Graham P Davis wrote:

On 21/04/2019 00:36, philgurr wrote:
These are queen wasps out of hibernation and looking for a site for
a new nest (byke).

Phil.

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
...
Been having a bit of a problem here for the past couple of days
with very large wasps. I've had to deal with several in the
house. We don't usually get very many wasps here and certainly
not this early in the year. These ones are rather slower-moving
than the bog-standard British wasps and they appear to be at
least 50% larger.

I've noticed a couple of people on Twitter commenting on them in
other parts of the country. Perhaps they are 'immigrants' as a
result of climate change.


I'd also go along with the idea that they are queen wasps. April
seems to be the usual time to see them. Someone in my old home town
(Rushden, Northants) reported a lot of wasps around their house a few
days ago, so many that they thought there must be a nest.

Thanks, both. I've never noticed them before. Perhaps there are more
than usual this year.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
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