The Wasp!!!

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by yola

Eileen - that is EXACTLY the brute that we had . . . about 2 inches long is about right, and he was that orangey colour. I think it's about the 6th time that they've slung him out only to have to do it again the next day

I think after the second time I'd just have stomped him!

[Moli]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Moli, what kind of nest is it making? Is it a mud-dauber one or a paper one? Apparently it's determined to build in your shed; the catch and release doesn't seem to be working. If I were you I'd get the wasp spray and then spray it at night while it's sleeping; that's what I've done.

I'm allergic to bee/wasp stings also, not the really severe allergy that sends you into anaphylactic (sp?) shock, but I get horrible huge swellings and need to go to the ER for a shot!

We have an enormous hornet here called a cicada killer..I'll see if I can find a pic...it's scary! Almost two inches long!

It was making a paper nest DM, checked on the net, and it said if its nest was destroyed, she would make one somewhere else, luckily she has not returned....

[dandysmom]

Good news,Moli!

[angieh]

I guess it must have been a Queen wasp Moli - what a good thing you got rid of her at the beginning or you would have had all her progeny in your shed too!

Thanks for clarifying the katydid question, Eileen. I like crickets and grasshoppers. We get quite a lot of them, especially grasshoppers, here - late July/August. They do tend to come indoors by mistake, but they are never a chore to scoop up and put outside again.

[dandysmom]

Cats love grasshoppers! All of mine have loved chasing them out in the back garden, harnesses and all...they jump so nicely when poked with a paw! Most of them get away but the occasional one gets eaten... yuk!

[Jac]

If she does come back Moli just kill it