hornet!

[rm]

Yesterday I come home from work and Patty says, "I got chased out of the bedroom by a hornet this morning, but now I think it is gone."

Okay.

I forget about it.

We go to sleep.

We wake up a couple of hours later, and then I hear it. Buzzzzz.

I've forgotten about the hornet.

Patty says, "It sounds like a cell phone."

I put my head back down on the pillow, it's really loud.

I sit up.

"No. Turn on the light."

The buzz changes pitch.

We discover a hornet right by our heads on the wall.

We evacuate and sleep on the couch/floor in the living room.

So I ask you:

- How long do hornets live?
- How do we get the hornet out of our bedroom?

Comments

[nickelchief.livejournal.com]

You don't ask how to kill it. Perhaps you hold the life of the hornet in high regard? In any event, common household cleaning products with spray nozzles (409, Windex) are a fine way to kill the thing without getting too close or using truly terrible chemicals indoors.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ah it didn't occur to me there was a way to kill it without getting stung.

[nickelchief.livejournal.com]

It may take a few squirts, but that stuff is toxic enough to do them in. Death by disinfectant!!

[these-3-remain.livejournal.com]

Also: hairspray. Gums up the bug's wings so he can't fly, then you have the satisfaction of squishing him with a shoe!

[ithinkitisayit.livejournal.com]

I was totally about to mention that. We've used pledge in the past, or anything sprayable, really. As far as I know, insects can't fly when their wings are wet.

[these-3-remain.livejournal.com]

*nods* I think this is why cleaning products work. Even if it doesn't kill the insect, it immobilizes him so you can get close enough with a blunk object.

[erratic0101.livejournal.com]

I too vouch for the home cleaning supply death.

Windex is useless (mostly water and alcohol).
But whatever is in Formula 409, wow!

Also Lysol does a decent job.

Strangely enough we had two hornets in our kitchen the other day.
They were trapped inside the window though. So my roommate and I timed opening the window a crack and letting fly with the RAID.