Red Wasps Have Declared War

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Friday evening I was walking across the front porch and a red wasp literally bounced off my right arm and was able to sting the s**t outta me in that brief millisecond he was in contact with my skin. He got me just below my right elbow and by the next day my elbow joint and the lower part of my arm was noticeably swollen and was very painful.

Saturday evening one got me on the back of my left calf while walking up the driveway. The sting hurt worse but I didn't get as sore and the swelling wasn't as bad.

At times when I was delivering propane I'd get stung by yellow jackets 3 or 4 times a day during the summer. I never had a reaction like I did with these red sonsabeaches.

I spent a good portion of the day today hunting and killing anything that flew that looked even remotely like a wasp.

 

[Jgibs0321]

Friday evening I was walking across the front porch and a red wasp literally bounced off my right arm and was able to sting the s**t outta me in that brief millisecond he was in contact with my skin. He got me just below my right elbow and by the next day my elbow joint and the lower part of my arm was noticeably swollen and was very painful.

Saturday evening one got me on the back of my left calf while walking up the driveway. The sting hurt worse but I didn't get as sore and the swelling wasn't as bad.

At times when I was delivering propane I'd get stung by yellow jackets 3 or 4 times a day during the summer. I never had a reaction like I did with these red sonsabeaches.

I spent a good portion of the day today hunting and killing anything that flew that looked even remotely like a wasp.

I like to find them at night and kill the entire village of wasps.

 

[Okie4570]

They are the worst.

 

[trekrok]

I've been seeing more of them over the last couple years. Haven't been stung yet but they do seem to have a crappy attitude.

 

[bigred1]

Didn't know it at the time but one hitch hiked on the back of my shirt the other day. Sat down at the table and leaned back and ZAP right between the shoulder blades. I feel for ya man.

 

[Boehlertaught]

They do have bad attitudes. We call them flying red zappers.

 

[RickN]

2nd best reason to keep a CO2 fire extinguisher around is to wipe out their nest..

 

[bigred1]

2nd best reason to keep a CO2 fire extinguisher around is to wipe out their nest..

I prefer a lit rolled up newspaper at night

 

[swampratt]

Spray glue that does not work well to stick headliners or other things together sure works well on wasps.

 

[dennishoddy]

When we had our pool, those vermin would land on the water suck up a load of it, then sluggishly take off to their nests to build more.
Poolside badminton racquet took care of that situation.