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Post by trinity on Jul 18, 2018 11:46:00 GMT -8
I'm kinda a connoisseur of stings. Perhaps you'd like to try a Tarantula Hawk?
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Post by cweston on Jul 18, 2018 14:07:05 GMT -8
Sorry to hear that, Jer.
I took three stings on my hand from a Great Black Wasp earlier this summer. Easily the most painful wasp sting I’ve ever had, by several orders of magnitude.
We also keep bees, Sarbar—we just started our hive this year. What do you do with all the honey? I’m guessing we’ll be giving a lot away to friends.
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Post by k9education on Jul 18, 2018 18:44:42 GMT -8
My wife disturbed a wasp nest while hiking in NJ a few years ago. Each of my dogs got 2-3 stings each. I got 0. My wife was stung about 30 times. I've only gotten her back to that trail a couple times since and only in the winter.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jul 22, 2018 7:03:33 GMT -8
I was just stung AGAIN! Different underground hive of yellow jackets. Just once thankfully. But my poor ankle. Grrrr. And a red paper wasp bumped me, landed a couple feet away, and was looking angrily at me. Even with that exoskeleton face, I could tell she was pissed.
ETA: Stung by a sweat bee Sunday evening. Typical minor sweat bee sting, but ON THE SAME FRIGGIN ANKLE! Double Grrrr!
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jul 23, 2018 5:55:06 GMT -8
Perhaps you'd like to try a Tarantula Hawk? The anticipation was worse than the sting. At least for me. Since I didn't get stung. |
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jul 30, 2018 9:24:00 GMT -8
GOT STUNG AGAIN!!!! Fourth event in 3 weeks. Saturday afternoon, a single yellow jacket, 2-4 times on the outside of my left thumb. Hurt like hell (much worse than a typical yellow jacket sting). Maybe it got me near a nerve. Hand swelled up pretty good. A couple hours after, I went for an hour-long bike ride. Due to the way my hand was on the handlebars, all the fluid from the sting swelling settled to the heel of my hand. It kinda looked like a turkey wattle... pretty funny.
The following day, the back of my hand and finger knuckles were still swollen (not worse, but not better). Strange how the swelling resided there instead of closer to the sting. And the swelled areas were soft and squishy, unlike typical yellow jacket stings.
Swelling almost gone this morning.
I estimate I've now been stung 16x in 3 weeks. All but one from underground yellow jackets.
I'm thinking of rigging my push mower and weed whacker so they spray a constant stream of Raid while in use.
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Post by autumnmist on Jul 30, 2018 9:52:55 GMT -8
walkswithblackflies, you've really had quite the ordeal with stingers, havn't you? I hope the rest of your summer is less painful.
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Post by mk on Jul 30, 2018 12:23:49 GMT -8
I’m guessing we’ll be giving a lot away to friends. Ok. Can I send you my address? lol Wow. The Raid idea might be your best defense -- stay safe! |
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Post by k9education on Aug 1, 2018 19:41:27 GMT -8
GOT STUNG AGAIN!!!! Fourth event in 3 weeks. Saturday afternoon, a single yellow jacket, 2-4 times on the outside of my left thumb. Hurt like hell (much worse than a typical yellow jacket sting). Maybe it got me near a nerve. Hand swelled up pretty good. A couple hours after, I went for an hour-long bike ride. Due to the way my hand was on the handlebars, all the fluid from the sting swelling settled to the heel of my hand. It kinda looked like a turkey wattle... pretty funny. The following day, the back of my hand and finger knuckles were still swollen (not worse, but not better). Strange how the swelling resided there instead of closer to the sting. And the swelled areas were soft and squishy, unlike typical yellow jacket stings. Swelling almost gone this morning. I estimate I've now been stung 16x in 3 weeks. All but one from underground yellow jackets. I'm thinking of rigging my push mower and weed whacker so they spray a constant stream of Raid while in use.
A few weeks ago we hung a dozen of these on our property to combat a major bottle fly problem. When I went around to check them the other day, I noticed a few of them were chock full of wasps. It won't help you on the trails, but it may give you a little relief at home. |
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Post by tigger on Aug 1, 2018 20:04:55 GMT -8
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Post by RumiDude on Aug 2, 2018 20:47:49 GMT -8
I was mowing my mother’s lawn today and somehow disturbed a wasp nest. Duh, it was the mower. The nest was probably in the ground. When food starts to get scare the wasps start to get aggressive. That is why they came out in force to deal with you. Even so, this is kinda early for wasps to get aggressive. Usually it is later in August when they start to go bonkers. September is crazy time for them. Rumi <~~~~~floats like a butterfly |
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 3, 2018 7:44:43 GMT -8
tigger, meat tenderiser is what Mom always used on us. I haven’t been stung in years, and don’t usually react much, so I’m not sure how well it works, or even where to get it.
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Aug 3, 2018 13:31:31 GMT -8
Sorry to hear, Jer. And sorry you posted this, because I now feel compelled to reply, and in so doing I am jinxing myself as I have not been stung in several years. Some of my past incidents were self-induced to the highest degree of stupidity.
One summer I was doing yardwork, and wanted to spread some pine straw around the base of a deck off the back of the house. I had done this the previous summer and it needed refreshing, and I had a few unused bales of pine straw left over that I had stored dry under the deck and decided to use those. I snipped the baling wire in a couple of places and picked up the first bale and started shaking it. I felt a sharp sting on my leg, but I thought it was the cut edge of the baling wire, hanging loose and flopping around from my shaking. So I shook some more. That dang wire kept poking my leg, I thought, until I felt it on my hands and arms and saw a swarm before my eyes. There was a yellow jacket's nest in the bale, so I literally had picked up the nest in my bare hands and shaken it violently. I ran like hell once I realized what was happening, ended up with north of 35 stings. I'm not allergic but I am sensitive, and that much venom sent my glands a-pumpin', was still shaking a few hours and two benadryls later.
Many years ago I was eating in a Wendy's. I wiped my mouth with the paper napkin and felt something sharp on my lip. I thought it was a dried bit of ketchup catching against my skin, so I wiped harder. More sharp sensations. I looked at the napkin and saw a yellow jacket lying in the folds. So again, I'm literally wiping my mouth with a yellow jacket. Only 3-4 stings out of that one.
Don't express sympathy over these stories, I don't deserve it. Laugh freely. I do (now).
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 3, 2018 15:34:20 GMT -8
Don't express sympathy over these stories, I don't deserve it. Laugh freely. I do (now). I can sort of chuckle, but empathize too much to really laugh. Those things could happen to anyone. |
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Post by mk on Aug 3, 2018 18:43:44 GMT -8
Works for fire ant bites, as well. I used to use it on the kids when they were little. JRinGeorgia - I don't think I can laugh -- it's too horrifying! |
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