Hornet at night

[lady_p_gold]

I am sitting at my pc at getting on for midnight and a huge hornet (at least I think it is a hornet it looks like a giant wasp) is throwing itself against the glass towards the light on my desk. I have never seen bees or wasps out at night .. is this unusual ???

[RATTER15]

Hornets are attracted to lights far more than wasps or bees and hornets are more active at night, whilst its not normal for the average person to have hornets tapping against their window, if you have a hornets nest in the vicinity this will happen.
I'm a pest controller and very often ask the questions about hornets tapping on the window at night to differentiate between wasps, bees, and hornets when people phone to make enquiries.

Its amusing as nearly every phone call we get during the summer about hornets turn out to be wasps or bees and the caller is always allergic to them, I think what they are really saying is they are allergic to pain, yes a sting hurts!!

But hornets rarely sting, very docile creatures.

[lady_p_gold]

Oh that's really interesting ! Well he was a handsome beast really huge and in the end I turned the light off so that he would not carry on with his fruitless quest ! Thank you for your comprehensive reply.

[lady_p_gold]

Isn't this site brilliant you can find out anything !! Funnily enough I saw it again this morning flying around the wood near my home where I park my car... maybe she is looking for a place to hibernate ... as long as its not on my back seat that is fine !