Big wasp thing in Wales

[Ian H]

Check that bad boy out!!! Must be a distant relitave of the Dragon

 

[HERTS P&D]

Fek, you could ride that ba$tard!

Andy

 

[noseall]

Hot ersed fekkars!

 

[JohnD]

hornet, isn't it?

 

[Ian H]

I don't know, it was pretty big.

Those chopstick looking things are 100mm round posts.









Honest

 

[^woody^]

Was this by Rhyl?

Only, I Instagramed this near the old sun centre site last Monday.

 

[Ian H]

Yes, **** me it's the same one!! What are you wearing on that pic?


I was just round the corner from Rhyl in Canarfon.

 

[Stivino]

It's a wood wasp. I watched one putting its egg into a tree trunk one day many moons ago. It uses the long tail to bore into the wood to deposit the egg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horntail

 

[The Baker]

Ian H what did you use to take the picture?

Tim

 

[Ian H]

I took it on an iPhone 7 zoomed in a bit. I tried to take a closer pic of a spider on my shoe but it didn't come out as good:

 

[Brigadier]

I had one on the front of my garage last summer. It flew off before I could get a picture, but it was a good 3" long.
Googled it later and it was likely an Asian hornet. If I'd have got the picture, I could have reported it to someone, as I believe they are trying to nap the hornet's progress across Blighty.

Also, heard on r5L the other day, about seeing wasp traps in your garden, to discover which species are where.