to be a bit teary because there is a huge wasp in my kitchen

[VivAldi]

and I'm here alone until tomorrow evening and have had a really rubbish day.

It's a monster and flying around like a maniac. WHAT DO I DO?? I can't go in there!

prisonerofwaugh - too right

whatmeworry there is no such thing as the RSPW, and do you know why? Because wasps are shit.

Because wasps are shit.

Oh no, they are worshipped....

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pppfffftttt i am an animal lover so much that i am veggie but wasps....they are another thing they dont hesitate in stinging us the nasty little bastards and if given the chance the will sting you more than once so hey swat one and its payback and if i was you that room would not be entered until hubby comes home i mean if there is one and you have had no windows open how many more fo the little bastards could there be hiding and waiting to sting someone big hugs to you

Vivaldi, how many penii [sic] does your DH have?? I mean, share, girl!

Hornets are good. they eat wasps, and are actually not agressive unless you attack or go for their nests, but they are nosy.
Wasps on the other hand are evil fuckers, although I am allergic to them so am probably biased. They have no place in my world, so I casually walk away if they are around and let dp dispense with them. I have cans of wasp killer positioned all around my house.
Last year I got stung twice on the foot while trying to lay water pipe through thick undergrowth - guessing was not the wisest of choices of things to do. Resulted in a fast trip to the hospital in an ambulance, and then a couple of bouts of celulitis.
Death to all wasps near me is my motto. They are free to help tomatoes and oranges somewhere out of my vicinity.

:o @ this thread!!

I kill them. Wasps and I do not get on. They turn up at school fairly regularly, it is impossible to teach with a wasp in the classroom, and then if someone pipes up "Miss, I'm allergic to wasps" - well they just have to die, I'm afraid.

I got stung lots as a child, wasps, bees, hornets - you name it it's stung me.

NorksAremessy "I nearly ate a butterfly when it flew into my mouth by mistake at a butterfly farm thingy. I was eating sweets, so maybe it thought I was a yummy fruit dispenser."

Now that is MY worst nightmare. In fact I will probably have one tonight now thanks very much!

I can cope with wasps, spiders etc but have a real phobia for moths and butterflies. I sympathise with OP because I got in to a similar situation a few years ago - but with a butterfly.

It was a lovely afternoon so I had left the kitchen door open. Unfortunately the next door neighbours had budleia bushes that attract butterflies and a HUGE one, red admiral or some such, got in the house. I took refuge in the living room with DD. But then I needed to get to my mobile to call for help but it was in the kitchen with the butterfly. The only thing I could think of was to climb out of the window and go around the back to the kitchen door and snatch it up and run out again - DD was only about 2 so she looked slightly concerned when Mummy bailed out of the window. When I came back I couldn't get back in without climbing on the garden furniture. After all that, when help arrived the wretched thing had disappeared.

This thread is making me laugh so much!!

I HATE wasps and am one of those "feminine" types that runs screaming away from them. One landed on my hand when I was waiting to cross a road and I almost got hit by a bus. Hate wasps - am sure it pushed me.

Also scared of earwigs, moths, centipedes, millipedes, flying ants, bees, spiders, maggots and that big fly that pretended to be a wasp and embarrassed me in a work meeting.

I like mice and rodenty things though!

It is perfectly acceptable to kill all stinging critters,including wasps,hornets,red ants.
I take a far more lenient approach when it comes to spiders,crickets etc.
Maggots get a death sentence purely because they're fucking disgusting.

Yes countess, exactly. I'm not bothered by other creatures, just the bitey, stingy, poisonous ones. And the ones whose legs fall off really easily, like crane flies - bleurgh!

I have a wasp phobia and have 'delighted' passing motorists on many occassions over the last few years by doing my special 'running away from wasps dance' whilst waiting at the bus stop. My pathetic whimpering just adds to the spectacle.

I hate doing it but any I find in the house get liberally covered in hair spray. It stops them from being able to fly and get me. As guilty as I feel it is far less painful than when one of the bastards stung me on the neck.

Anything else gets a free pass.

oh god, I feel sick reading this. is it dead yet?

I was having a shower in December and a wasp appeared in my line of vision and I just screamed until DH came and rescued me. Then after he'd killed it, I got back in the shower, and another of the fuckers appeared.

Wasps (and biting insects) are the only creatures I would routinely and happily kill. I tend to have to rescue people at work from spiders, so am not fussed by crawly things, but wasps can fuck off.

How common is it for queen wasps to appear in homes in winter months?

All wasps should die. When I am in government I shall make this a law. My worst fear in summer is a wasps getting in an open cat window whilst driving because I would surely crash.

At university I was using the shower one day and I heard this vicious, angry buzzing sound, looked up and there was the biggest wasp I had ever seen. It was like a genetically modified super wasp and it was in the shower with me. Thus it was also a pervert. I was using sweet smelling shampoo and it started to fly around my head. I had to abandon my shower, my bathrobe and my towel as was too afraid to go back for them and had to practically streak down university corridor with only hand towel to preserve dignity.
Horrific.
Wasps must die. Evil malicious picnic ruining bastards.

car window!

Oh dear. Even just reading this thread has turned me into a nervous wreck. Seriously, I wont be able to sleep tonight! :(

Also, I hate getting stuck on the bus with a wasp, and everyone is all ducking and moving seats and trying not to look bothered when they are all very visibly shiteing themselves

I KNOW! I think British people in this situation are torn between wanting to not be stung, obv, and not wanting to look foolish/create a scene. It's a very big dilemma. However, I've been stung fairly recently so am all too aware of how much it REALLY does hurt. Bollocks to it - if I were in this situation now I'd dodge seat as and when needed!

As for the shrew lady - I laughed at that! But shrews actually have a nasty bite. My dad ran over one's tail with a tractor when I was a kid. I picked it up to rescue to it and it pretty much savaged my hand! (Well it nipped me, but you know..)

I fed the ungrateful bastard to the feral farm cats and haven't felt a scrap of remorse since.

i woke up the other night to find a massive queen wasp in my bed with me.

we had a nest last year that was destroyed by a nice man from a pest control company.he thinks this one was a queen that was hibernating somewhere in my bedroom from last summer.they are drawn to the lights so i turn off all lights in my room now - just in case.

OMG... that's TWO mumsnetters who have experienced wasps appearing in showers... that is a whole new nightmare for me to fret about now. Arrrggh

and double ARRRRGH at one in the bed

I used to be flat wasp monitor.
My American flat mate was petrified of them. Of course her room was their favourite, the little buggers always know.
She'd wait in the kitchen until I got back and dealt with it.

I hoover them out of the air if they are flying around the light on the landing. they come out of the loft.

God. I wish I hadn't read this thread.
Wasps are the epitome of evil and all must be exterminated.
I kill no other creature but any wasp coming into my house will regret it.
I have cans of Raid in every room and only open windows if I am in the room and can therefore maintain wasp watch.
We need some bloody cold weather quick to wipe out these lurking hibernators.
Tomatoes and oranges? If there is a Deal or no Deal option to swop I would give them up in an instant to be rid of the evil little shits.

This. Thread. Is. Horrific. I am expecting queen wasps around every corner. If some of your encounters had happened to me I would still be in therapy. Wasps in the shower!

I hate all yellow and black insects, although I'm getting better with bees. I don't like to kill them though.