Suninfrance Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Today I investigated what looked like an animal scraped hole in theverge close to my house, only to discover lots of small wasps flying inand out. At the base of the nest is a pile of soil which the wasps haveobviously excavated.Problem - a week ago, one of my cats came in limping - there was noswelling but something was obviously irritating her foot. She has nowdisappeared for two days and I am starting to get worried as she was really out of sorts.. Thisevening, one of my other cats came in limping and biting at her foot. I am wondering if they tried to use the soil pile for a pee orsomething else and have been stung.I can't see anything on the paw or leg, and again there is no swelling. Trouble is, they two in question are both semi feral, but the one who is missing usually stays in overnight at this time of year and is usually hanging around the house for food. I have a horrible feeling I've lost her. The other cat, is also semi feral. I would like to keep her in overnight to make sure she is OK, but she hates being shut in. I would hate to lose her too.Can anyone tell me what these particular wasps are (they are quite small) and whether they could be a danger to my other cats? I will try and photograph the nest and wasps (if I'm lucky) tomorrow, but in the meantime, does anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 The cat has returned, but still limping.In the meantime, here are some photos of the wasps nest.1. The whole thing2. Top chamber3. Bottom chamberTried to photograph the wasps going in and out as there were loads of them, but none of them showed up in any of the pictures. No, not to many Pastis, they are just pretty quick.[IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/P1070253.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/P1070258.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/P1070268.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 It won't have been the wasps that have been digging or excavating, that will have been something else, your cats perhaps which would possibly explain them being stung. Species? V.germanica or V.rufa I would think most likely.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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