Wasps! - I could have killed someone!!!!
Discussion
SouthernBoy said:
I've only been stung three times, once by a bee when I was about six and twice by a wasp.
They don't actually hurt that much and this has made my irrational fear diminish somewhat over the years.
The ones I hate are these b
ds:
I killed one of them yesterday. They don't actually hurt that much and this has made my irrational fear diminish somewhat over the years.
The ones I hate are these b
ds:
Anybody been stung by one of these? Must be worse than a wasp sting.
I was stung by a wasp three weeks' ago, possibly twenty years or so since the last one.
Back of my right hand, near the 'root' of my little finger. After an hour I'd swelled up in the immediate area, and the sting point was painful. After four hours I could no longer form a fist because the skin was too tight. The swelling gravitated down each finger and about four inches up my arm.
Lasted two full days, the pain was gone after twelve hours - then it itched like a bugger.
Honey bee stings no problem, but venomous waspy doodahs very nasty. Wouldn't like one on the face or throat...or anywhere come to that.
Back of my right hand, near the 'root' of my little finger. After an hour I'd swelled up in the immediate area, and the sting point was painful. After four hours I could no longer form a fist because the skin was too tight. The swelling gravitated down each finger and about four inches up my arm.
Lasted two full days, the pain was gone after twelve hours - then it itched like a bugger.
Honey bee stings no problem, but venomous waspy doodahs very nasty. Wouldn't like one on the face or throat...or anywhere come to that.
sly fox said:
5potTurbo said:
Having finished eating lunch outside at work with some colleagues yesterday, a wasp landed on my plate. I proceeded to stab it to death with my fork whilst saying, "DIE YOU bd! DIE!" My colleagues were all looking at me, astonished. 
I don't like wasps. A good wasp is a dead wasp.s.
I applaud you sir for the service to humanity you have provided. d! DIE!" My colleagues were all looking at me, astonished. I don't like wasps. A good wasp is a dead wasp.
s.i detest wasps, and have an irrational hatred of them. I left a barbecue on sunday because they were buzzing around the food and i just could not relax. Or eat. I even stood by the smokey barbecue thinking that would put them off but OH NO the f*ckers kept dive bombing my plate.
I know they kill aphids and other insect pests, but surely nature wouldn't miss one (nasty) creature if we got rid of them?
For fellow Wasp-haters, try a can of Kybosh. One spray and their dead in seconds. Nice.
I had lunch with a mate today, again seated outside, and we were plagued by these
y winged things the whole time. My mate kiled 6 wasps on our table. WIN! 
I recalled the story of Monday lunchtime. He agreed: all wasps are
s.leigh1050 said:
eldar said:
leigh1050 said:
Wasps are great things.
They sting st loads of people who get all arsey and amuses me no end when they start griping
I hope one stings you on the bell end, then we can titter too...They sting s
t loads of people who get all arsey and amuses me no end when they start griping
5potTurbo said:
Thank you very much, Mr.SlyFox
I had lunch with a mate today, again seated outside, and we were plagued by thesey winged things the whole time. My mate kiled 6 wasps on our table. WIN!
I recalled the story of Monday lunchtime. He agreed: all wasps ares.
Not sure if its urban myth or not but am sure I recall a BBC documentary that showed that Wasps give off a pheromone in their death throes, which is like an attack signal for other wasps, they get a whiff and come and check out the danger.I had lunch with a mate today, again seated outside, and we were plagued by these
y winged things the whole time. My mate kiled 6 wasps on our table. WIN! I recalled the story of Monday lunchtime. He agreed: all wasps are
s.As a gardener I like Wasps they munch aphids like a fat lass goes through a packet of biscuits, much better than those lady birds sitting their looking pretty but doing sweet fa I even moved one to an aphid infested rose, and it sat there looking at the aphids. They can FRO useless bugs.
The Don of Croy said:
I was stung by a wasp three weeks' ago, possibly twenty years or so since the last one.
Back of my right hand, near the 'root' of my little finger. After an hour I'd swelled up in the immediate area, and the sting point was painful. After four hours I could no longer form a fist because the skin was too tight. The swelling gravitated down each finger and about four inches up my arm.
Lasted two full days, the pain was gone after twelve hours - then it itched like a bugger.
Honey bee stings no problem, but venomous waspy doodahs very nasty. Wouldn't like one on the face or throat...or anywhere come to that.
Snap albeit between little toe and next toe. Felt a sting for what was 30 seconds, initially thought it was a red ant sting. Next morning in the shower it felt a bit itchy them throoom up it went, my top end of my foot was on fire, foot swelled so much my shoe went tight! My toe was locked solid.Back of my right hand, near the 'root' of my little finger. After an hour I'd swelled up in the immediate area, and the sting point was painful. After four hours I could no longer form a fist because the skin was too tight. The swelling gravitated down each finger and about four inches up my arm.
Lasted two full days, the pain was gone after twelve hours - then it itched like a bugger.
Honey bee stings no problem, but venomous waspy doodahs very nasty. Wouldn't like one on the face or throat...or anywhere come to that.
Wife was like stop scratching you will make it worse, it was like Pringles once you start scratching you can't stop until a layer of skin was removed then went red raw.
I must be unlucky can relate to the scooter open visor combo and having to crush one to !y head with my glove, also swallowed one as a kid running through the woods screaming.
They need extermination period
Vandenberg said:
5potTurbo said:
Thank you very much, Mr.SlyFox
I had lunch with a mate today, again seated outside, and we were plagued by thesey winged things the whole time. My mate kiled 6 wasps on our table. WIN!
I recalled the story of Monday lunchtime. He agreed: all wasps ares.
Not sure if its urban myth or not but am sure I recall a BBC documentary that showed that Wasps give off a pheromone in their death throes, which is like an attack signal for other wasps, they get a whiff and come and check out the danger.I had lunch with a mate today, again seated outside, and we were plagued by these
y winged things the whole time. My mate kiled 6 wasps on our table. WIN! I recalled the story of Monday lunchtime. He agreed: all wasps are
s.As a gardener I like Wasps they munch aphids like a fat lass goes through a packet of biscuits, much better than those lady birds sitting their looking pretty but doing sweet fa I even moved one to an aphid infested rose, and it sat there looking at the aphids. They can FRO useless bugs.
That may explain why we ended up killing 4 at our table last night, sitting outside having a beer after work.
5potTurbo said:
Vandenberg said:
5potTurbo said:
Thank you very much, Mr.SlyFox
I had lunch with a mate today, again seated outside, and we were plagued by thesey winged things the whole time. My mate kiled 6 wasps on our table. WIN!
I recalled the story of Monday lunchtime. He agreed: all wasps ares.
Not sure if its urban myth or not but am sure I recall a BBC documentary that showed that Wasps give off a pheromone in their death throes, which is like an attack signal for other wasps, they get a whiff and come and check out the danger.I had lunch with a mate today, again seated outside, and we were plagued by these
y winged things the whole time. My mate kiled 6 wasps on our table. WIN! I recalled the story of Monday lunchtime. He agreed: all wasps are
s.As a gardener I like Wasps they munch aphids like a fat lass goes through a packet of biscuits, much better than those lady birds sitting their looking pretty but doing sweet fa I even moved one to an aphid infested rose, and it sat there looking at the aphids. They can FRO useless bugs.
That may explain why we ended up killing 4 at our table last night, sitting outside having a beer after work.
Do wasps just sting for fun then? Surely its not just a defense mechanism, could you let one walk across you for instance?
Vandenberg said:
Not sure if its urban myth or not but am sure I recall a BBC documentary that showed that Wasps give off a pheromone in their death throes, which is like an attack signal for other wasps, they get a whiff and come and check out the danger.
I thought that was hornets?Had a bloke out to kill of a nest that was in my eaves the other week. He was saying after doing the job for years he got a sting that pushed him over the edge and he passed out and ended up in hospital. Had some treatment that basically involved giving him ever larger doses of venom over a very long period of time and now he hardly notices if he gets stung.
Look up the Shmitt index, the lunatic went round getting stung and bitten by everything to rate the level of pain caused, and he has some fantastic descriptions
http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2007/05/16/...
I listened to an interesting "The Life Scientific" podcast the other day on the subject, apparently some tribe sedates bullet ants and traps them in a glove, once they wake up the glove is put on as a rite of passage to manhood. Despite being rated as the most painful sting possible it actually causes no damage and is completely safe. Amusing anecdote from the interviewee about being stung by one in her bra, can't remember her name though.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 6th August 11:07
RizzoTheRat said:
I listened to an interesting "The Life Scientific" podcast the other day on the subject, apparently some tribe sedates bullet ants and traps them in a glove, once they wake up the glove is put on as a rite of passage to manhood. Despite being rated as the most painful sting possible it actually causes no damage and is completely safe. Amusing anecdote from the interviewee about being stung by one in her bra, can't remember her name though.
This was on a TV show last night on BBC one. 'Earth's Natural Wonders. Living on the edge.'Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 6th August 11:07
Stated the sting could cause paralysis or death. Either way, looked horrible.
I hate wasps too. We had some flower things in the garden, big tall things that we have no idea where they came from, but looked pretty. Until it became party central for all the local bds. After a few near misses, I eventually snapped last night and pulled the fking lot up. Been alot less wasps today I've been told!
My mum had a nest in the eaves of her house a year or so ago. Stepdad drilled a small hole in the facia board from the loft, pumped 2 cans of foam in then waited a week, then another can of foam. After 3 weeks he opened it up and hoovered all the dead ones up, then filled the hole in.
I remember once I looked at my car to see one wedged (dead) inbetween the headlamp lens and bonnet edge by its arse, I must have caught it just right. I left it there as a trophy for a few months until it went crispy and disintegrated with the pressure washer!
ds. After a few near misses, I eventually snapped last night and pulled the fking lot up. Been alot less wasps today I've been told!My mum had a nest in the eaves of her house a year or so ago. Stepdad drilled a small hole in the facia board from the loft, pumped 2 cans of foam in then waited a week, then another can of foam. After 3 weeks he opened it up and hoovered all the dead ones up, then filled the hole in.
I remember once I looked at my car to see one wedged (dead) inbetween the headlamp lens and bonnet edge by its arse, I must have caught it just right. I left it there as a trophy for a few months until it went crispy and disintegrated with the pressure washer!
marksx said:
otolith said:
Wasps are OK while they are gainfully employed. They hunt insects, feed them to the grubs. The grubs reward them with sugar. When the queen stops laying eggs and there are no more grubs, they are unemployed and hungry. Possibly also pissed, if they've been on the fermenting apples. Angry, hungry, pissed-up unemployed wasps, hanging around the bins and hassling passers by for their icecream.
With a description like that, I'm surprised social media isn't more vocal to their plight. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff