Look What I Found

[SMW]

Getting the Xmas tree and decorations down from the loft (attic) when I spot what I assume is a wasp or hornet nest (can anyone confirm this) ?

Should I just leave it where it is or should I remove it - do they return to old nests ?

Also what is the smaller bit that is hanging down a short distance from the nest - is that something to do with it or something else unrelated ?

[earpl]

bag it up burn it (not in the loft though)

[DaveSR]

We have a few of those little things at the side in your photograph ...... I think it's something to do with a spiders nest ?

[Moffmo]

it looks old, the white thing looks like a spiders egg but on increbily large scale

You should see what les found in the loft!

[Tegan]

errrrr creepy - id be out of there like a shot and wouldnt go anywhere near if it is a spiders nest-it looks huge!

[SMW]

To give it perspective the large piece is about the size of a football and the smaller one about the size of a large egg.

[Demonic Angel]

Get some professionals in mate.... whatever it is, it looks a bit nasty!

[Monster-Mat]

poke it with a stick........................dare you

[Gnome]

It looks like a wasps nest.

Bag it and burn it. Wasps have a tendancy to return to old nests.

The smaller one looks a bit weird. As said, quite large for a spiders egg....

[SMW]

There is no activity near either piece - I was near them for about 20 minutes earlier - no sound or anything.

I thought the small 'pod' might belong to the queen wasp or something ? ? ?

[earpl]

looks like the building of a new nest to me, as the old one has fallen down.

[popwud]

Looks alien to me.....beware, that could be the next film. <_<

[Kerby]

yup looks like a makin of a new nest to me as well. get someone in to get rid unless ur feelin brave

[Calisto]

Both are wasps nests and should be empty given the time of year, I have to say it looks a very intricate piece of work.

[DaveSR]

The little one is a spider nest - it's like cardboard and disintergrates when you touch it. It has lots of layers inside but it's a nest and not an egg for just one spider, it's for millions of the little things!

The other thing definatly looks like a wasps nest as I did a search on google - and look what I found

Huge

They should be safe to remove, but if I was you I would try and fill the holes if you can so that they don't come back next year!

[daktari]

You`ve got to admire the work the little blighters put into these things.

Still don`t like `em tho. :D

[mark_n]

This might be a dead wasp.

[daktari]

This might be a dead wasp.

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Probably the effort of trying to lift the nest back up knackered the poor little sod.

[Karma Supra]

poke it with a stick........................dare you

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA reminds me a of a post earlier this year!

[RossP]

Hate the things...and bees...and hornets...allergic to al of them

[Ryan1985]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA reminds me a of a post earlier this year!

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Aye, what did you do with that in the end up? Did you poke it with a stick? In your garage wasn't it?

[Al J]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA reminds me a of a post earlier this year!

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Aye, what did you do with that in the end up? Did you poke it with a stick? In your garage wasn't it?

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Yes, I remember that. Talk of petrol and all sorts, wasn't there? :o

Be careful with wasps nests. I found a wasp crawling around the carpet at my Mum's last week. It had come down the chimney where we know there's a nest. The wasp was very docile because of the time of year but still capable of stinging you.

[martin_longbow]

Yep a wasp nest, found one in my attic as I was putting in the insulation. It was not inhabited and I got well rid of it. If your sure that it's not inhabited bin it. perhaps you shoudl take precautions just in case. Goggles thick hat, gloves and get it in a thick plastic bag.

I think I have bats now though, so good luck to them. It not the kind of attic you can store things in so will not be going back in anytime soon.

[SMW]

Right well I'm gonna get both down later - I'll open them up and let you know what crawls out . . . . . . . .

[Gareth B]

I had a wasps nest in the back garden in the summer. It was a real nuisance bacause the kids couldn't go out there for a while.

Pest control couldn't come out for 2 weeks when i phoned them so i tackled it myself.

10 foot of drainpipe and 2 cans of "Raid" later and they were all dead (thousands of them). Wouldn't recommend it but it did work a treat.

p.s. I hope SMW comes back!