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My tremendous fear of stinging insects was rekindled today... while mowing, I noticed this. Located about 3' from the garage door, which I keep open when working. I saw 2 in the garage yesterday while working on something, then realized why today. There were about 40, and I assume they were working on building a nest. Had to get a buddy to come spray em for me. I was real close to a full blown panic attack. One childhood incident ruined me for life.

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JR Custom Calls said:
No, those big red wasps. Not sure which I hate more, but I know I'm equally freaked out by all of em haha
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Thank god we don't have those up here. Hornets are bad enough, and mean! I have started to get more allergic to the stings, been stung by everything. Honey bee's where always the worst for me because they inject so much venom, I go straight to the hospital. Yellow jackets, bumble bee's, wasp, I've been hit by them all. I had an allergic reaction to bald faced hornets last time I was stung, never had that before, little bastard nailed me 3 times. I came back and killed it's whole family, lol. Not much creeps me out, bee's a little.
 
A blow torch an a can of wd40 works great on em at night....

But they look a smidgen too close to the house for that...
 
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woodtickgreg said:
Thank god we don't have those up here. Hornets are bad enough, and mean! I have started to get more allergic to the stings, been stung by everything. Honey bee's where always the worst for me because they inject so much venom, I go straight to the hospital. Yellow jackets, bumble bee's, wasp, I've been hit by them all. I had an allergic reaction to bald faced hornets last time I was stung, never had that before, little bastard nailed me 3 times. I came back and killed it's whole family, lol. Not much creeps me out, bee's a little.
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I was stung many times by hornets when I was 7 or 8... i guess it literally traumatized me. I will honestly have a panic attack if I have a close encounter with them. Not allergic either.

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A blow torch an a can of wd40 works great on em at night....

But they look a smidgen too close to the house for that...
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Burning the house down was my backup plan if the spray failed.
 
I can't even count the number of times of times I've been stung. I don't mind bees.

Spiders....I'm gettin used to them now. My grandson comes over every Friday and we (read that as Me..) look for bugs and worms for his bug kit. As soon as he leaves the kit gets sunk in the river for the weekend....just to make sure they're dead...
 
I'm with you. I hate bees. I'd take a timber rattler over a pack of mad bees any day. I'm not allergic but I still hate them. Always do battle with bees at night. The 20 ft. spray is the best. Here's a pic of the most venomous bee in the US. Not generally a threat to humans but is has to most powerful sting. The tarantula hawk. I'm glad they're out west and not around here. Gary

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I remember the tarantula hawk wasp from when I lived in California, they are huge! Think about it, they have to be big enough to take down a tarantula spider. Good thing is they are solitary and not really nesters. and they are not aggressive too humans unless your a dumb a$$ and mess with them. The bright orange wings should be a warning not to mess with them if their size isn't enough!!
 
Best to eradicate them before their nest gets too big. I'm always battling some form of stinging critters - currently at war with a nest that is in the wall of my garage where the bees entered through a crack in a downspout that the crazy house builder installed through the wall. I will win this battle when I remove the downspout and stucco over the hole! Good thing you have a friend that can wage a proxy war for you! Chuck
 
I hate hornets ( brownish mustard yellow ones) too ! When I was a youngin , i merely looked at one on the side of our house and it came right at me stinging me on the hand and flew off. I keep a cpl cans on hand of the spray that shoots 15-20 feet .
 
Been stung plenty of time- getting even is what counts though. Best get even- I was working on a fence line and heard buzzing- took off and looked back and a 14" diameter hornets nest was right above where I was clearing brush. 12 gauge pump and birdshot at close range- just left grey paper floating in then air- Revenge is what I call it....... We have no hornets this year but a lot of yellow jackets- lots of bee spray.......
 
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I've done some drive by shootings at hornet nests before. But always from a vehicle, and always rolled the window up real quick after shooting. Done plenty of yellow jacket nests with diesel and a lighter. That's always fun.
 
Well, being the season for cicadas around here, it's also the season for 'cicada killers'....huge mothers. Personally never been bothered by one, but the size of them does make one take notice. The supposedly aren't nearly as aggressive as a lot of wasps can be...but who wants to get that close!
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TimR said:
Well, being the season for cicadas around here, it's also the season for 'cicada killers'....huge mothers. Personally never been bothered by one, but the size of them does make one take notice. The supposedly aren't nearly as aggressive as a lot of wasps can be...but who wants to get that close!
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Mean looking buggers for sure !
 
I'm not bothered by flying stingers much but the Japanese Hornet scares me a wee bit. And they are here now.


You got to be a badass insect to take down my friend the praying mantis. These hornets kill people too.

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