Mixed emotions

[PeteXXX]

When I saw the title of this thread I was sure this was the emotional mixture in question.

Over here we have Asian ladybugs that look just like the real thing only these are brown (sit down at the back) they swarm into the house in their hundreds and are impervious to any form of chemical warfare, they bite or sting too. The only way you can get rid of them is to suck them up with a vacuum cleaner. My good lady does this making sure the reverse switch has been disabled.

I think I'll just stick with our UK ones thanks.... Lol

 

[JtB]

These creatures in particular exist purely to do evil.

Totally agree, I've just been stung half a dozen times on the right leg by a couple of huge wasps while out walking in shorts along the canal. Not content with that they chased after me while I was running like the clappers to escape and stung me half a dozen times on the left leg. My wife tried hitting them with her hand bag, but I was running and jumping too fast for her to catch me. Both legs are really stinging now.

 

[Tin Pot]

Totally agree, I've just been stung half a dozen times on the right leg by a couple of huge wasps while out walking in shorts along the canal. Not content with that they chased after me while I was running like the clappers to escape and stung me half a dozen times on the left leg. My wife tried hitting them with her hand bag, but I was running and jumping too fast for her to catch me. Both legs are really stinging now.

Fukenese!

Nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Inwishninjadnt read that as I'm just going to sleep - what a nightmare!

Get well soon

 

[BrumJim]

I heard that wasps are attracted to yellow.

Wish those pesky wasps had stayed in London.

 

[PaulSB]

Totally agree, I've just been stung half a dozen times on the right leg by a couple of huge wasps while out walking in shorts along the canal. Not content with that they chased after me while I was running like the clappers to escape and stung me half a dozen times on the left leg. My wife tried hitting them with her hand bag, but I was running and jumping too fast for her to catch me. Both legs are really stinging now.

Yesterday I went for a 10 mile walk with my wife and a friend. On our last mile back to the car we walked in single file about 20 feet apart along a footpath between fields. Just fences on either side, no hedge. The path was about 4 feet wide fence to fence.

I suddenly became aware i was being stung, multiple times, and something was flying round my head. I started to run as fast as I could arms flailing round my head; next I feel stings on my back so still running ripped off my rucksack, more stings off with T shirt.

After 300 metres or so the stinging stopped. I'd no idea what had caused this. I was scared and panicked. My friend arrived with T shirt which on examination had two wasps inside it. Kath then told me I had literally walked in to a swarm of wasps. We now think the runner who passed us from the opposite direction perhaps 20 seconds earlier disturbed a nest and I walked in to the resulting cloud of angry wasps.

I've at least 23 individual stings - legs, hands, nape of neck, back, cheek and just below eye socket.

I was thinking about this later and it really shows the huge defensive power of an insect swarm. I was totally panicked, completely unaware of what was attacking and simply ran as fast as I could. All reason left my mind except the need to flee. Very strange experience from that aspect.

My wife was really lucky. She has severe reaction to wasp stings, for example one sting on her forearm would cause swelling from wrist to elbow. If she had been leading it could well have been a hospital job.

 

[JtB]

@PaulSB I hope you are feeling better now.

My legs were still itchy when I woke up this morning, but otherwise fine. These blighters seem to target their victims because I was with 2 others at the time but it was only me they chased.

 

[Chromatic]

There was a young man from Dundee
Who was stung on the neck by a wasp
When asked if it hurt
He said 'not very much,
it can do it again if it likes'

 

[PeteXXX]

Mary had a little wasp
she also had a bee
You often see her little wasp as it stings her on the knee

 

[PaulSB]

@PaulSB I hope you are feeling better now.

My legs were still itchy when I woke up this morning, but otherwise fine. These blighters seem to target their victims because I was with 2 others at the time but it was only me they chased.

Yes better now thank you though the few remaining are still hot and a little itchy. Hopefully the same for yourself - it's a really nasty experience.

My wife and our good friend Kath have somewhat embellished the tale to the amusement if all our neighbours!!!!!!