Thread: Westland wasp warning

With the dry summer the wasp population has done well. Up till now they have been quite docile and you could approach quite close to nests with no sign of aggression. They must have just switched diets or be coming under pressure as yesterday was horrific in the bush with my brother and I getting whacked on average once an hour by lone attackers with no sign of nests about.

OK
That explains why the wasps were so bad 3 weeks ago when I was over there.
Never seen them so bad
And yes it was very dry

Good to know because I might be back over there next week

Jugs on if you are coming past.

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Jugs on if you are coming past.

Will do this time

Cheers

Bad on the Island at the moment also.

They not eating protein here yet. Waiting for it so I can kill the huas that are raiding the sugar water in bird feeder.tried them with smoked tuna yesterday and no interest yet. Be careful guys. Overalls and gaiters give some protection but nothing really stops them if determined.i hate wasps.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

They not eating protein here yet. Waiting for it so I can kill the huas that are raiding the sugar water in bird feeder.tried them with smoked tuna yesterday and no interest yet. Be careful guys. Overalls and gaiters give some protection but nothing really stops them if determined.i hate wasps.

If you slim down to my size they will be unable to see you for a human, think it's a stick,lol.

We are getting great results baiting with Hawkeye poison.
Takes a bit longer to work.
We have poisoned probably 20 nests with powder and just getting the ones we can't find now with the Hawkeye.
We are even getting plenty of grapes before the wasps!

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Wasps out of control up North also, fuckin nightmare trying to fillet fish

Yeah mountain biking along the Kawarau River out of Cromwell yesterday & one got stuck between Nina’s glasses & the bridge of her nose, stabbed her a few times before she could stop & get rid of it. Bastard things!

I've hit three wasp nests while working on the digger this summer, there is a lot to be said for a digger with a cab! Downside is my finger still hurts from slamming it in the door last week in my haste to seal up.

The geese and wasps are far bigger problems around here but all DOC wants to do is drop poison from helis

Heaps here too.
On meat but they are also keeping the flies occupied.

Yeah pricks of things - sugary food sources are drying up with the end of the fruit season and flowers not really doing the thing. Bastards have been destroying the golden delicious apples... I'm waiting for them to switch to protein as well so I can start nailing the little bastards and not hammer the bees that are out in force as well. It's a pain, I keep wanting to slap the little huas thinking they are wasps but the bees and the wasps are feeding on the apples side by side at the moment - haven't seen that before as normally the wasps will kill bees?

They are everywhere, they have decimated the Monach butterfly caterpillars to the extent that there are none at all about. Last year we had to try and find swan plants due to the number of caterpillars, now its a struggle to find any caterpillars.
I was stung a few weeks ago and I had to pull the bugger off as it just kept stinging, never had them sting like that before.