Flying pests!

[Justin B.]

Strange, over here Hornets are nasty buggers.  Yours sound like second cousins to our June Bugs.  Big, fat, buzz like crazy, come out at night, attracted to light and seem to not have very good control over their flight path!  Not nearly as scary looking as yours...



I remember my Dad telling me him and his twin brother riled up a nest of Bald-Face Hornets and they put a hurtin' on 'em.

[dogshome]

Bad pic through toilet window late at night.

[dogshome]

PMPLOL 

Went up to bed early. Was woken by the missus and some kerfuffle downstairs. TWO hornets and a version of the Benny Hill (remember him?) high speed chase going on in the living room. Hornet no#1 (we'll call him Henry) had missed the exit and had landed on my wife's hair    Hornet no#2 (Hector) was on the window asking to be let out. So ALL LIGHTS ON!!! and Henry and Hector are now completely confused and chasing my wife around 

I hit the lights (out) and suddenly Henry and Hector are back on the window face to face and dancing. "What happened mate?" "Some bloody human put all the lights on and scared the hell out of me!" "OK chill out, the other one turned them out, take it easy" "Yeah, well I could do with a wasp snack after that".

2 minutes later, hornets outside, missus inside still shaking her hair and flapping her shirt around. I don't think she actually panicked (  ) just 'surprised' 

[Justin B.]

Hah!  Too bad you don't have a video to send in to Funniest Home Videos!  Did you think to have some Sax music going on in the background? 

[dogshome]

More than my life is worth making or sending that video in 

[Justin B.]

You only live once plus you could win $10000!

[dogshome]

'Friendly' wasp decided to hitch a ride in my helmet on the way home from work. I could see him walking about between my forehead and the visor.....

I resorted to Plan 'B' i.e. pull over, open visor, slowly remove sunglasses and then helmet. At some point during this manouvre, my guest managed to get squished and fell out in 3 bits. I was hoping he might fly off, so a win-lose not a sting-sting situation 


What is Plan A you may ask? "Oh F^&^%!!!!!!!" "Panic Mode Engaged", throw bike down nearest hedge and run off screaming like a girl 

[dogshome]

Wasps!!!! 

Just getting dusk and there is a steady stream of newborns heading down the side of our house. They don't stop, but there is an unmarked motorway here. The bigger ones tend to fly on, the little 'uns get in my way!!!

Anyone got a European hornets nest or queen they don't want?   

[dogshome]

A year of no insects seems to be improving this year. Riding through the fields today, the regular "smack!" of a bug somewhere on me 

I was toying with some presciption goggles and using my open face helmet some more. Then I got hit by a huge bug. The full face helmet and visor I have probably wouldn't stop a bullet, but it stopped this monster. I might rethink the goggles......

[dogshome]

 

[dogshome]

The fake nest works. It's been up a fortnight and wasps gone. There was a real nest starting in that spot a few years ago, so that may help with the effect.


Didn't stop one getting in my helmet again on the way home from work though. I was doing about 20, so it had a soft landing in the padding next to my eye. I pulled over, took gloves off, shut eyes and removed lid........

Mr Wasp decided he'd had a good day and simply flew off home 


The bugs are back this year in the UK. I've been washing my visor and lid over the sink every night. Cloth and bit of spit not enough.

[dogshome]

Spring 2026 is off to a flying start. I'd just left the works car park and was about to close my visor and....

Red tailed bumblebee inside my lid. Stopped, slowly lifted helmet and it dropped out and flew away happily. Yes they can sting.