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insect in new build

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  • 31-01-2016 9:29pm
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    breffnij
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    I was in new build today. We are at final end of it eg all done bar stairs, floors kitchen.

    Was up in attic & noticed a bunch of these. Then more ganging about the windows downstairs.

    Know its not a was or bee. Thunking hornet but anyone any idea what they are & how to get rid of them?


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    magicbastarder
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    photo isn't great; is it a wood wasp?


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    breffnij
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    photo isn't great; is it a wood wasp?

    Perhaps as most of them are in attic. About five of them downstairs. They don't fly like a wasp & seem bigger. Darker in colour too.

    Any ideas what I should do?


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    breffnij
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    breffnij wrote: »
    Perhaps as most of them are in attic. About five of them downstairs. They don't fly like a wasp & seem bigger. Darker in colour too.

    Any ideas what I should do?

    Not a wood wasp based on picture I see on net. Defo more like a hornet...


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    toddunctious
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    looks to me like a hover fly
    not a hornet


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    macraignil
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    Just looked at the google images of hornets and they have much more pronounced stingers on their tail. I also have been living in a fairly new built house and found flys in the attic and near the windows. I put it down to the house being close to a farm yard. They seem to die after a while. The ones I have found don't sound as big as the ones you describe. They also sound bigger than hover flys I have seen.


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    splish
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    Its a hoverfly, looks like it could be Eristalis tenax.


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