Wasps!

MOTHER F'ERS.

Ow, two at once while outside with the dog.

Well, their stinging days are now over. 

I am sorry to hear of your misfortune!

The nest was underneath a railing on our deck. Ow, still stings. 

I really miss our last Shepard... he would eat them! He loved snatching them out of the air. I had never seen anything like it, till him. So cool. 

So, just for clarity's sake, are we talking about the brown wasps with the exposed paper nests, or something different, like yellow jackets?

You mislabeled them. shiny happy people. They are called shiny happy people 

Steel railing?  They LOVE  hot tailgate latches in junkyards, especially red ones.  OW!

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

The brown ones with the paper nest. 

914Driver said:

Steel railing?  They LOVE  hot tailgate latches in junkyards, especially red ones.  OW!

Wood railing. Well hidden. 

Now starting to feel it. Or feel something. Maybe it's the antihistamine.

I was taught a paste of cornstarch and warm water on the spot will ease pain and get the stinger out.

Thanks. The bite site doesn't sting too badly now. Still, ow, two at once. Bastards. 

In reply to 914Driver :

Aren't you supposed to pee on it?

914Driver said:

I was taught a paste of cornstarch and warm water on the spot will ease pain and get the stinger out.

For bees maybe.  Wasps don't have barbed stingers and the same wasp can jab you multiple times at no risk to its own health.  Well, that is, unless there is retaliation.

In reply to Stampie :

Not sure I could easily pee on the back of my elbow. 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Let us know how it went.

The aerosol cans that spray "silly-string" of death foam like 20' are really fun for wasp nests. 

My dog will eat them out of the air as well.  She will also spend all day or even multiple days stalking a spider on the ceiling.  I have purposefully left spiders on the ceiling for her.  The level of concentration on her part is hilarious. 

Speaking of wasps were any of you smart kids like we were and thought throwing rocks at the nests or trying and hit them with sticks was a fun way to spend an afternoon??  Ya we were not very smart kids.. . . .   ;-)

1988RedT2 said:

So, just for clarity's sake, are we talking about the brown wasps with the exposed paper nests, or something different, like yellow jackets?

I have taken three of those paper nests off of my place in the past few weeks.  Last one was in the slide of the glass door.  I just happened to look up and see one land before I opened it.

mad_machine said:

1988RedT2 said:

So, just for clarity's sake, are we talking about the brown wasps with the exposed paper nests, or something different, like yellow jackets?

I have taken three of those paper nests off of my place in the past few weeks.  Last one was in the slide of the glass door.  I just happened to look up and see one land before I opened it.

Yeah, I've got a couple nests growing in corners around my front and back porches.  The longer I procrastinate knocking them down, the more exciting it's going to be!

David S. Wallens said:

In reply to Stampie :

Not sure I could easily pee on the back of my elbow. 

Sounds like you need someone to take one for the team.

Stampie said:

David S. Wallens said:

In reply to Stampie :

Not sure I could easily pee on the back of my elbow. 

Sounds like you need someone to take one for the team.

Sadly, it stopped hurting once the pain went away. 

David S. Wallens said:

Stampie said:

David S. Wallens said:

In reply to Stampie :

Not sure I could easily pee on the back of my elbow. 

Sounds like you need someone to take one for the team.

Sadly, it stopped hurting once the pain went away. 

Is that like when my dad told me that if my thumb hurts stop hitting it with a hammer?