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08/08/2009 04:52:35 PM · #26 |
| I guess to be stung nine times, it has to be your bank, your mortgage company, your boss, your broadband supplier, your gas station, your kids, your local car dealer, your music & dvd store and of course, a wasp or two! |
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08/08/2009 04:53:24 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by d56ranger:
FYI: from my experience working in the woods on the west coast, besides stinging, the y-jacket can bite very hard; they can even remove chunks of meat and skin from the body. BTW I prefer getting bitten rather than stung. The hurt doesn't last as long. |
YES!
It's quite interesting, though, watching them cut chunks from a piece of meat to take home with them. When we have picnics we put some steak or chicken on a handy perch a ways from our meal, specifically for the wasps. It's much easier than having to watch, when you take a bite, that you're the only one eating your food.
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08/08/2009 05:19:34 PM · #28 |
I, too, have had run-ins with stinging things from lawnmowing.
Before that, my last experience with a yellowjacket was as a kid, when one landed on my neck. Instinctively, I moved my shoulder up to my head to brush it off, crushing it and getting stung in the process.
Also as a kid, something bee or yellowjacket-like flew into my coke can when I wasn't looking. After taking a swig, I realized something was in my mouth that didn't belong, and spat out the whole mouthful. Luckily, no sting. |
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08/08/2009 05:21:40 PM · #29 |
Does it look similar to this? . . .
Message edited by author 2009-08-11 02:57:21.
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08/09/2009 06:14:41 PM · #30 |
I went to refill the hummingbird feeder today and one was right inside the glass bottle part. One of the beeguards was missing so I covered that outlet with a small bowl-cover (those ones that look like wee shower caps) and the blasted wasps chewed a hole right through it!
While I was cleaning the feeder I discovered another wasp trapped inside one of the beeguards. I ran scalding water over it for a good two minutes, trying to flush it out, then looked and it was still alive and maaaaad! So right now it's sitting on the patio table while the wasp tries to figure out how to get out. He doesn't appear harmed at all, but man, is he TICKED! |
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08/09/2009 06:23:57 PM · #31 |
| Jeff - Go back and bring us some photos of live ones for more informed opinions. Video would be cool as well. :P |
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08/09/2009 06:52:03 PM · #32 |
 
Message edited by author 2009-08-09 19:10:51. |
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08/10/2009 12:17:54 AM · #33 |
| *sigh* When Becky got home from work and saw it, she felt so sorry for the wasp that she cut a couple of the bars and set him free. |
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08/10/2009 01:54:41 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
*sigh* When Becky got home from work and saw it, she felt so sorry for the wasp that she cut a couple of the bars and set him free. |
Keep her away from Charles Manson's cell block. |
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08/10/2009 06:18:36 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by Jdroullard:
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by Jdroullard:
it's a bee |
Not a bee. |
tomato toe-mah-toe |
Not at all. Bees are a totally different critter, and have gotten an undeservedly bad rep because of being confused with wasps and hornets. |
It's just too easy sometimes... |
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08/10/2009 06:50:34 PM · #36 |
I was hiking yesterday and found this little baby....a Hornet's nest....actually a very large one, about 18 inches top to bottom. |
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08/10/2009 09:24:50 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Jdroullard:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by Jdroullard:
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by Jdroullard:
it's a bee |
Not a bee. |
tomato toe-mah-toe |
Not at all. Bees are a totally different critter, and have gotten an undeservedly bad rep because of being confused with wasps and hornets. |
It's just too easy sometimes... |
Shup, you :P
:) |
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08/10/2009 09:25:32 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by rlewis:
I was hiking yesterday and found this little baby....a Hornet's nest....actually a very large one, about 18 inches top to bottom. |
So where's the shots taken after you poked it with a sharp stick? |
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08/10/2009 10:33:03 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
*sigh* When Becky got home from work and saw it, she felt so sorry for the wasp that she cut a couple of the bars and set him free. |
What? Are you crazy!! LOL Those things have no remorse and will sting you as soon as look at you. ! |
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08/11/2009 02:54:39 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by scooter97:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
*sigh* When Becky got home from work and saw it, she felt so sorry for the wasp that she cut a couple of the bars and set him free. |
What? Are you crazy!! LOL Those things have no remorse and will sting you as soon as look at you. ! |
But a dedicated photographer will do anything for his art, no? ;) |
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08/11/2009 03:05:15 AM · #41 |
always a real good idea to take benadryl and pepcid (or zantac) after getting hit with those. helps a little. not to mention the ibuprofen you took.
I got nailed 7 times by wasps on the left hand recently. after running under cold water and doing the aforementioned (and killing the bastards with WD-40), my hand only swelled up to the size of a grapefruit.
been nailed a lot by bees, wasps and hornets during my landscaping days...mud and aspirin works well on stings too when in a pinch.
just a little info for the next one :-)
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