Not a Slow Worm but....

[TKH]

Arrghhh

Let me start by saying a fricking hate wasps / hornets etc happy enough with majority of snakes, spiders, sharks (nurse or whale)

but this thing fills me with dread killed it before it killed me haha .

I am thinking European Hornet ??

[unclealec]

Spot on.

[hilly10]

They are killing thousands of bees in the Channel Islands Naturalists are hoping they do not take hold in the UK.

[TKH]

How sad they are wiping out the bees

by quirk of fate Mrs H has just killed a 'regular' wasp

here's a comparison pic !

Question : where can I move where these things don't exist ? Are they something to do with Brexit ?

[unclealec]

Don't panic, it isn't an Asian Hornet - they are the newly-arrived ones that are killing our bees. Your new pet is an ordinary common or garden hornet that we have had for thousands of years, relatively peacefully cohabiting with our many varieties of indigenous bees.

[unclealec]

Question : where can I move where these things don't exist ?

I have never seen one on St. Kilda. That might be worth considering.

[ryanb741]

It is a European Hornet, not an Asian Hornet.

However the European Hornets aren't welcome any more, the Asian ones might be if they can pick fruit

[Mr Curta]

Woooooooooooooooossshhhhhhh

[draftsmann]

Malta is overrun with hornets at present. I killed these two brutes yesterday as they were trying to steal the dogs’ breakfasts. They scare the crap out of me.

[Alpha4]

Had two European Hornets enter the bathroom this year. I don't feel justified in killing living things unless I want to eat them, or am under direct attack. So I just caught the little blighters (transparent Hummus pot and postcard) and released them unharmed outside.

'et vivere, reservate' as they used to say.

[jools]

Woooooooooooooooossshhhhhhh

Stop it.

[Sinnlover]

Woooooooooooooooossshhhhhhh

I thought they made more of a buzzing sound?

[oldoakknives]

Woooooooooooooooossshhhhhhh

Back at you ;-)