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Re: Was this a hornet?
"Rodney Blackall" <rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:4ed39b7df6rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk... > Moving containers in the garden shed this morning I was startled by a loud > buzzing. A huge, 3 cm long, wasp like creature started cruising slowly > around brushing aside any cobweb in its way. > > I was not going to get near enough to annoy it! I got the impression of > black and yellow stripes of about equal width. My insect book suggests > that > hornets, like wasps, have only thin black bands and are not all that much > bigger than wasps. > > Was this a queen hornet or some European immigrant? I am not sure which species you get in the UK (Vespa crabro?; we do not get hornets in Ireland) but in Germany, France and Italy I have seen hornets that are COLOSSAL. They darken the sky when they fly past. Ok, I am exaggerating slightly. > > -- > Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI) > Buckingham, ENGLAND > Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j > > |
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Re: Was this a hornet?
"Des Higgins" <dazzhiggins@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:462f4c1d$0$4207$ba620d2c@reader.news.heanet.i e... > > "Rodney Blackall" <rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:4ed39b7df6rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk... >> Moving containers in the garden shed this morning I was startled by a >> loud >> buzzing. A huge, 3 cm long, wasp like creature started cruising slowly >> around brushing aside any cobweb in its way. >> >> I was not going to get near enough to annoy it! I got the impression of >> black and yellow stripes of about equal width. My insect book suggests >> that >> hornets, like wasps, have only thin black bands and are not all that much >> bigger than wasps. >> >> Was this a queen hornet or some European immigrant? > > I am not sure which species you get in the UK (Vespa crabro?; we do not > get hornets in Ireland) but in Germany, France and Italy I have seen > hornets that are COLOSSAL. They darken the sky when they fly past. Ok, I > am exaggerating slightly. > >> >> -- >> Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI) >> Buckingham, ENGLAND >> Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j >> The Hornet Clearwing? A moth "found in most Europe". "Resembles a Hornet in flight, though it rests with wings half spread" "Flies May/July" From my ancient Collins Guide of Butterflies & Moths Miles |
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Re: Was this a hornet?
Miles <stubble@chin.cpm> observed
> >"Des Higgins" <dazzhiggins@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:462f4c1d$0$4207$ba620d2c@reader.news.heanet. ie... >> >> "Rodney Blackall" <rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:4ed39b7df6rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk... >>> Moving containers in the garden shed this morning I was startled by a >>> loud >>> buzzing. A huge, 3 cm long, wasp like creature started cruising slowly >>> around brushing aside any cobweb in its way. >>> >>> I was not going to get near enough to annoy it! I got the impression of >>> black and yellow stripes of about equal width. My insect book suggests >>> that >>> hornets, like wasps, have only thin black bands and are not all that much >>> bigger than wasps. >>> >>> Was this a queen hornet or some European immigrant? >> >> I am not sure which species you get in the UK (Vespa crabro?; we do not >> get hornets in Ireland) but in Germany, France and Italy I have seen >> hornets that are COLOSSAL. They darken the sky when they fly past. Ok, I >> am exaggerating slightly. >> >>> >>> -- >>> Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI) >>> Buckingham, ENGLAND >>> Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j >>> >The Hornet Clearwing? >A moth "found in most Europe". >"Resembles a Hornet in flight, though it rests with wings >half spread" >"Flies May/July" > >From my ancient Collins Guide of Butterflies & Moths Umm, I wouldn't expect the wingbeat frequency to be high enough in a moth to have a 'loud buzzing', but I don't think I've ever seen one, so what do I know? Mike [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis <>< Some newsgroup contributors appear to have confused the meaning of "discussion" with "digression". <>< |
