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15-10-2009, 05:34 PM
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| | | Huge Wasp
Can anyone help me please?
I live in Kent and today, being a warm day i saw something with disbelief!
Being a builder, i have disturbed queen wasps in roofs early spring and i have seen big dark red and yellow hornets mid summer out the front of my house that sound like Helicopters going past, but today was a whole new ball game..........I just hope someone can identify this from my description!
I drove up the lane toward my house and stopped to reverse up the drive, at first, i thought I caught a glimpse of a small bird out of the corner of my eye hovering and moving around the hedgerow, but then i realised it was an insect.
I reversed up the drive and then stayed in my van and watched as what i can only describe as a huge wasp, was searching the hedgerow, it was about 2 inches long and as thick as my thumb, it appeared to be darker than a wasp although it was striped and it looked hairy, what i did notice was that there appeared to be smaller wasps/bees/hornets flying around the same area.
I have looked at other sightings and photos on hear and nothing comes near, in fact i would say it was like a 2" butt on a Havana ciger, so it was pretty big, but was still quite agile in the air.
Can anyone suggest what I might have seen? excuse the pun, but its bugging me now!  |
15-10-2009, 05:58 PM
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| | | Re: Huge Wasp
Have a look at Uroceras gigas, the Wood Wasp. It can be pretty frightening at times! |
15-10-2009, 06:32 PM
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| | | Re: Huge Wasp
Thats an impressive beast, but too slim! it was as thick as my thumb! |
15-10-2009, 06:36 PM
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| | | Re: Huge Wasp
How about a queen hornet? |
15-10-2009, 06:44 PM
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So its not like this then this had a thick abdomen..  |
16-10-2009, 12:46 PM
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| | | Re: Huge Wasp
Hi, it was nothing like either of these, it was very round with no visble sting or tail, it looked more like 2 bumble bees stuck together, hopefully this will give some idea of how round it was across the body. |
16-10-2009, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mackyflapper  Hi, it was nothing like either of these, it was very round with no visble sting or tail, it looked more like 2 bumble bees stuck together, hopefully this will give some idea of how round it was across the body. | Could it be a queen Bombus terrestris? They are huge, and can be very broad but not 2" long. They are about feeding now and are active in the south over winter.
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16-10-2009, 03:15 PM
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| | | Re: Huge Wasp
I wonder if it could be a late Humming-bird Hawk Moth.
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17-10-2009, 09:46 AM
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| | | Re: Huge Wasp
Yep I agree with Wild-Woman "two bumble bees stuck together" and "hovering" its a good desciption. Only thing is it a bit late in the year for an HHH |
17-10-2009, 11:30 AM
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HHH was my first thought too, though like others have said, it's a bit late, but then we have had an exteded summer, who knows?
A good photo on here... http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/pi...hp?photo=15434
Last edited by TeresaW; 17-10-2009 at 11:34 AM.
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