Had to catch him alone this time, my dad wasn't home. This creature never leaves. It lives only to haunt me.

If this happens next year I might just move house. Probably the best option at this point.

My cat is currently sat batting at the box. Deserved tbh.

by pilipalaii

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  1. Likely have a wasps nest near by. The average Wasp only lives for like 22 days.

    Edit: My bad, a hornet. Still they only live for a year. Point is still valid!

  3. I had one make it’s way into my bedroom my windows were on vent/latch so the big shit somehow squoze it’s way in 🥲, worse part the windows are locked and he wouldn’t move from the window that needed opening and everytime I went to try and unlock it, the bugger flew at my hand.

    I hate killing things but I had no choice, didn’t wanna wake up getting attacked 😭

  4. I’d take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

  5. As terrifyingly massive they are they are actually very placid

  7. Is this an Asian hornet (aka “murder hornet”)? If so, or even if you think it may be, please report it. They’re an invasive species and highly destructive toward native pollinators like bees. Where there’s one, there’s likely a whole hive of many, many more.

    You can find the app to report them here: [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-app-to-report-asian-hornet-sightings](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-app-to-report-asian-hornet-sightings)

  8. Hornets are scary but beautiful, fairly passive towards humans and (the non invasive ones) an important part of the natural eco system.

  10. What’s the size, looks like it’s near an inch from the pics? Maybe the zoom is distorting the real size.

  11. It’s a European hornet.

    I understand phobias, if it had two more legs I’d be in bits, but it’s harmless to you and it’s good for the ecosystem. If you can find the courage, please let it go outside.

  13. We used to get 10 ish of these things milling on the back door.

    They look scary and sound horrid but are pretty placid if it’s the same ones.

  14. We had a hornets nest nearby a few years ago, and they would terrorise us when we left windows open. I will not forget the terror of trying to fall asleep, to then hear BZZZZZ right next to my ear. I had to use wasp nest foam on one when it got into the bathroom.

    It’s for this reason I now have two 4000V ‘fly killer’ rackets. Not the poundshop kind, the USB-C charged, big battery massive-whack noise when you zap something with it.

  15. I had one of these come in to our front room last night. I went full hazmat (gloves, coat) and got a large bucket and trapped the massive bastard. Got it outside, kicked the bucket over and ran in. We have a few buzzing round our way, pretty docile but scary as they are HUGE. 

  16. Be careful opening it, they release pheromones when stressed and attract others to the area.

    You’re stuck now with an angry stingy girl in a box, or potentially other angry stingy girls coming for backup

  18. Every single year, without fail, for the last NINE years. A swarm of these tiny Harrier Jets make a nest in the roof of the garage, in which I live.

    We do many battles over the summer months, songs would be sung about them… if my manly shrieks of fear could be deciphered into lyrics.

  20. I had a massive one in my bathroom yesterday. Left the window open for hours and shut the door but this guy wouldn’t leave. I’m badly allergic to wasp venom so I cant mess about, ran to the corner shop for a can of Raid. Cost me a fiver and I get back only for the little bastarf to have found his way out in the less than 5 minutes it took me to go to the shop.

  22. When I had kids I got CBT for my wasp phobia. I can’t tell you how much more enjoyable summer is after 30 years of being terrified 3 months of the year.

  23. Hornets aren’t aggressive like bastard wasps. If you love it, set it free

  24. We get these at ours every summer and no joke, they sound like helicopters. So loud. But they’re very slow and tend to walk around on the ground rather than fly. Bloody scary things though.

  25. A European hornet – I had my first encounter at a wedding. There was a few of them chilling near the buffet. As I ordered a drink, one landed in front of me. Since my first thought was ‘MASSIVE C**TING WASP’ I slammed my phone on it. The enormous bastard basically handed me my phone back.

    That day I learnt they’re really quite dopey and are unlikely to bother you.

  28. Hornet. They’re actually quite rare and don’t deserve their reputation as they’re a lot more docile than wasps whose sole purpose in life is to be a stripy cunt.

    Hornets are a bit more sentient than we think. If you approach the container, it’ll turn and look at you, raising its front legs. If anyone else approaches, it won’t do that, so it recognises the person that trapped it.

    Best thing is to let it go. Do not, under any circumstances, kill it by crushing it. They release a pheromone that will attract every hornet for miles around, and they’ll be pissed that you killed their buddy.

  29. So big! God I hate those things.

    One came into my kitchen last year at night and I was so shocked by its size I ran out the kitchen and shut the door It took me a while to find words to explain to my partner (who was asking me what’s wrong at the time) to tell him what was wrong lol.

  30. So these used to come in the bathroom. Turns out they are the queen wasps that hibernate in your attic and leave via the light fitting.

    You could check your attic for holes or seal up the light fixtures. Cheaper probably than moving.

  32. that’s a big lad, in’t it.

    i keep getting them* in my kitchen. for some reason, they come in the back door, buzz their way into the nearby kitchen window (which is never open), and then get stuck. i’m frequently retrieving dead waspy* things from the kitchen windowsill because they can’t seem to understand there is another exit route (ie, the one they came in!).

    it’s only waspy* things this happens to. your bog standard fly has no fucking problem following me into every single room i am in.

    *both wasps and bees. i don’t think i’ve had a hornet tbf.

  33. We’ve got magnetic fly screens across our windows so the buggers can’t just wander in. Best investment so far until I get air conditioning and never need open the windows again.

  34. Get screens for the windows and doors, the magnetic ones that fall back into place are good.

  35. Fly/insect screens for windows are less than a tenner on Amazon, thoroughly recommend. Attaches with velcro, is a roll of mesh material. I basically have the windows open from May-September.

  36. Hornets are like gentle giants compared to wasps. As long as you are calm, all they want is to go back outside.

    I get loads in my bedroom every year. Most of them fly in, do a few laps and then leave. Others get stuck and need polite rescuing.

  37. No no please no! we cannot allow these beasts to flourish here😭😢 if one of these gets into my home my soul will leave my body instantly I’m bad enough with wasps, bees, ladybirds and large flies …I just don’t need this shit!!!

  38. Anyone else getting Jumanji vibes from this thing?

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