Wasp Stings

homerjay540

Hey there everybody, i have just been stung by a wasp (yes at 10pm in the middle of december) and am wondering if the prick (no pun intended) can sting again. the wasp is somewhere in my bedroom and i am wondering if it is safe to spend the night there or move to another bed.
any advice would be gratefull.

Karoma

It can sting again and it will sting again.
Move to another bed?! MOVE TO ANOTHER HOUSE! MOVE TO ANOTHER CITY! MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY!!! RUN, FOOL, RUN!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah like karoma said, it won't stop until you're dead. You're best off moving. don't try to sell the house, don't pack. just get out. now.

homerjay540

thanks for the quick responces lads. i will retreat, regroup and attack tomorrow with vaccume cleaner.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

God Speed.

Nothingcompares

The honey bee's sting is barbed but not used to stinging the elastic like skin of humans. This is why their sting get's stuck in our skin and in trying to fly away they pull their abdomens out and die later. Bumblebees don't have a barbed sting and therefore can sting you and retract their sting and fly off.

Wasps don't have a barbed sting either so in theory they can sting you more than once. But they won't unless you provoked it some how. Did you put your foot into a shoe or arm into a sleeve in which the wasp was hiding?

Open up the windows in your room and the wasp will make it's escape. It receives no benefit from stinging you.

SuperSean11

The best way to kill the enemy is to understand the enemy
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG3732.html

SuperSean11

Nothingcompares wrote: »

It receives no benefit from stinging you.

They get great pleasure from it

Clytus

jaysus...i havnt seen a wasp in 2 months now!!...where are you living OP?

I once got stung on the lip while in bed by a wasp...I got my sweet revenge using a can of hairspray though!!!

another time i found one in a teapot.....30 seconds later it was popping away like popcorn as I put it on the gas hob!!

Karoma

Wasps attack without provocation. FACT!

I saw one the other day in that 5 minutes of sunshine we had. It probably wanted to attack but I was shielded by glass, glorious glass.

The Next Victim wrote:

thanks for the quick responces lads. i will retreat, regroup and attack tomorrow with vaccume cleaner.

*sigh*
Have B Movies (See what I did there? Clever, wasn't it? No? WELL **** YOU!) taught you nothing? You'll attack. You might even get one. But over your shoulder there'll be a nest in view to everyone but you. A smirk will slowly show on yore face...that's when the first sting will occurr... then... *sigh* you'll see.

Ruu_Old

Ah what you need is...The Executioner!

homerjay540

Nothingcompares, i was lying in bed with tv on and felt a tingle in my upper arm. i was doing a lot of lifting today so ran my hand over it, felt nothing and presumed it was just muscle relxing. a few seconds later if felt it again, shone the light of my phone onto it and saw there was a wasp on it. i shook my sholder a bit and tried to blow it off. all to no avail. by now i was getting a bit freaked out, realising that it was actually a wasp and flicked it off with my hand. a few seconds later i realised that i had been stung.

i know that wasps/bees don't sting unless they feel threatened, but it is the middle of december so the poor lad was probably a bit freaked out him/herself.

leninbenjamin

there's a wasps nest in my neighbours garage. but they are all over our garden rather than theirs because of where the garage is. haven't stung me yet. i'm ordering a tactical strike though if they don't go away over Winter, just haven't decided yet whether to strike the garage or the neighbours house.

Karoma

leninbenjamin wrote: »

there's a wasps nest in my neighbours garage. but they are all over our garden rather than theirs because of where the garage is. haven't stung me yet. i'm ordering a tactical strike though if they don't go away over Winter, just haven't decided yet whether to strike the garage or the neighbours house.

Learn from America: Attack the garage via the house. If anyone has a problem with it: make up lies that justify it (Wasps of Mass Destruction). Duhhhh.

homerjay540

he he, kamora, you just reminded me of a film with, i think, richard e grant: how to get ahead in advertising.
not sure if that is a b movie though
also, i am pretty sure i am not schizophreniac

Clytus

get a pest control company....theyll just smoke bomb the bastids....and you can laugh your ass off as the little feckers are gased to death!!

homerjay540

dud, i'm not going to pay somebody to kill a wasp. there is no way i am going to let this guy get the better of me ... again. i just hope he hasn't emailed all his friends who are planning an ambush.

whyulittle

How big is your room!? Just find it and kill it!! Check the curtains!

Karoma

homerjay540 wrote: »

dud, i'm not going to pay somebody to kill a wasp. there is no way i am going to let this guy get the better of me ... again. i just hope he hasn't emailed all his friends who are planning an ambush.

That's absurd. Don't be absurd. tsk.

Clytus

I reckon the sneaky s hitehawks hiding in your slippers...did ya check there??

Make sure he not in your undies!!

Karoma

Clytus wrote: »

Make sure he not in your undies!!

Maybe they'd improve matters...

Creature

Also OP I hate to say but the Wasp (Vespula Romerus) that stung you is actually a rare breed of genetically modified wasp whose venom turns you into a zombie! You've got about 10 hours before you lapse into a coma and die. Then after about and hour you will return to 'life' as one of the walking undead. You are then doomed to infect other people through bites and spread an evil plague across the face of the Earth. Hope you're happy with yourself...

gurramok

Other than a wasp killer spray, use a newspaper, show no fear to the ba$tard!

Wasps are the scumbags of the insect world. They sting you just coz you exist.
Bee's on the other hand are friendly insects, they work for a living and never sting unless provoked.

Zzippy

leninbenjamin wrote: »

there's a wasps nest in my neighbours garage. but they are all over our garden rather than theirs because of where the garage is. haven't stung me yet. i'm ordering a tactical strike though if they don't go away over Winter, just haven't decided yet whether to strike the garage or the neighbours house.

Do it like the Israelis. Declare the wasps terrorists. Drop a half ton bomb on the house. Any "innocent" civilians killed in the house were also terrorists. Fcuk them. At least the wasps are gone.

JC 2K3

Zaph

Just set fire to the room now. It's the only way you can be sure of getting him and any buddies he has lurking in corners waiting to pounce.

inishindie

Hi

Sorry to hear about the sting

Here are a few remedies.

The most effective treatment for bee and wasp stings comes from the kitchen cupboards. Treatment is different for both stings though as bee stings are acid and wasp stings are alkaline. Bees leave their stings in but wasps don’t. With a bee sting the first thing to do will be to remove the sting. Then sooth the skin with bicarbonate of soda mixed into a solution with water. This will counteract the acidity. Wasp stings should simply be bathed in vinegar. Don’t get the two remedies mixed up or the sting could hurt more. This will help you remember.

B stands for Bee and Bicarbonate and W and V look sort of similar in a way!

If either sting is in the mouth then sucking an ice cube should help.

Young children and a few adults can be allergic to the stings. The first signs are swelling and difficulty breathing. If this happens seek medical help immediately.

BITES
Most insect bites are acid, so if you are being driven mad by itching you could use an old country remedy- a dab or two of your own urine. It works (apparently!)


For those of you who dislike the idea the best antidote is a mild alkaline such as bicarbonate of soda. This is mixed with water and dabbed onto the bite. Soap made into a lather then rubbed in can help too.

cheers!

Ian


http://inishindie.blogspot.com/

OctavarIan

^That post made me lol. Just because the whole thread was over the top, then that brick wall of a post comes along

@ OP: You better kill the wasp now. Those things can fly through walls so nowhere is safe. It's got the taste of you now so it's pretty urgent.

Genghiz Cohen

Don't read this thread OP, as you do the wasp will be slowly climbing yore back.....

Then just as you realise it, BAM he sinks his throbbing stinger deep into yore flesh!!

Karoma

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Don't read this thread OP, as you do the wasp will be slowly climbing yore back.....

Then just as you realise it, BAM he sinks his throbbing stinger deep into yore flesh!!

...before it lands on keys to type out a suicide note.

Nobody ever suspects the wasp.

biko

The butler wasp did it!

smemon

i wonder if you could ever get stung in the eye, as in the pupil of the eye... and what would be the solution

i once had a bluebottle fly into my eye and i must have been poking bits and pieces out of my eye for a week afterwards...

let him sting you repeatedly and he'll soon get fed up as you show no reaction. wasps can smell fear.

marcsignal

homerjay540 wrote: »

Hey there everybody, i have just been stung by a wasp (yes at 10pm in the middle of december) and am wondering if the prick (no pun intended) can sting again. the wasp is somewhere in my bedroom and i am wondering if it is safe to spend the night there or move to another bed.
any advice would be gratefull.

OP you have a Wasps Nest in your Attic, for SURE.
I used to work in Rentokil and have seen this a million times before, at this time of year.

Wasps Nests usually die off by October, but in centrally heated houses, nests in the attic remain acitve for much longer, because of heat rising into the attic from the house.

If you have a light on in your room at night, this will attract them down into the room, from the Attic, via light fitting in the cieling, or if you have pipes going up through the cieling into the attic, where there is any kind of gap in the cieling plaster, that will allow the odd one to get down into the room. In the meantime, don't have the light on in your room for any length of time before you go to bed. Or alternatively, if you have a light in your attic, just go up switch it on, and leave it on, that will keep them up there at night.

If you're in Dublin PM me and i'll tell you how to get rid of it.

DON'T go up into the attic and interfere with the nest, or try to get rid of it yourself !! They WILL attack you !

Jesus Wept

All this nonsense about bees/wasps only stinging if provoked.

Loadahbollix, some of them are just full of badness and out for a row. :eek:

Ballerina

jesus i thought they died once they stung

i once felt something prickly on my arm while in a tent, had no light so had no idea what it was, thought something had just killed me....turned out it was worse than i had thought when i saw a dead wasp beside my sleeping bag the next morning.had it just gone to sleep or stung me and died??

freaky wasp maybe it was tired

Lockstep

I remember putting on my jacket and heading to the pub, about an hour after heading out I felt a sting on my upper arm, I pulled my arm out to see a wasp flying away.

Little scamp had been in there the whole time.

eirebhoy

I was stung once in my life by a wasp and I soon realised why I've been so scared of them all my life. I was camping and loads of bees and wasps were getting caught between the tent and the net. I was actually stung in my drunken sleep so didn't feel anything but the next day I felt hungover times 10.

Years and years ago, when summer was summer, loads of us used to go up to merrion square park with coffee jars and catch bees. Very rarely was anyone stung and we had a great time.

Rb

Ballerina wrote: »

jesus i thought they died once they stung

Bees do, wasps don't.

Ballerina wrote:

i once felt something prickly on my arm while in a tent, had no light so had no idea what it was, thought something had just killed me....turned out it was worse than i had thought when i saw a dead wasp beside my sleeping bag the next morning.had it just gone to sleep or stung me and died??

freaky wasp maybe it was tired

Er, right so.


Be careful of any wasps/bees you see at this time of year, they're dying so are more tempermental and will attack without reason.

Mint Sauce

homerjay540 wrote: »

dud, i'm not going to pay somebody to kill a wasp. there is no way i am going to let this guy get the better of me ... again. i just hope he hasn't emailed all his friends who are planning an ambush.

Karoma wrote: »

That's absurd. Don't be absurd. tsk.

exactly, how would a wasp have the credit rating to get a broadband connection



seriously though, wasps in december

Saruman

Just be thankful it was only a wasp and not a Giant Hornet They grow up to 7 cm long, have huge biting jaws, very painful sting and i believe can even shoot venom in you eye.
30 Giant hornets can wipe out a colony of 30,000 bees in 3 hours.

OP leave an "almost" empty bottle of coke or beer on its side. When the wasp goes in to feed on the sugar, i gets stuck and will die.

Ballerina

rb_ie wrote: »

Bees do, wasps don't.

ah twas probably a bee....or a weak wasp

RxQueen

I was never stung by a bee or a wasp before, always do be afraid i will tho, and i also thought i was safe in december judging form this i think not:eek:

*runs away waving arms in air, shutting all windows stat*

Lands Leaving

Zippo + Lynx ftw.

Saruman

Never been stung myself, or if i was i did not notice

When i was an extra on the King Arthur movie during that scorcher of a summer in 03 we were surrounded by wasps at feeding time. My solution was to put cream or something on my finger and simply feed them... I named them fluffy1, 2,3 etc... They were my friends

homerjay540

hi again, everybody. just after logging onto net for first time in few days.
right, that night i was gonna sleep in another room. searched my room for wasp but couldn't find him. decided it would be cowardly of me to swich rooms because of a wasp what had probably left my room so decided to stay in my room that night.

following day i am hoovering my room and changing my bed clothes. i leave the room, when i return i look at a heap of bed clothes and see the prick ontop of the pile. not sure if he was in em all previous night or not.

anyway, i got a towel and flaked it at him. he was stuck but still managed to fly onto the wall. i hit him again with towel and this time he fell to floor. then i stamped on him twice. i removed my foot, inspected my kill and discovered that my kill wasn't actually dead. so i completly squashed him, mashing him into the ground.

so, in short, i found him the following morning and killed him

homerjay540

you gotta love happy endings

Karoma

How's that a happy ending? I'd be happier if it grew in size, hit you with the towel, and posted here boasting about it. That'd make me real happy.

homerjay540

homerjay540 wrote: »

thanks for the quick responces lads. i will retreat, regroup and attack tomorrow with vaccume cleaner.

A few months ago I devised a game of "fly vaccing" after the missus left the back door open all evening, hundreds of the little feckers.
Had an hour or so of fun sucking them out of the air in mid flight, there were so many I'm sure the bag would have flown out to the bin itself. Finally I sucked a large spider in (I bet he's huge now).

homerjay540

homerjay540 wrote: »

so i completly squashed him, mashing him into the ground.

so, in short, i found him the following morning and killed him

Does he match the carpet!