Anyone know what this insect is?

[CallmeGoose]

found this in the garden.... havent a clue what it is... about the size of a thumb.

[Mickey]

is it a wasp

That lives in a nest

[MajorFU]

If that's a queen wasp, I hope you did the decent thing and killed it

[CallmeGoose]

look a bit of colour to me to be a wasp.... but i stand corrected..

[BigBird]

If that's a queen wasp, I hope you did the decent thing and killed it

Why??? (">

[BigBrand]

Why??? (">

Because wasps are fucking scum that's why. Proper nosey cunts. I don't like nosey cunts.

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[CallmeGoose]

just found a wasps nest in the attic....got the pest control dude in, sprayed it with some shit... will be dead soon.

dead wasps nest.

[Mickey]

can we have a photo of the wasp nest plz

[MajorFU]

Probably untrue but I'm sure I heard that if all wasps die it would have zero effect on the foodchain

They are vile creatures, kill them on site, just make sure not to kill bees

[Mule]

You're right, it is untrue.

[prezzy]

You're right, it is untrue.

Yep totally untrue - people always ask me what the fuck I am doing when not killing wasps in the office but they are just stupid...

Here is some google shit

Wasps Are Beneficial Insects

Speaking in very general terms, wasps do a lot of good, actually. The term "wasp" is used to describe thousands of species within the order Hymenoptera. These include: the parasitic wasps, like ichneumonids and braconids; hunting wasps, like mud daubers, digger wasps, and spiders wasps; and pollinators like the fig wasps. As a group, wasps provide extraordinarily important ecological services,including pollination, predation, and parasitism.

Put simply, without wasps we would be overrun with insect pests, and we would have no Fig Newtons.

I suspect, however, that you weren't thinking about things like fig wasps when you started wondering why we need wasps. You were probably aggravated by the yellowjackets hanging around your garbage cans, or terrified by the huge hornets' nest you just discovered in the shrub near your pool. We take notice of the social wasps because they build visible nests, often close to our own homes, and because they will defend these nests aggressively. How about these stinging social wasps? Do they serve any good purpose?

Stinging Wasps Are Beneficial Insects, Too

Paper wasps, hornets, and yellowjackets all belong to the same family, the Vespidae. These social wasps share the ability to construct their nests of wood fibers, which are carefully chewed into pulp by the wasps and molded into paper.
Hornets and paper wasps prey on other insects, and help keep pest insect populations under control. Paper wasps carry caterpillars and leaf beetle larvae back to their nests to feed their growing young. Hornets provision their nests with all manner of live insects to sate the appetites of their developing larvae. It takes a lot of bugs to feed a hungry brood. Both hornets and paper wasps provide vital pest control services.
Researchers at the University of Florence recently discovered another important role of both hornets and paper wasps – they carry yeast cells in their guts! Yeast is used to make bread, beer, and wine, but we know very little about how yeast lives in the wild. The University of Florence researchers found that wasps and hornets feed on late season grapes, which are rich in wild yeast. The yeast survives the winter in the stomachs of hibernating queen wasps, and is passed on to their offspring when the mother wasps regurgitate food for their young. The new generation of wasps carries the yeast back to the next season's grapes. So raise your glass to the wasps and hornets!
Yellowjackets don't get quite as much credit for being beneficial, although they should. Yellowjackets mostly scavenge dead insects to feed their offspring. We do need these services, too, of course. What would the world be like if all the dead bugs just piled up? Unfortunately, their scavenging habits and their love of sugar puts them in close proximity to people, which almost never ends well for the yellowjacket or the person.

[BigBrand]

Why do we need to go to the extremes? I'm gonna continue to kick the dick out of every yellow jacket for the rest of my life, confident it'll make dick all difference. Horrible pricks they are.

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[Mule]

How is not killing an extreme? Seems the other way round to me.

[BigBird]

I regularly show people wasps and bees walking on my hands and have even had people cowering away from me when they are talking to me and a wasp lands and starts walking around on my face. Stopped talking and closed my mouth when it came near it but then I could feel it trying to scratch away at my lip trying to get in, probably because it could sense moisture. I just blew him off an he was on his way. Had a few stings when I was younger but only when I have picked something up or grabbed a door handle not knowing a wasp was on it. Never been stung when I have let wasps and bees walk on my hands. They will only sting when they are under attack. As long as I know where they are so I don't unintentionally hurt them causing them to retaliate then all is fine.

Last year I photographed a swarm on bees that had landed on a skip in my girlfriends drive. I got right in there with the camera with bees swarming all around me and didn't get stung. Girlfriend thought I was nuts but everything was fine. They are just trying to get on with their lives like you and me. Don't understand people who feel the need to kill everything. (">

Edit: And here they are:

[Mickey]

Its not wasps that are the real nasties out there, its the hornets.

This was worth a look as a native Japanese bee colony has its secret weapon against the hornets

Spoiler:

[prezzy]

Why do we need to go to the extremes? I'm gonna continue to kick the dick out of every yellow jacket for the rest of my life, confident it'll make dick all difference. Horrible pricks they are.

Not sure I get your thinking at all - seems totally retarded. See something I am not so sure of or I am scared of so I will 'kick the dick out of and kill it'?

hmm no - it is this sort of small minded bigoted thinking that fucks us all up - well done

Find it odd people are so glad to kill stuff just for the sake of it - seems wrong

[BigBrand]

Not sure I get your thinking at all - seems totally retarded. See something I am not so sure of or I am scared of so I will 'kick the dick out of and kill it'?

hmm no - it is this sort of small minded bigoted thinking that fucks us all up - well done

Find it odd people are so glad to kill stuff just for the sake of it - seems wrong

No mate. I just hate wasps. Not scared of them. But will take every opportunity to kill them when ever their near me in the house.

Must be a right cunt me [emoji19]


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[prezzy]

Must be a right cunt me

Yep - as you say ....


So everything you 'hate' you are going to kill? or it is fair game? - makes no sense at all, I hate a lot (meh most things) but tend to keep my killing tendencies to 0

I was twatted last night when I posted that but will stand by it, it may seem petty moaning over killing a wasp but I don't get the mentality over killing something for the sake of it - you are a cunt indeed...

[Nibb]

Is it a wasps nest?

[Mule]

Is it a wasps nest?

Is the wasps nest a wasps nest? Yes, I think it's safe to assume that.