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07/17/2009 10:39:32 PM · #1 |
3am: go downstairs to get some toast.
3:10am: come back up and my room is full of wasps. The window is harldy open..
3:59: Project pintail was a success, 17 wasps extracted and snaggled out of a window.
ETA: by 17 i mean 4
Message edited by author 2009-07-17 23:00:46. |
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07/18/2009 02:08:50 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by JayA:
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ETA: by 17 i mean 4 |
LOL! Hope you got some sleep. |
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07/18/2009 09:20:06 AM · #3 |
For the most part, I believe in live and let live, but both wasps & yellowjackets are just MEAN, so I kill 'em if they invade my space.
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07/18/2009 01:11:50 PM · #4 |
I was just sitting here with my laptop and felt a small pinch on the underside of my arm. I thought it was a tickle, so reached to give it a swipe, and it pinched harder.
An earwig was biting me!
(it wasn't a giant one as in the pic, it was actually just regular-size, but I'm also allowed my exaggeration.) ;-)
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07/18/2009 04:37:14 PM · #5 |
Well, since this is already a creepy-crawly thread, I won't start another. Any idea what this is? My guess is a tape worm...
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F02U-opMOs
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07/18/2009 07:02:34 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
For the most part, I believe in live and let live, but both wasps & yellowjackets are just MEAN, so I kill 'em if they invade my space. |
Eh. Those I can live with. There's always a nest on the porch or the well house and they have never bothered me even when I've planted a macro lens up in their business. What I have little tolerance for are the scorpions and giant desert centipedes. At least the centipedes are large enough to notice. The scorpions you don't notice until after the pain hits you.
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07/18/2009 08:17:53 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
For the most part, I believe in live and let live, but both wasps & yellowjackets are just MEAN, so I kill 'em if they invade my space. |
Eh. Those I can live with. There's always a nest on the porch or the well house and they have never bothered me even when I've planted a macro lens up in their business. What I have little tolerance for are the scorpions and giant desert centipedes. At least the centipedes are large enough to notice. The scorpions you don't notice until after the pain hits you. |
WHOA! Have you been bitten by a scorpion? If so, a detailed description would be very interesting. I've been to the demos where they say the scorpions with small claws are more dangerous than those with large claws. But I'll bet any sting is MOST unpleasant.
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07/18/2009 08:46:09 PM · #8 |
with scorpions, as with all venomous animals, the younger they are the more deadlier they are. The young ones can not control their venom, so you get whatever they have.
So the smaller, the worse |
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07/18/2009 09:32:49 PM · #9 |
I also thought it was long thin claws = more venomous, and short thick claws = less. Since the former has a weak hold on its food it requires stronger venom to kill it quickly where as the short thick claws can kill on their own.
But what do I know, I'm a blackbird and I try to avoid such things as much as possible. |
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07/18/2009 10:16:29 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
For the most part, I believe in live and let live, but both wasps & yellowjackets are just MEAN, so I kill 'em if they invade my space. |
Eh. Those I can live with. There's always a nest on the porch or the well house and they have never bothered me even when I've planted a macro lens up in their business. What I have little tolerance for are the scorpions and giant desert centipedes. At least the centipedes are large enough to notice. The scorpions you don't notice until after the pain hits you. |
WHOA! Have you been bitten by a scorpion? If so, a detailed description would be very interesting. I've been to the demos where they say the scorpions with small claws are more dangerous than those with large claws. But I'll bet any sting is MOST unpleasant. |
The scorpions are pretty small. The ones I see the most are called striped bark scorpions and are about 1 to 2 inches long. So far in 6 years I've been stung 3 times. The first time I was putting on a shirt and didn't realize one was inside and stung me at my side. At first it felt like getting poked by a small pin, the kind found on collar shirts, but then the pain intensified and I probably let out a few profanities. Actually, it's not that bad if you're not allergic to the sting. Although getting stung in the foot is the worst in regards to pain and it lasts longer too.
What's interesting about them is when a scorpion has babies they line the back of the mother like in this image, which looks weird when they are all moving around and such.
Message edited by author 2009-07-18 22:23:01.
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07/19/2009 12:41:19 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by yanko:
What's interesting about them is when a scorpion has babies they line the back of the mother like in this image, which looks weird when they are all moving around and such. |
We were at the Bug Zoo a couple days ago and he was saying that if any of the babies doesn't behave back there, moving around too much or whatever, she reaches back, grabs it and eats it. Now THAT is a strict mother!
Man, did I have fun holding all the critters at the Bug Zoo :D (Including the scorpion.) |
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07/19/2009 01:15:33 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by JayA:
3am: go downstairs to get some toast.
3:10am: come back up and my room is full of wasps. The window is harldy open..
3:59: Project pintail was a success, 17 wasps extracted and snaggled out of a window.
ETA: by 17 i mean 4 |
Similar thing happened to me last Halloween when I had a fly invasion. Everytime I went into the bedroom, there were more and more flies, first a few, than a handful, killed them all, and an hour later, another handful. Kept the window shut and turned on the TV to attract them. and when I killed them, they appeared to replace eachother, finally after a day of swatting them, they stopped appearing!
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07/19/2009 08:39:55 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
For the most part, I believe in live and let live, but both wasps & yellowjackets are just MEAN, so I kill 'em if they invade my space. |
Eh. Those I can live with. There's always a nest on the porch or the well house and they have never bothered me even when I've planted a macro lens up in their business. What I have little tolerance for are the scorpions and giant desert centipedes. At least the centipedes are large enough to notice. The scorpions you don't notice until after the pain hits you. |
WHOA! Have you been bitten by a scorpion? If so, a detailed description would be very interesting. I've been to the demos where they say the scorpions with small claws are more dangerous than those with large claws. But I'll bet any sting is MOST unpleasant. |
The scorpions are pretty small. The ones I see the most are called striped bark scorpions and are about 1 to 2 inches long. So far in 6 years I've been stung 3 times. The first time I was putting on a shirt and didn't realize one was inside and stung me at my side. At first it felt like getting poked by a small pin, the kind found on collar shirts, but then the pain intensified and I probably let out a few profanities. Actually, it's not that bad if you're not allergic to the sting. Although getting stung in the foot is the worst in regards to pain and it lasts longer too.
What's interesting about them is when a scorpion has babies they line the back of the mother like in this image, which looks weird when they are all moving around and such. |
IMO, people should only be stung by scorpions in movies. :-O I'll be happy in my northern climate to avoid them.
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