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Gary Armstrong

'Millions' of wasps terrify Glasgow family after forming three-foot nest in their loft

A Glasgow family have been left terrified by 'millions' of wasps who have formed a three-foot long nest in their loft.

Bold Garry Macdonald sent Glasgow Live a video of him approaching the wasps at his parents' home in Pollok with him eventually having to make a dash for it when the wasps got too close.

Exterminators were called out to tackle the problem after the horrifying discovery two weeks ago, yet the wasps have come back with a vengeance.

The nest is described as being over three foot long (Garry Macdonald)

The insects have swarmed down through the loft to the house and into one of the bedrooms, while the family have been unable to go into the garden with the wasps forming a barrier around the back door.

Garry told us: "It is literally over three foot - it is massive! They keep building it and building it - it just started off as a wee tiny thing.

"When I when up to film them, they were flying in my face and crawling all over it.

"There must have all been millions of wasps. They lay so many eggs every day. For the nest to be that big, there must have been millions there.

"You can see on the video the wasps are almost flying right into the camera - I dropped the phone!

"My parents are quite terrified. They fly into my sister's bedroom and they're all swarming round the back door - my mum's not been able to get out all summer because of it."

Exterminators are due to come back out to the south Glasgow home in a second bid to rid the nest for good, however, Garry is hopeful the wasps die off naturally as we enter autumn, before he can start his own investigations.

He added: "I'm pretty sure they'll die off by the end of the month.

"I want to get a PPE outfit, a mask and collect it and investigate it - once they've died off! I know that sounds quite bold, but I want to know what's inside this massive thing."

To watch the video in full press play in the video player above.

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