Long legged wasp things

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:34

Do they sting could anyone tell me please

Tinkie


Joined: 16/03/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:40

If its the thin waisted ones, they dont sting, they just seem to be looking for somewhere to build litlle nest every where....harmless.

cyprusjoker


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:44

Yes thats them, and your dead right they seem to be trying to build nests all over my house, are you deffo they dont sting thou

Tinkie


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:46

Im 99% sure, they dont even come near you like normal wasps and have no interest in food like normal wasps they just want to build those darn nests! I am terrified of normal wasps and hornets but not at all bothered to have the thin ones in the house.

cyprusjoker


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:49

Ill take your word Tinkie, thanks for info.

Tootie


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:52

I think they are known as "potter wasps" and can sting.

http://tinyurl.com/37uvcd6

Tootie


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:57

Like Tinkie says they are not like wasps from Uk that will sting you just for the hell of it.

But they can sting.

Spearfish



Joined: 23/04/2010
Posts: 149

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 18:58

They wont sting. but never the less they can same as the big hornet. No interest in stinging you.

cyprusjoker


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Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:00

So they do sting but they dont want to unless you give them grief.

Tootie


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:02

http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/Ento/pestweb/Query1_1.idc?ID=2094548673

snakes



Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 1512

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:19

Tootie Where you bin mate you been quiet on threads you normally thrive on !!! are you ok ? hope to see ya Friday cheers barry ! ouch just been stung by a leggy thing !!!

Tootie


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Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:24

Barry, I banned myself for a week due to better things to do with my life.

Think of it as the Cyprus44 detox plan



Dont worry I'll see you on Friday mate......

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:29

Yea their harmless enough, they just like to Potter about !!

snakes



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Posts: 1512

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:30

What a good idea Toots !! how on earth did you manage without the expert advise from 44 members ? I'd be worried your not connected to a charity are you ?? regards barry

Tinkie


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Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:30

Not the potter wasp...the thead waisted wasp



http://www.wildsideholidays.com/natural/insects-and-creepy-crawlies/92-bees-wasps-and-flies/94-thread-waisted-wasp.html

cooper


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Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:33

Shouldn't that one be on a separate thread ??

Tootie


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:41

Good find Tinkie, they look like the ones although sound the same.



Barry, You know I cant answer that question on here ! Pls shhh...!

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 21:25

I think it is also known as a Donkey Wasp. They will make their 'wattle and daub' nests anywhere they feel safe...although i have found nests behind a rarely used dining table chair...Mr Ted and Poppy find them great sources of entertainment...because they fly fairly slowly, and haphazardly they make great chasing objects! (although i admit, i am always worried they will jump off the mezzanine mid chase!)



Anyway, they are quite harmless....and i have found, that once the nests are built...they go away...so much for parental care!! LOL





DD

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 21:29

What you've got to watch out for is that when these 'Mason Bees' build their nests around your property, the Cyprus hornets predate their grubs. This is why you often see hornets hovering close, or even entering the space where the 'Mason Bee' has built its nest.



You'd have to grab hold of a 'Mason Bee' for it to sting you - but its sting is ruddy painful!

spud50


Joined: 02/05/2008
Posts: 213

Message Posted:
21/08/2010 23:14

One stung our puppy yesterday. She was like a demented dog, screeching and running around so they obviously hurt. Her mother, a cross cyprus terrier, managed to bite it off and kill it. Got to say the mother is a superb wasp, fly catcher. Has anybody else noticed this about cyprus terriers?

frontalman



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Message Posted:
22/08/2010 14:37

Very interesting creaures. They build a mud nest size of half a tennis ball or less. After eggs are laid looks like a honeycomb with grubs interspersed at regular intervals. The parent wasp will return from time to time to check on fat, wiggly, maggot grub thingies until they fly the nest leaving a perforated dried-up mud ball. My use of the term 'fat' is only an observation based on the comparative size of a house-fly maggot, and not a judgement.