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yellow jacket, fun times
1911a1-fan
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no i'm not grumpy [:D]
cleaning off our patio getting ready for city clean up with my wife and son, he picked up a rug that had a German yellow-jacket nest in it and got stung twice, as soon as he was hauling * so did i, the wife how ever did not and got stung 6 times, i evaded it at this time and of course you never tend to extend sympathy when it happens
well im up next, the rug is about 3x6 but kinda folded up with a large nest inside, so i get on long pants, leather jacket with hood, leather gloves and start a fire in a burn barrel about 15 yards away from the burn barrel, with son holding the back door , i snatch up the rug holding it out from me, run towards the fire, about 6 feet away my left calf gets hit with what feels like a 2x4 and a rusty nail, my leg starts to give out i got 10 more feet to safety but i dont give in until i make it into the house, i pictured myself falling and getting 100 stings and just cant go down now
in the house and safe, no hitchhikers, not sure how many stings i got, it doesnt really hurt till i take a step, then damn feels like a torn hamstring does, but on my calf
last week i got it 3 times from wasp i one of the sheds, i dont think they have jack on these little bastages
and yes she now has my sympathy
cleaning off our patio getting ready for city clean up with my wife and son, he picked up a rug that had a German yellow-jacket nest in it and got stung twice, as soon as he was hauling * so did i, the wife how ever did not and got stung 6 times, i evaded it at this time and of course you never tend to extend sympathy when it happens
well im up next, the rug is about 3x6 but kinda folded up with a large nest inside, so i get on long pants, leather jacket with hood, leather gloves and start a fire in a burn barrel about 15 yards away from the burn barrel, with son holding the back door , i snatch up the rug holding it out from me, run towards the fire, about 6 feet away my left calf gets hit with what feels like a 2x4 and a rusty nail, my leg starts to give out i got 10 more feet to safety but i dont give in until i make it into the house, i pictured myself falling and getting 100 stings and just cant go down now
in the house and safe, no hitchhikers, not sure how many stings i got, it doesnt really hurt till i take a step, then damn feels like a torn hamstring does, but on my calf
last week i got it 3 times from wasp i one of the sheds, i dont think they have jack on these little bastages
and yes she now has my sympathy
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When wasps and bees sting, they also spray you with a pheromone that tells their nest mates, "Sting here." A hasty retreat is definitely called for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica
https://www.rescue.com/bugs/yellowjackets/german-yellowjacket/
some days it just doesn't pay to post anything here
Next time I think I would go with chemical warfare as opposed to scorched earth[^]
+1
When they are yeller and black, it don't matter what country they are from, they are bad dudes.
Damn lucky you did not fall down and get mauled severely.
I would have used chemical warfare, but not report it to the United Nations.
Picked up my tailgate and felt it buzzing. Drowned all of them.
Then I was putting in some better reverse lights(led flood lights) Had the tip of my screw driver break off. Took a hammer and chisel to get that screw out. Should have seen the yellow-jacket nest that dropped off the truck while I was hammering.
Looked under and cannot see them.
Think I need to go park in the Willamette and drown them.[8D]
https://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/german-yellowjackets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica
https://www.rescue.com/bugs/yellowjackets/german-yellowjacket/
some days it just doesn't pay to post anything here
Well shut my mouth, learn something new every day.[:I] I have never seen them called yellow jackets before, but I guess that name is only used in the U.S. Anyway, stay away from them!
One the the Wicked Itch brought clothes in and folded them neatly placing them in the drawer, I was just getting out of the shower. Dried off, went into the bedroom and started getting dressed. Pulled pit a freh pair of jeans and slipped them on, a few seconds later my inner though started burning. I reached down to my thigh as a normal reflex and felt what reminded me of a mini vibrator, that?s when I realized something was wrong. Yanked those pants off in record time while doing an exxagerated version of the Pee Pee dance.
There was a pair of wasps in those jeans, I?m screaming bloody murder, panicked because that was close to my manhood and I wasn?t sure that there wasn?t anymore wasps getting ready to attack.
The Wicked Itch, that was the funniest crap she had ever seen, I resisted the urge to plant my foot square in her mouth.
I bought a dryer that weekend and tore down the clothes line.
i don't think it was a sting after all, i believe i tore my calf muscle, it looks and feels like the time i pulled my hamstring 30 years ago, a black and blue stripe on it, no sign of a sting, swollen and hard as a rock, severe pain if any weight is on it, and the whole leg collapses
Once upon a time we owned a washing machine but no dryer, clothes always were dried outside on the line.
One the the Wicked Itch brought clothes in and folded them neatly placing them in the drawer, I was just getting out of the shower. Dried off, went into the bedroom and started getting dressed. Pulled pit a freh pair of jeans and slipped them on, a few seconds later my inner though started burning. I reached down to my thigh as a normal reflex and felt what reminded me of a mini vibrator, that?s when I realized something was wrong. Yanked those pants off in record time while doing an exxagerated version of the Pee Pee dance.
There was a pair of wasps in those jeans, I?m screaming bloody murder, panicked because that was close to my manhood and I wasn?t sure that there wasn?t anymore wasps getting ready to attack.
The Wicked Itch, that was the funniest crap she had ever seen, I resisted the urge to plant my foot square in her mouth.
I bought a dryer that weekend and tore down the clothes line.
You have "Manhood?" Who knew? [:0][B)][:D][}:)]
day 2
i don't think it was a sting after all, i believe i tore my calf muscle, it looks and feels like the time i pulled my hamstring 30 years ago, a black and blue stripe on it, no sign of a sting, swollen and hard as a rock, severe pain if any weight is on it, and the whole leg collapses
Not sure that is better, but at least a pulled muscle can't kill you. I prescribe a new gun.[:D]