Wasps - are they a pain in TRNC

Jerseybean


Joined: 25/04/2011
Posts: 25

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 22:31

Are the wasps in TRNC as unbearable as they are here in Jersey? Almost impossible to sit out in the sun here.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 22:39

Very little problem with wasps in my experience, just the odd one every now and then.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 22:57

It's funny one always associates hot countries with flies and the like but in fact we find it less of problem here than we did in Berkshire. It's a pleasure to eat outside and be relatively bug-free!

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 22:57

There have been lots of problems this summer . We've had a couple and friends have had similar problems. The Girne Belediyesi do not come out any more to deal with this problem

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 23:07

Maybe the mozzy's and the sandfly's are in short supply this year

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
02/09/2011 09:11

They seem to be i can sit outside at night and not get bitten at all. Catalkoy Beledeye have been spraying a lot this year.

halffull


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
02/09/2011 15:59

No problem in Catalkoy, as previously stated wasps, flies, mozzies no problem hardly any about.

Much bigger problem when we were in Germany at the beginning of the month, continually harrassed by wasps and flies.

cypgab


Joined: 09/01/2010
Posts: 338

Message Posted:
02/09/2011 18:14

But what effect does the spray have on people?

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
02/09/2011 18:24

Yes indeed cypgab, I always run indoors and stay there for 5 minutes when the sprayer comes round.



( Remember to take your G&T with you as well ! )

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
03/09/2011 11:23

Poor little wasps - they don't eat or drink much if you *leave them alone!



* And the bonus is, you're very unlikely to get stung, either!



OK - OK, here's a good tip:



Take a glass tumbler [drinking glass] > insert a paper serviette > spray the serviette well with fly spray > depending on the size of the dining table, place these strategically > result: NO WOPSIES OR BLOWFLIES!!!

Earlybird


Joined: 28/04/2009
Posts: 816

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 14:24

Wasps seem to appear around our dinner time outside and we have even seen them drag chicken and tuna off our plates!

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 14:32

In 10 years, I have never seen a UK. type wasp outside or inside where we live. The only time I have had a problem with them is near the beach & when having food.

We do get the thread waisted wasp (thin abdomen) but they don't really bother with people at all & I don't even know if they sting (probably do). They are too busy building their mud cocoons for their larvae.

I loathed wasps in the UK. & was paranoid about them. They are far more of an issue in the UK. than here.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 14:33

There are plenty of flies etc. in Berkshire, possibly do to the large Pig population...In Guernsey we give them directions to Jersey...glad to hear they didn't get lost on route............

Earlybird


Joined: 28/04/2009
Posts: 816

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 14:36

Msg 12, oh yes the potter wasp but I do wish they would stop building their clay nests inside our house!

spangles


Joined: 22/10/2008
Posts: 411

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 15:24

Well we have hundreds of the blighters. As soon as the barbie is lit they are there at the ready (chicken is definitely their favourite). We set the table with cutlery and swatters. Last week I got my 4th sting - not eating or swatting at the time either!

We have had nests in the tiles above the bay window, on window frames, door frames, under sunloungers, as well as in the bushes. They just love it here. Mr Spangles used to be paranoid about them, but I think he's got used to them now.

medjoul


Joined: 09/05/2009
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 17:32

We have two wasps nests in the garden at the moment in Lapta, one "paper lantern" type in the jasmine and one underground under the lavender. I don't remember ever seeing any before. They are'nt a nuisance unless you get too close and then they get a bit agitated. It can make watering a bit exiting(with recycled kitchen water I should add) !

Jerseybean


Joined: 25/04/2011
Posts: 25

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 19:55

No suprise Guernsey sending their nasties here!

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 08:07

Well it has been a Channel Island tradition for generations.... How are things in St H.?

Cazleo


Joined: 06/04/2011
Posts: 232

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 11:17

This year we have been inundated with wasps in Bellapais, strangely they seem attracted to meat rather than sweet things, light a BBQ before sundown and we get around about 30 - 40 wasps bombarding the meat and I have seen them carry pretty much their body weight in tuna and chicken away!