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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    I'd love to see a photo of it if you can get one next time it visits you.
    What's in your garden?-eclipse-jpg

    It is that blob in the centre of the pic. Best I have been able to get with my phone. They don't stay still for long. There is a female too and they are often together. After reading about them I saw it suggested that the Eclipse males were non-breeding. Maybe correct but he has a girlfriend.

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    Probably an Asian Rice Frog. Small and agile, difficult to snap. This one backed itself into a safe corner with some random dog hairs.

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    I think this is probably a Siamese blue crested lizard (Calotes goetzi) (กิ้งก่าหัวสีฟ้า, ging ga hua si faa), despite not being particularly blue.

    Any confirmations or alternative identifications are welcome.

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    The Asian Hornet nest on one of our boundary walls isn't getting any smaller, M'Sahib is about to try to get them to relocate rather than have them killed. I will watch with interest, and from some distance.




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    That's quite a beast, not sure how they will move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAG View Post
    The Asian Hornet nest on one of our boundary walls isn't getting any smaller
    Those things have been visiting my banana trees, they like the flowers. I am happy to say that the nest is not in my garden, they fly in and out over the wall. If I knew where the nest was then I'd stay very far away. Good luck with the nest relocation.


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    ^^ How on earth is she going to do that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    ^^ How on earth is she going to do that?
    Apparently it will involve dripping a mix of water and peppermint oil on the nest when it's dark. She's got something rigged up and a long stick. I will watch with avid interest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAG View Post
    Apparently it will involve dripping a mix of water and peppermint oil on the nest when it's dark. She's got something rigged up and a long stick. I will watch with avid interest.

    I was thinking something along the lines of this.

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    What's in your garden?-samgard1-jpgWhat's in your garden?-gardy-jpgWhat's in your garden?-gardy2-jpg

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    Smoke them out PAG, at a distance naturally.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAG View Post
    The Asian Hornet nest
    That's a good size nest. Personally you need to eradicate it. Those hornets are extremely aggressive. They also kill honey bees which pollinate fruit trees.

    I have had to destroy 2 nests in my years here. Best and safest way is to approach at night, spray with gasoline from a squirt bottle and with a long stick, light on fire. The nests burn very fast.

    Good Luck

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    Is there something we should know about you JP?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Is there something we should know about you JP?
    As in, am I a hornet killer?.....Why Yes I am.

    After my niece was relentlessly attacked by them after accidently hitting a shrub they had built a big nest in, I immediately eradicate (Only if on my property). There is no relocating them. They are not like a honey bee hive where you can smoke out the queen and just move the colony.

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    Reminds me of something I did to eradicate red army ants in the family garden in Africa.
    I poured a gallon of petrol into the centre of the nest and lit it.
    Jeez the flames sprung up all around shooting from holes in the ground a good 4m radius.
    Bloody scared me for a few seconds till the initial flame subsided.
    Shalom

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAG View Post
    The Asian Hornet nest on one of our boundary walls isn't getting any smaller, M'Sahib is about to try to get them to relocate rather than have them killed. I will watch with interest, and from some distance.
    My Momma always told me not to go stirring up a hornet's nest.
    I found it to be good advice , I am happy to see you are adhering to it , and wish your wife would also.
    Though your wife might be a good Buddhist, I find it hard to believe the Hornets are.
    Nuking them I believe would be the better part of valor .Buddha , a slow moving guy himself, would understand.

    Also getting them to move could mean they might be moving to someone else's house. Ohhhh , bad karma me thinks.
    The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    My Momma always told me not to go stirring up a hornet's nest.
    I found it to be good advice , I am happy to see you are adhering to it , and wish your wife would also.
    Though your wife might be a good Buddhist, I find it hard to believe the Hornets are.
    Nuking them I believe would be the better part of valor .Buddha , a slow moving guy himself, would understand.

    Also getting them to move could mean they might be moving to someone else's house. Ohhhh , bad karma me thinks.
    Agreed.

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    The issue with the Asian Hornet is they attack in numbers and their venom is quite powerful and they are relentless. If one has any issue with a reaction from a sting they can die. Buddha or not, Its either me or them and while I am not a proponent of just killing to kill, in this case they can be present a serious issue. It may not be a problem for Mr. and Mrs. PAG but what about an unsuspecting guest or animal.

    Just eradicate and move on. Fire is the only way. If you ever cross section a nest, they are very well made and fortified to protect from pesticides and intruders and the queen is in the center.

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    ^ I would move or protect any nest other than the Asian Hornet. I'd get it destroyed.

    Im not allergic to bee stings but one of them hornets sent me to hospital in an ambulance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marcusb View Post

    Im not allergic to bee stings but one of them hornets sent me to hospital in an ambulance.
    Well, at least they have a caring side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Well, at least they have a caring side.
    It's potentially quite serious, I shouldn't laugh. But this was funny and I did.


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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Well, at least they have a caring side.


    555555 yes!

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    Aquaponics setup in my brother's house. About 15 Koi in the pond below the lettuce.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    The issue with the Asian Hornet is they attack in numbers and their venom is quite powerful and they are relentless. If one has any issue with a reaction from a sting they can die. Buddha or not, Its either me or them and while I am not a proponent of just killing to kill, in this case they can be present a serious issue. It may not be a problem for Mr. and Mrs. PAG but what about an unsuspecting guest or animal.

    Just eradicate and move on. Fire is the only way. If you ever cross section a nest, they are very well made and fortified to protect from pesticides and intruders and the queen is in the center.
    An update on this. M'Sahib has relented and abandoned the notion of some form of humanitarian relocation. Someone she knows, who knows someone else, is apparently coming tomorrow (Sunday), presumably in the evening, and I could be witnessing a massacre of sorts.

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