Where have all the wasps gone?

[sonicyouth]

Bizarrely a swarm of wasps appeared in Nando's Putney this evening, leading too much unnecessary shouting and screaming.

[suttonred]

Gods punishment for anyone who eats in that hell hole

[Honkytonk]

I haven't seen many wasps this year but I couldn't care less, bastard things. As for Daddy Long legs, don't leatherjackets have a prime number cycle like a lot of other insects? So they'll hatch out in small numbers some years and ridiculously large ones in others? I also imagine the number of lawn care people I see about haven't helped.

[sonicyouth]

Gods punishment for anyone who eats in that hell hole

Putney's a lovely place!

[Reg Smeeton]

Bizarrely a swarm of wasps appeared in Nando's Putney this evening, leading too much unnecessary shouting and screaming.

You should man up SY, they're only insects.

[Not that Nice If I'm Honest]

Coventry.

I got it

[Not that Nice If I'm Honest]

Of course, it is winter, so that might have something to do with it ?

Call me a genius if you like, but I might just have cracked it

[Talk Talk]

I got it

Now that you mention it, I have too.  

[Reg Smeeton]

Quote from a Guardian article about the impact of climate change and agribusiness on flora and fauna in 2015

More disturbingly, there was hardly a wasp to be seen this summer. “Wasps had another poor year, particularly in the south-west,” Oates said. “This represents a wider decline in our insect populations, thought to be a result of confounding weather alongside the possible effects of pesticides used in farming.

“We need to ask what’s happening to our wasps. Many might welcome their dwindling numbers, but the ecological world is a delicate one, and with our two species of common wasps incredibly scarce in many districts for the second consecutive year, we have to ask what impact this is having.”