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tim

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How many wingbeats a second?
« on: June 02, 2007, 12:43:35 »
No wonder I can't focus!

But, this time, the Queen.
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Re: How many wingbeats a second?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2007, 10:44:23 »
Ohh  had one of those buzzing around my head friday afternoon whilst sitting outside, took all my guts to just sit still! :o :o
Then saw another one yesterday evening, they are fearsome looking creatures!
Well done on catching it on camera!
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Re: How many wingbeats a second?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2007, 12:47:50 »
:o ooh, maybe that's what I was buzzed by yesterday afternoon?!?

how big is she? I had something enormous fly straight at me and I'm afraid I turned and ran like a girl straight into my shed and hid (thankfully no one was around to see me :-[ ;D) whatever it was it was a good inch and a half long and quite scary!
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Re: How many wingbeats a second?
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2007, 15:45:27 »
Looks a bit like a hornet to me!
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tim

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Re: How many wingbeats a second?
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2007, 17:44:11 »
A bit - but this was the Hornet. Even bigger, at 40mm - http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=31977.0
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Re: How many wingbeats a second?
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2007, 20:42:03 »
You're dead right... a queen wasp!  :o
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