Olson, 1977, Digital Equipment Corporation

10-29-2006, 09:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	Thats no wasp! What you have there is Boeing F/A-18 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft. Its a big fucker too! I saw something similar at work the other day, damned thing couldn't find any sweet stuff so carried away someones kid instead. __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information. Last edited by stevie667; 10-29-2006 at 11:08 AM..

10-29-2006, 10:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
USMC6531 Upright Location: Florida	wow, are all the bees around you usually that big! __________________ "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. "

10-29-2006, 10:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
paulskinback Insane	mmm dissolved tissue... nice __________________ 'Everything that can be invented has been invented.- - 1899, Charles Duell, U.S. Office of Patents. 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' - Ken Olson, 1977, Digital Equipment Corporation

10-29-2006, 09:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	My only thought in seeing that is that it's a mutie. I've never thought myself to have fear of wasps, but that insect is ridiculous. And bigger ones are around? No thank you.

10-29-2006, 10:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
The_Dunedan Junkie	You see those big Asian buggers in the southern US pretty frequently as well...they're an invasive species that got introduced some time ago.

10-29-2006, 10:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
The_Dunedan Junkie	They're nothing to worry about too much...they're not known for being overly aggressive, though their venom is powerful enough to be teratoxic ( dissolves tissue ) in humans.

10-29-2006, 11:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	Pretty sure thats a European Hornet, hard to tell with the pictures. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

10-29-2006, 11:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	Thanks for that info, Dunedan. Another reason to add to my list of why I don't like wasps... I can't believe someone let one of those thinks sit on their hand long enough to get a photo of it. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

10-29-2006, 12:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
newshoes Upright Location: UK	A few years ago i saw a wasp decapitate another wasp and fly away with its head. I thought that was pretty cool. I've noticed quite a few impressive bugs in the UK this year. I blame global warming. __________________ You may have to use your hips as fodder.

10-30-2006, 01:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
Warlock! Upright Location: Ohio	Cicada Killer Wasp, perhaps? I just learned about these bastards this year, as I'd never even seen one before. Now I'll be chillin' on the deck, listening to a cicada or two, when a fkn huge wasp/Cessna flies by my head and into the small tree by the deck... and suddenly the cicada noise stops. A minute or two later and a dead cicada drops from the tree, and the wasp continues on his merry way.

10-30-2006, 02:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
The_Dunedan Junkie	Those are those giant Asian jobbers. They eat cicadas in China as well.

10-31-2006, 05:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
paulskinback Insane	Do they drug the wasps that they let crawl in their hands for those pictures?? Theres no way i'd let one crawl on me in case it chewed my hand off, or stung me - which according to wikipedia feels like a searing hot 5 inch nail being shot into the flesh __________________ 'Everything that can be invented has been invented.- - 1899, Charles Duell, U.S. Office of Patents. 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' - Ken Olson, 1977, Digital Equipment Corporation

10-31-2006, 10:20 PM	#19 (permalink)
Intense1 Crazy Location: Music City burbs	Sorry to show my ignorance, but aren't wasps mostly brown/red bodied? I've never seen a wasp that had yellow markings like the OP showed. A week ago when I opened my door I had about 5 wasps (red colored double bodied like demons) sneek in, which I promptly killed with a powerful combo of a fly swatter and RAID. Am I insectly mistaken? __________________ (none yet, still thinkin')

11-02-2006, 11:21 PM	#22 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	Wow, thats some freaky stuff. I would like to keep my bug run-ins to the smaller variety thank you very much!