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Title: European hornet nest removal Post by: Monsterlover on April 15, 2020, 04:08:50 PM :o :o :o
https://youtu.be/2JwgGHVEn38 Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: DarkMonster620 on April 15, 2020, 04:49:34 PM :o :o
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: koko64 on April 15, 2020, 08:14:00 PM Wow. Lethal.
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: ducpainter on April 16, 2020, 08:40:44 AM What were you searching for when you found that? [laugh] [laugh]
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Speedbag on April 16, 2020, 09:25:07 AM I'm not sure I want to know... [laugh]
Lately I've been finding and killing the odd groggy wasp (it's still cool out) inside my shop every few days. Makes me paranoid there's a dormant nest in the building somewhere. This video ratchets up the paranoia a few dozen notches. Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Stella on April 16, 2020, 10:35:38 AM What were you searching for when you found that? [laugh] [laugh] That crossed my mind too. ha. I watched this last night and was amazed (like I am by nature) by the engineering skills of these (and many other) beasts. And hearing them chew into the drywall from 2 feet away..... yikes. No thanks. Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Monsterlover on April 16, 2020, 07:18:08 PM What were you searching for when you found that? [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] I'm not even sure anymore. This was one of YouTube's suggested videos that's part of the rabbit hole that happens after you watch just about anything. I was either watching a Borderlands 3 video or a 10 hrs of static video to help with some image retention I'm having on a plasma tv... because of Borderlands 3 :P Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: ZLTFUL on April 16, 2020, 10:05:19 PM We had a wasp nest that I destroyed with the pressure washer a few times before I *thought* they got the hint and left.
Nope...turns out they just relocated to behind the siding and increased the swarm massively. So much so that the stupid vinyl siding started to crack when they were nesting. Eventually, I pulled the siding off to find about 250 wasps waiting for me with malice on their minds and hatred in their hearts. It was a fierce battle but eventually, with the help of the pressure washer, 10 or so cans of wasp spray, a large broom and a lot of banzai runs (me, not the wasps), I emerged victorious. Now to figure out how to wipe out the damned Japanese beetles that attack my basil plants every summer... Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Monsterlover on April 17, 2020, 03:01:49 AM Wasps know nothing but hate
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: DesmoDiva on April 17, 2020, 04:29:10 PM :o :-X
I was fascinated and disgusted at the same time. The architecture of a comb one of nature's beauty. Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Monsterlover on April 17, 2020, 04:46:27 PM :o :-X I was fascinated and disgusted at the same time. The architecture of a comb one of nature's beauty. My exact thoughts as well! How about those chickens when they were about to get fed/feeding time!! They wasted no time. Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Speeddog on April 18, 2020, 10:08:41 AM I may post a picture of a giant japanese hornet.
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Monsterlover on April 18, 2020, 08:58:34 PM Do it!
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Speeddog on April 18, 2020, 09:21:56 PM Do it! I suspect that some research will reveal that these are wrongly named and that they're actually from Australia. It would fit with all of the other Aussie fauna that have lethal capability. (http://d2u8r8la08imki.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/22101310/30613f1707db9552bcf6774fcb8b94b2--japanese-giant-hornet-brown-recluse-spider.jpg) Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: Monsterlover on April 19, 2020, 04:39:49 AM That would make sense. Everything else in Australia wants to kill you dead.
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: koko64 on April 19, 2020, 04:43:29 AM It's a determined looking beast.
Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: ducpainter on April 19, 2020, 04:50:57 AM I suspect that some research will reveal that these are wrongly named and that they're actually from Australia. What I find is that they're correctly named... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_hornetIt would fit with all of the other Aussie fauna that have lethal capability. (http://d2u8r8la08imki.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/22101310/30613f1707db9552bcf6774fcb8b94b2--japanese-giant-hornet-brown-recluse-spider.jpg) Title: Re: European hornet nest removal Post by: koko64 on April 19, 2020, 05:02:31 AM We have native wasps, but European wasps/hornets have made it here and are causing enviromental issues.
That Japanese Hornet looks like a Power Ranger. [evil] |