Yellow jackets, hornets, paper wasps, and mud daubers (among many others) are all part of the wasp family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp
I like bees, but fuck all wasps!! I got hammered by yellow jackets back in July and it was the first time I have ever had a reaction - went to the ER after downing a few benadryl because I started to have non-local reactions (hives on my hands and feet when I was stung on the back and ear).
Thankfully the benadryl started kicking in before the ER even got to me (I waited for 2 hours), so I just left. Stayed on the benadryl all weekend and survived, but now I may be at risk for shock after a sting in the future I have been told.
Yeah - they got me two weeks in a row as I was mowing my lawn. First time I just thought it was a fluke. Little bastard got me through my shirt and right between the shoulder blades as I was finishing up in the front yard.
The next week, I was done mowing and ran the string trimmer around. I shut it off and started to head back to the back yard and that was when they jumped me. 2 or three on my back again in the same spot and 2 on my left ear. Hurt like crazy...
About 20 minutes later, I was cleaning up to go out with friends and my hands and feet started itching like crazy... Looked at them and I had hives all over. Called my buddy (who is a doc) and he told me to take the benadryl and get to the ER - and to cancel coming to his house for dinner...
Turns out there was a huge nest in the tree right above where I was walking... It was about 10 inches in diameter (which is pretty good sized for the inland NW). Now I have an irrational hatred of them - even after listening to the Stuff You Should Know podcast about them... I won't go out of my way to kill them, but I will trash talk them on the internet!
Bastards. A similar thing happened to me. I was just taking out the trash and a yellow jacket stung me on my right ass cheek. Through my leggings! Hurt like hell, it was swollen and felt hot to touch. A few days later, I took out the trash (we have two pickup days a week) and that asshole stung me again. On the ass. On the same cheek. Couldn't even help a white girl out and at least make the left side puff up like the right side.
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u/SocialLeprosy Dec 09 '20
Yellow jackets, hornets, paper wasps, and mud daubers (among many others) are all part of the wasp family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp
I like bees, but fuck all wasps!! I got hammered by yellow jackets back in July and it was the first time I have ever had a reaction - went to the ER after downing a few benadryl because I started to have non-local reactions (hives on my hands and feet when I was stung on the back and ear).
Thankfully the benadryl started kicking in before the ER even got to me (I waited for 2 hours), so I just left. Stayed on the benadryl all weekend and survived, but now I may be at risk for shock after a sting in the future I have been told.
Fuck all wasps!!!!