Wasps

[emmie]

has anyone noticed more wasps around than usual. I tried to have some lunch yesterday, al fresco as you do, and ended up losing the lot to a swarm of angry wasps. Miffed i was...

[murraymints]

All the beasties in the universe are in my garden !

[janbee]

Haven't seen many wasps this year so far, certainly not here in Sussex. September is the month they start to be a real bother. This year though I have noticed a SLIGHT increase in the amount of bumble bees around. I planted a lavender bush in my front(south facing) garden and it's been covered in bees. At the back of the house, the honey bees seem to love the Buddleia and the Hebe(not sure of spelling?)and honeysuckle. I do all I can to encourage the bees and the butterflies.

[emmie]

don't eat jam, and my pasta dish went through the air like a Frisbee, i got to try one forkful before they descended.

[woofgang]

I've got saponaria in my garden which seems to attract moths. Its a very pretty pink flowered plant, long flowering period, easy to grow a pleasant scent like expensive floral soap. The other big draw is fuchsia magellanica, the varigated leaf variety which is full of bees from early to late.
saponaria
http://www.hayloft-plants.co.uk/Saponaria/officinalis-Rosea-Plena/prod8404.html

[emmie]

i was outside, so the people surrounding me must have wondered why i was doing my flight of the bumble bee/wasp impression... i haven't seen so many for yonks.

[factor-fiction]

Welcome back. It must have been nearly 3 weeks you were away.

[factor-fiction]

Eh- I haven't been on this thread and never go in Animals& Nature- I was replying to Smowball's thread

[emmie]

moi?

[emmie]

ok..
mind you i had another attack of wasps whilst eating al fresco the other day, they are a blooming pest.

[joggerjayne]

There are thousands and thousands of the things.

It's been like the Battle Of Britain reenacted by wasps this week.

[emmie]

my lunch outside was almost ruined again, they came at me like trident missiles, one beastie though not a wasp dropped straight into the coffee, that was annoying..

[joggerjayne]

If it "dropped" it was probably dead in the air, having been shot down by the Battle Of Britain wasps.

[emmie]

could be, it couldn't swim that's for sure.

[douglas9401]

The Battle of Britain was more about dogfights I think. :P

[emmie]

dogflies then.

[naomi24]

Up until a few days ago, very few, but suddenly we're bombarded!