On Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 11:15:25 PM UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
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.

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

There seems more this year here too. As many as usually in August. Must be the early warm spell.
They are flying all round my garden looking at places to start a nest.
Seem to fancy an air brick in my house wall.
I've told them they can't nest there and blocked it with a piece of wood.

Len
Wembury, SW Devon