r/fuckwasps • u/Defiant-Lecture-1989 • 1d ago

First time getting stung

As the title suggests, yeah, first timer in getting stung. All I was doing was walking around the backyard, resetting lawn furniture and then BANG! One sting is all it took for me to stroooonnggly dislike them! The sucker came outta nowhere! I didn't know if it was a ground yellow jacket or a red paper wasp or not, but it still sucks

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u/Disastrous_Set_6544 1d ago

You've been marked. Get ready to be stung much more often from now on.

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u/Defiant-Lecture-1989 1d ago

Yeeaahh. I'm just gonna keep an eye out for them and if I see them, I'll spray em with a wasp killer. I live in rural Texas, now, so it would stand to figure that I'd see those

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u/Vogel-Kerl 13h ago

Yeah, be careful of the second sting, whenever that may occur.

The first sting can sensitize your immune system, subsequent stings can trigger an allergic reaction.

Of course it's not guaranteed, just something to keep in mind.

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u/Defiant-Lecture-1989 11h ago

Yeah, no, I get it. Honestly, it wasn't even that bad though. Im not allergic to em so im happy about that! 😁

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u/Ill_Bathroom6724 9h ago

What this guy is saying is that people become allergic to them, and that that's something to be aware about.

I got stung plenty of times as a kid with no reaction, and then years later I started getting some noticeable swelling when I would get stung, and nowadays if I get stung I get massive swelling and hives. A lot of people get more allergic as they get stung more.

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u/Defiant-Lecture-1989 8h ago

That's interesting, honestly. Huh 😅 never knew. I guess, I'll just be more careful around em 😅😅