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Is this a hornet in my car?

21 replies

Strawberrysprinkless · 21/07/2023 11:46

Just curious if this is a hornet which was in my car this morning. It was absolutely huge! If just a wasp then it was like 2x the size of any other wasp I’ve seen!

Is this a hornet in my car?
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Seasideanticscanleadtosandybuckets · 21/07/2023 11:48

Came on to see if you had a new swish small horn op!!

Beneficialchampion2 · 21/07/2023 11:53

It's a wasp.

Strawberrysprinkless · 21/07/2023 11:55

Thanks. I thought it might be because of the colouring but I’ve never seen one so huge!

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KrisAkabusi · 21/07/2023 11:55

No, that's a wasp

Squit · 21/07/2023 12:05

It is impossible to tell how large that wasp is from your picture, but it is certainly a common wasp. Hornets have almost no black on them but are striped dark yellow and brown.

Their size is alarming but they are fairly docile. The common wasp is far more aggressive.

ChrisPriss · 21/07/2023 12:19

Wasps are spiteful bastards!

cuckyplunt · 21/07/2023 12:20

That is 100% a hornet, google them.

Sparklfairy · 21/07/2023 12:44

Asian hornet?? Hope not!

Is this a hornet in my car?
FortheBeautyoftheEarth · 21/07/2023 12:47

That's a hornet. They look like wasps on steroids.😱

RocketPanda · 21/07/2023 12:56

Wasps are absolutely huge this year and far too sting happy if you ask me. You only have to look at them crooked and they're twerking their stingy hole at you.

Can you guess I've been stung twice today?

Papernotplastic · 21/07/2023 12:59

It could be a Queen wasp. I’ve only seen one once and they are BIG.

mamamilkmachine · 21/07/2023 13:03

That's huge, even Peppa looks shocked 😂

OrwellianTimes · 21/07/2023 13:17

Yes looks like bog standard European Hornet.

Thrg are big but pretty docile. Not aggressive like wasps.

https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/european-hornets

European Hornets | Sussex Wildlife Trust

https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/european-hornets

LizzieW1969 · 21/07/2023 13:32

It looks like a wasp to me, but then I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hornet, so I wouldn’t say that it definitely isn’t one.

Wasps are spiteful beasts, as a PP said, I’m really scared of them. I had a very bad reaction to a sting on my leg a few years ago, it took 3 weeks for the swelling to go down.

LizzieW1969 · 21/07/2023 13:36

Hmm, could be a European hornet, having looked at the picture. I’ve probably seen them without realising they were hornets and not wasps.

WeAllKnowHeWillGetAwayWithIt · 21/07/2023 14:01

Wasps can be huge bastards.

I was on a packed train in France recently and had a full blown panic attack because a huge beast of a wasp had decided to travel in the same carriage as me (all aircon so no window for somebody to fling the bugger out). Wasn't my finest hour 😂

Strawberrysprinkless · 21/07/2023 14:02

@mamamilkmachine 😂

yes hard to tell from the photo but it really was massive and it flew straight in whilst I was driving and DC was in the back so I had to pull over!

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Isittimeformynapyet · 21/07/2023 14:05

In my limited experience hornets make a really loud noise, almost like an old aeroplane

maddening · 21/07/2023 14:13

Based on underside it could be a hornet

Is this a hornet in my car?
Seeline · 21/07/2023 14:24

Hornets are huge

Is this a hornet in my car?
MavisMcMinty · 21/07/2023 14:29

Hornets are REALLY REALLY loud, unmistakeable. They are also very big and very long, again unmistakeable close up. We have hornets nesting in our webcam nesting box every year outside the bedroom window, so if the windows are open they fly into the bedroom to scout out the beams for their nest-building.

Nothing gets me out of bed faster! They should make a buzzing hornet alarm clock ring tone. Or a cat getting ready to puke.

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