Bee or wasp

[jiggy 3,209]

Which are these they look like a wasp but small. They are nesting in my soffit with a nest bigger than a football but more of a blob than a sphere and it's not hanging it's just lying flat on inside of soffit. Will they go away themselves after a few weeks or do I have to go ninja style on them? Do they die off or hibernate and set up there again next year?

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

1 hour ago, jiggy said:

Which are these they look like a wasp but small. They are nesting in my soffit with a nest bigger than a football but more of a blob than a sphere and it's not hanging it's just lying flat on inside of soffit. Will they go away themselves after a few weeks or do I have to go ninja style on them? Do they die off or hibernate and set up there again next year?

 

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If you get a minute, maybe take a brief glance at our website https://www.hampshire-waspcontrol.co.uk,.....it should be helpful.

[Deker 3,491]

Its a wasp, I can't see what type from the picture, it does look a bit discoloured.

If the nest it not causing you a problem leave it, many have already reached maturity and "gone", yours will soon, its getting a bit late in the season, but I have dealt with them until late November before.

The fertilized females will hibernate and create a nest next year, if its viable they are the Queen, they may nest in the same area again, but not in the same nest.

Edited October 7, 2018 by Deker

[j j m 6,617]

some sort of wasp bud

[DIDO.1 22,864]

1 hour ago, Balaur said:

That's a wasp, they should die off before long . Then I'd remove nest maybe burn it . 

Why burn it? It's not an alien egg

[DIDO.1 22,864]

When ever I get a phone call from someone who can't identify a wasp I always feel a bit sad....

[jiggy 3,209]

Thanks lads there was a wasp nest in a cavity block in garden about 6 weeks ago. Not far from new nest, but they were much bigger twice the size and had more defining colours and were easily identifiable as wasp. I don't have any fear of wasps and even when they were swarming I just picked up the block and threw it in a barrel of water and closed the lid ,job done . This new nest is in a tight cubby hole in attic that if you crawled in to touch it you would be attacked and struggle to get a quick exit. There is an orchard next door so that's why they are around. If you take a bite out of them apples you better check for holes or you would have a very swollen tongue. There an early to ripe red apple where the soft flesh inside goes red as soon as they are ready. Fcuking wasps love burrowing into them.

[jiggy 3,209]

10 hours ago, Deker said:

Its a wasp, I can't see what type from the picture, it does look a bit discoloured.

If the nest it not causing you a problem leave it, many have already reached maturity and "gone", yours will soon, its getting a bit late in the season, but I have dealt with them until late November before.

The fertilized females will hibernate and create a nest next year, if its viable they are the Queen, they may nest in the same area again, but not in the same nest.

Cheers I'll leave it so. It's hard get access to deal with it.

[Greyman 32,041]

43 minutes ago, jiggy said:

Cheers I'll leave it so. It's hard get access to deal with it.

You can go in b and q type stores and by a spray foam aerosol thing that you just spray on the nest it swells up around the nest like expanding foam and kills all the inhabitants, if the eu have,nt banned it yet

[Deker 3,491]

1 hour ago, Greyman said:

You can go in b and q type stores and by a spray foam aerosol thing that you just spray on the nest it swells up around the nest like expanding foam and kills all the inhabitants, if the eu have,nt banned it yet

If access is a problem they are a waste of time, (and most nests are well tucked away), even if the entire nest is in plain view few Homeowners will do the job properly!

I have been called to deal with loads of nests after the owners tried!

Edited October 8, 2018 by Deker

[TOMO 28,966]

1 hour ago, Greyman said:

You can go in b and q type stores and by a spray foam aerosol thing that you just spray on the nest it swells up around the nest like expanding foam and kills all the inhabitants, if the eu have,nt banned it yet

ive tried that stuff a number of times and found it to be useless

[The one 8,587]

Wont wasps return every year to near where a old  nest was ?> its like they can smell them out or something 

[Greyman 32,041]

Well I,m not a professional pest controller so don't have to pretend to people what an extremely difficult beast the wasp is to eradicate, and I,ve done loads and loads of nests for people free of charge with nothing more than 2 aerosol cans one to defend myself with as I expose the nest and the foam one to cover the nest once exposed,  have never failed, or been stung and for the pesty,s worrying I,m stealing there lively hood I would,nt panic people like me who deal with there own shit are a dying breed, the new generation will be phoning you up to remove a spider from the bath soon so good days ahead

[Deker 3,491]

9 hours ago, The one said:

Wont wasps return every year to near where a old  nest was ?> its like they can smell them out or something 

Not as such that I am aware.   You had a nest to start with, so the original wasp thought it was a good place to make a nest, so will others.

The fertilized females left that nest to hibernate and try and make it through the winter.  Some of them may have not gone very far at all, so it is always possible one may make it back to the first nest site and start another nest.