~MY WORST BUG EXPIRENCE EVER!!!!~

[Rte.66_chicks]

That wasp was harmless to you, but parasitic to less desirable insects. They lay their eggs in or on caterpillars, and the wasp larvae eat the caterpillar alive, leaving the essential organs until last, when they (the larvae) pupate and then become adults.

They are beneficial insects, and their life story fascinates me. If that happens again, while I can understand your terror, please try to capture and release it outside where it can continue to do good. If you put a cup or glass over it, and slide a piece of paper under, it's easy to do with no chance of harm to yourself.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

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I caught one of those ugly things once. I was supposed to bring it down to a lab but my dog ate it.

 

[Meesh]

At least you were indoors when it happened. The worst is when some unknown bug gets into your clothes in the garden, and then you have to tear your clothes off in the garden, SHRIEKING all the while, and then run for the house half nekkid while the neighbors are staring at'cha.

It happens once and while.

Cheers,
Michelle

 

[Justino]

Rte.66_chicks :

That wasp was harmless to you, but parasitic to less desirable insects. They lay their eggs in or on caterpillars, and the wasp larvae eat the caterpillar alive, leaving the essential organs until last, when they (the larvae) pupate and then become adults.

They are beneficial insects, and their life story fascinates me. If that happens again, while I can understand your terror, please try to capture and release it outside where it can continue to do good. If you put a cup or glass over it, and slide a piece of paper under, it's easy to do with no chance of harm to yourself.

well i thought it was a wasp with a huge stinger and i didnt want it flyin in my house, but i really dought ill see another 1

and what the heck was it doin in my hair? i didnt even go outside that day!

 

[Smoky73]

Some times, we get wasps in the house when spring comes or late in the fall and we have a really warm day or something. Anyway, last year, I was putting on my jacket that was hanging on the back of a chair in the kitchen and I felt something terrible on the back of my neck. A burning and pain sensation. I never heard a thing but stripped off clothes as fast as a could (glad I wasnt in the garden LOL) and there was a wasp in the neck cuff of the coat. I have NEVER been stung by a wasp, hubby hadnt either till 3 weeks prior. His reaction was worse, he had pain and such for weeks. I put Benadryl cream on mine ASAP and it was gone and barely noticable the next day. But the burning...it would come and go, felt just like fire!

Actually the worse bug scare I had was when I was like 7 or 8. We lived in the third floor apartment and I opened up the door on the main floor to go out into the yard and a bumble bee flew right at my face. Now a bumble bee in large anyway, but when you are like 7 and one flies at your face it looks REALLY big. I screamed and screamed and ran all the way up the stairs to the apartment (screaming and crying) that sucker chased me (well, seemed like it) all the way up stairs.




I had a cactus jump at me as a child too, but thats a whole other story......

 

[warren]

I put on my cardigan once and found out too late that there was a wasp in the sleeve. I got stung half a dozen times on the arm.
Our puppy dog licked up a dead bee and the sting stuck in his tongue. We had to chase him round yelping and catch him before we could hold him down and remove it. Even dead bees can sting.

 

[earthnut]

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I once disturbed a hornet's nest in the garden and barely got inside before stripping - thankfully I wasn't far from the house!

 

[12 Acres]

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Parasitic wasps are beneficial insects. I'm sure you weren't thrilled about it being in your hair but it's still one of the "good bugs". Without them we'd be overrun with caterpillars. They lay their eggs on caterpillars, then the young devour the caterpillar. If you ever see a caterpillar with large white eggs attached to its back you're seeing the work of a parasitic wasp.

The more you know...

 

[Lunachick]

Yuck, you have to feel for the caterpillar, what a way to go....

 

[Bawkadoodledoo]

heh my mom took even worse pics of that.