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Quoth Mental_Mouse View PostOne of my late hiking buddies found what he thought was a sinkhole in his yard, and tried to dig it up to pack-and-fill.
He didn't realize that down here, yellowjackets make ground nests. He got serious cellulitis on his arm from all the stings!Quoth Blue Ginger View PostJust looked up yellow jackets because I wasn't sure what they were.
Jesus freaking christ! and I thought we had some big bugs in Oz. So glad that the wasps we have don't have nests that get that big.
We have native bees, european bees and wasps, but wasps aren't that common. If you find a nest, all you have to do is report them to your local council/shire and they send out the exterminator. They are classified as pests, so can be destroyed without too many dramas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
Those you take off and nuke from orbit, just to be sure.AkaiKitsune
Sarcasm dear, sarcasm. I’m well aware that dealing with civilians in any capacity will skin your faith in humanity alive, then pickle anything that remains so as to watch it shrivel up into an immortal husk thus reminding you of how dead inside you now are.
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Yelloy Jackets also "tag" you with a sent in the sting. Walk past the nest a day later, they will attack you.
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So basically you are all telling me that those hideous scary bugs in Hunger Games are based on a real bug? Holy fuck buckets! I don't want to visit the US anymore. I think I'll stay here in Oz where I just have to deal with most of the world's top deadly snakes and spiders.A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. - Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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Aren't yellow jackets also scavengers? They seem attracted to rotting meat smells, especially if you use fish oil fertilizer on your flowers. (Mom used to do that.)
They are originally designed to hibernate during the winter, but they have made their way into some locations that do not get cold enough to trigger that. So their nests will grow and grow and grow... I believe that the state of Hawaii is very serious about dealing with any nests they find! Yellowjackets will also kill and eat a number of native insects there and are threatening their populations.“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers
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Quoth Blue Ginger View PostSo basically you are all telling me that those hideous scary bugs in Hunger Games are based on a real bug? Holy fuck buckets! I don't want to visit the US anymore. I think I'll stay here in Oz where I just have to deal with most of the world's top deadly snakes and spiders.
Yellow Jackets are aggressive, not real big (less than an inch) but can build big in-ground nests, but our black and while Hornets are bigger, more aggressive and build in the ground or off-ground. Between the two I'd much rather deal with yellow-jackets than hornets.
In reality bees, wasps aren't that big a deal. You leave them alone they'll leave you alone except for killer-bees. Then run-away run-away run-away as fast as your legs will carry you.Bow down before me for I am ROOT
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