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Cocoons in my attic WTF?!!!

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charliecat · 01/05/2005 21:06

Hust found 2 bigger than an inch big cocoons in my attic....any ideas? im totally freaked out and need to KNOW! They are creamy in colour.

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debs26 · 01/05/2005 21:09

if they are slightly furry with lttle black dots they could be spider egg sacs. post a photo im sure someone will know then

JanH · 01/05/2005 21:10

Do you mean an inch long or wide (eek)?

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charliecat · 01/05/2005 21:14

wide and long!!!!
trying to get photo together now
...herehere

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Newbarnsleygirl · 01/05/2005 21:18

Wow, thats impressive.

Have you searched the net?

JanH · 01/05/2005 21:18

wasp nest eek!

JanH · 01/05/2005 21:19

it seems cruel but I would spray it with fly spray (right inside).

SaintGeorge · 01/05/2005 21:20

I wouldn't spray it with anything - if it is wasps you might just aggravate them and cause yourself a bigger problem. Find out what it is before you take any action.

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charliecat · 01/05/2005 21:21

really...a wasp nest for just a few...?

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charliecat · 01/05/2005 21:22

have added a couple more piccys

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SaintGeorge · 01/05/2005 21:24

Ohh yeah, in that 2nd pic it does look like a wasp or maybe a hornets nest.

Newbarnsleygirl · 01/05/2005 21:24

Aren't wasps nests bigger?

SaintGeorge · 01/05/2005 21:25

For comparison:

wasp nest

hornets nest

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charliecat · 01/05/2005 21:26

even though its only 1.5 inches big?...this is much less worrying than the giant beast I had imagined

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charliecat · 01/05/2005 21:26

id half say it was a hornets nest...they are should I say...so NOW what do I do?

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JanH · 01/05/2005 21:27

We had one in the shed last year (right above the door, just above our heads); DH insisted on knocking the nest, with mum in it (they are wonderful mums ) into a tupperware box and taking it away and putting it elsewhere; the mum shot out of the box straight back to the shed where the nest had been, buzzed about for a bit in a state of confusion and then disappeared.

If you leave it you will have lots of wasps in a couple of months.

baka · 01/05/2005 21:29

call a pest controller- there are loads in the yelllow pages. When we had a wasps nest we found a local guy who came, squirted some stuff in th enst and they were gone within hours. Don't use rentokil- they're twoice the price.

SaintGeorge · 01/05/2005 21:29

Well I'd leave it to a nice Pest Control bloke to sort out - but then I'm a wimp when anything small and stripey is concerned, especially when the stripes are yellow and black

SaintGeorge · 01/05/2005 21:31

Try ringing your council Pest Control office - although you'll have to wait until Tuesday. They can advise you as to what it is, you can maybe even email them the pics. If it is wasps or whatever the council might be cheaper than a private firm if it needs removal.

whymummy · 01/05/2005 21:33

we also had one in the shed,dh filled a jar with water and got the nest inside the quicly closed it,we watched the nest desintegrate in the water and there was one wasp and what it look like lots of little larvae,eeeeeek,this year we have rats instead in the shed,aaaaargh!

jamiesam · 01/05/2005 21:34

Uuurghhh - so not some cocoon for creating mini-me imposter type arrangement - I was thinking Donald Sutherland film, oh you must know...

Try your Council for a quote - just checked ours, £39 (plus £13 per extra nest, not sure if you have one or three) for wasps nests. Rats and bed bugs are free though

JanH · 01/05/2005 21:35

Honestly, cc, it is a tiny nest with a few larvae in it, spray it with flyspray, and if the mummy happens to be there at the same time you will get her too and spare her the despair of losing her babies. (And you will save yourself £39.)

JanH · 01/05/2005 21:37

Or else do what whymummy did if you are really sadistic

whymummy · 01/05/2005 21:38

LOL jahn,nothing gives us more pleasure than seeing wasps die

astonished · 01/05/2005 21:39

Lol misread your title and thought you meant racoons!!

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charliecat · 01/05/2005 22:18

will do the jar thing...after ive got dp drunk and persuaded him its a good idea

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