are Wasps bigger this year?

You can have all my wasps with pleasure Calli, for most people they rate with Rats and Mice and you get rid

Even wasps have their uses and their place in nature David
Although not in the house!

They are pollinators and eat other undesirable creatures that may harm your crops.
Every one you despatch means there are hundreds fewer in the important ecological chain which could upset the balance further along.

Wasps at present are mostly queens, each one you squish will prevent a wasps nest with hundreds of worker wasps, it’s your choice!.
I’ve dispatched about 10 so far.

If they are outside they are welcome to live as they would, but having had wasps nesting in the roof on quite a number of times, with all the inconvenience of not being able to get into the loft and having them infest the house, any that come in are taking their lives into their hands.

Gabriella, if you want to take 2.5 cm long wasps into your hand to throw outside, well, better you than me. I would imagine that a big wasp packs a big sting, and having once been mobbed and multi-stung by wasps, I avoid any risks of being stung again.

Yesterday we had the biggest bee ever in our garage. The buzz was also the loudest I can recall.
Also a very big wasp in the bedroom. I opened the window to shoo it out. No way was I going to get close to yon boy.

What - with your fingers * Gabriella*?

I use a spider catcher, like a little clear box with a sliding 'door' on the end of a pole. Open it, put it over the bee then encourage it into the chamber, slide the 'door' shut gently then release outside.

Don't know, will have to wait and see when/if the rugby season starts again. But then perhaps they have been eating all the pies and not training enough (hopefully!).

I like wasps...and bees. I pick them up and put outside.

I reckon our tally is now up to 12, including a very dozy one this morning in our bedroom. I suspect the sudden drop in temperature was affecting it.

Definitely exceptional wasps because we had two normal size wasps in the kitchen as well.

I have just done a google search, looked at all the details about the Asian Hornet, which is a species you have to report if you find one. Here is a link www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-uk-sightings-in-2018 then I found a picture of a Queen wasp on this site www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/02/how-big-is-a-queen-wasp/. The site says a queen wasp can be up to 2.5 centimetres long compare with a worker wasp which is only about 1.7cmentimetres, max.

Having picked up a (very) dead one, measured and compared it. I am relieved to note that our insects are definitely queen wasps. I wonder if the warm winter enabled them to grow extra large?

I have had 3 woppers in the house the last few, they are all a bit dopey and easy to get rid of though.

I’ve not seen any wasps but lots of large noisy bees. Beautiful but last time I got stung by a bee I developed cellulitis and was one step away from hospitalisation in Florida. I’m now terrified of bees.

Well thank goodness for small mercies is all I can say, Grandmafrench.

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Here's a photo (hopefully) of the largest European wasp (Megascolia maculata). This deceased one was found in our pool after a very windy day last summer. Females have the yellow heads and are up to 6cm in length. Fortunately - they are not found in the UK because they hunt the Rhinoceros Beetle (also not found in the UK).

Got rid of two yesterday behind the blinds, luckily the window was open. Soon shut it again

Here comes another one - a large noisy wasp. Just when I thought I'd sit down for a while!

I don't know why they come in 25Avalon!

I think I put over 20 outside on one day last year. Perhaps it was the same ones coming in again though.

Large wasps and bees this year for sure.
And beautifull baby robins with their mom and dad .

Yes I've had several wasps in my conservatory and they all seem much bigger than usual also noisy buzzing. This morning I had a giant bee with an orange backside which I carefully caught and released back outside. It made me wonder why are they all coming in?

I’ve seen lots of huge Honey Bees all over the Apple Blossom but no wasps at all yet!

There’s just been a giant bee in my 2yo GD’s house. She wants to keep it as a pet! Mummy had to explain it wasn’t a good idea as they can sometimes bite if they’re not able to fly around. ❤️

I had an enormous bumble bee inside the other day---the noise out of it was reverberating, he was huge but beautiful so I guided it out with a rolled up newspaper and blow me, he was hovering outside again before ( if it was the same one ) so I had to close the patio door just in case. My word I wouldn't like one of those landing on the end of my nose.

Yes I have lots. They nest in my roof and porch cavity. I got one in the bathroom last night and got stung for my trouble little b****r

I’ve not seen any wasps but there are bees flying around the size of B52 bombers!

I must hang up my Waspinator (being allergic) and keep the back door closed. I found a tiny hole in the wall (drilled through for an aerial) where they must have been getting in. (I say 'they' but it could have been the same queen wasp, two days running.)

Yes i think they are,and a lot more about than usual, i have had 3 in the house and seen a lot flying arond in the garden,seen quite a few bees as well