peeriebryan Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Is it just me, or are there hardly any wasps on the go this year Some info on wasps in Shetland http://www.nature-shetland.co.uk/entomology/wasps.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I think last winter must have killed a lot of them off....splendid! The Council had a scheme which got rid of nests too...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 One flew into our glassy porch about a month ago, it was quite large and may have been a queen. It received a very close inspection of the Shetland Times, at high speed, speed reading you might say. Anyway it took three 'glances' at the front page before the peerie sausage became inanimate. There's not many things i'll 'introduce' to the paper, but i really dunna like wasps much. So if anybody wants to hand out any rewards for the erradication of wasps this year it would seem that it's most probably all down to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I haven't seen a single one in Glasgow this summer. Maybe the little buggers know something about an impending apocalypse that we've not noticed. Like the dolphins in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 ^ ,hmm major storms, catastrophes, famine, disease and the conflict nearing Tel Meggido, i was wondering about starting an apocalyptic thread. Mybe indeed the wasps will have the last laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I don't think I have spotted one of the little beggars yet. There have been plenty of things pretending to be wasps though. Odd fly looking things which do appear to be on the increase this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted July 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 There have been plenty of things pretending to be wasps though. Odd fly looking things which do appear to be on the increase this year.A good analogy for Lerwick Neds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 felt smug the other day when 2 were terrorising some pals at a barbecue. As a smoker I simply lit up and the wasp kept well away. I suppose you could say that occasional attention of insects is preferable to a smoking related disease, but ah'll no be listening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 felt smug the other day when 2 were terrorising some pals at a barbecue. As a smoker I simply lit up and the wasp kept well away. I suppose you could say that occasional attention of insects is preferable to a smoking related disease, but ah'll no be listening! Works great to keep midgies at arms length too....Us smokers may well exit this mortal coil before our time, but at least we won't be eaten alive by assorted blood thirsty insects while we're waiting for that final curtain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mia Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 The Edinburgh Evening News front page a few days ago read wasps invation of capital with a picture of a huge mutha of a wasp 8O !! Thank god I haven't come across any yet but the moths down here are getting bad yuk yuk yuk!! HELP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turrifield Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I was pruning my plum tree today it has hundreds of wasps in it. They feed on the sticky excretions from aphids. I didn't get stung though. Wasps are actually a mixed blessing for us gardeners, they pollinate flowers and feed thier young on caterpillars and help to clean up the aphids excretions which can lead to fungal infections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowe Posted August 5, 2006 Report Share Posted August 5, 2006 Once when I was a kid I was flying down a hill on my bike so fast that the handle bars were really shaking and I was almost out of control and I looked down and there was a wasp on my bare thigh. Terrible feeling not being able to do anything about it and just bracing myself for being stung and then crashing my bike! Luckily neither happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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