Furry/flying things in roof

[peter16]

When we were at the house in September we noticed that a peculiar flying insect had made its home under our roof tiles, just outside the bedroom patio doors. Description is about 30-40mm in length, body divided into two parts, top part about the size of a one pound coin, brown in colour and had a furry/woolly appearance, bottom part about the size of a ten pence piece, yellow in colour, again furry/woolly appearance, from rear of yellow section what looked like a black stinger!!. Questions 1. What is it? 2.Is it dangerous? 3.If so, how do we get rid of? 4.If we can't is there any company etc. who can? Help, don't like sleeping with doors shut

[KKOB]

Probably Hornets.

Just leave them alone and you won't have trouble with wasps.

[puma]

just get some spray from the garden places in fethiye,explain what it's for .we had problems with something that kept us awake at night (death watch beetle) not anymore

[Crabbit]

quote:Originally posted by puma

we had problems with something that kept us awake at night (death watch beetle) not anymore

Why !. did they eat all the wood ?

[wingnut]

when this thing stings it leaves the yellow pod attached to you pumping in the venom and the wound ends up the size of a ping pong ball,get rid of them torch them if you have too they are not good

[Crabbit]

We had a nest of them in our garden in Koycegiz,  I waited till after sunset (when they all went to bed ), then I filled the nest with Expanding Foam, I`ve had no problem with the little bleeders since.  

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by peter16

 Description is about 30-40mm in length, body divided into two parts, top part about the size of a one pound coin, brown in colour and had a furry/woolly appearance, bottom part about the size of a ten pence piece

Perfectly harmless - sounds like a money spider  

[Crabbit]

It could be a Guinea Fowl.    

[heather07]

Is it in this site?

http://bugguide.net/node/view/385/bgimage