Bugs « on: September 22, 2019, 06:50:53 PM » Author: Cole D.
Is anyone have fear of certain insects? I am afraid of wasps. Some of them can be quite aggressive and painful stings. The nests scare me, so I usually spray them with a spray that shoots several feet. Otherwise, I don't like scorpions, they look quite scary with the large stinger. Fortunately, I don't see them around, though I hear, that they like to live around pine trees and woods. The large spiders I do not like either. I do like the cute small green or brown ones. Poisonous spider I don't like around. In some countries the spiders can be several inches in diameter, although here most are fairly small. A lot of spiders shown up close look quite cute however.
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #1 on: September 22, 2019, 07:39:56 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Not afraid of bugs. I've held bees before. And a wolf spider. Key is to not flail around like a tube guy in front of a car dealership.
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #2 on: September 22, 2019, 08:13:13 PM » Author: FGS
Quote from: GE101R on September 22, 2019, 07:51:54 PM Tube guy?? lol
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #3 on: September 22, 2019, 09:34:06 PM » Author: Cole D.
Quote from: GE101R on September 22, 2019, 07:08:29 PM s The black widow and brown recluse are small and they can cause you severe problems and sometimes death. Look it up. I'm afraid of those kinds of spiders. Sometimes in the summer we get the wasps coming in the house, and I usually take the hose of the vacuum cleaner, and suck them up. I'd do same if there were spiders in the house, although I never see any. But I have heard black widow and brown recluse live in houses sometimes. Here, we have the lizards that are often seen in houses, but they don't cause harm. The common are the brown anole and green anole. But the Brown Anole is more common. Also the grey gecko.
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #4 on: September 22, 2019, 10:33:19 PM » Author: Cole D.
One time, we went to the 4H camp here for a party one fall. And there were wooden benches that my friends and I were sitting on outside, but someone had said we'd better move because they saw spiders under them. I was there for probably another hour or so after and then we came home and I took a shower and went to bed. But the next morning I woke up and there was a daddy long legged spider on the floor in my room!! I realized one of those spiders must have been on my pants the whole time until I got home and changed, but I have no idea how I didn't realize it. Scary, plus they are venomous spiders.
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #5 on: September 22, 2019, 11:39:35 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Quote from: FGS on September 22, 2019, 08:13:13 PM Wavy Winston !!!
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #6 on: September 23, 2019, 12:31:44 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
I hate wasps. If I find a nest around the house/yard, I'll spray it with that stuff that shoots out a pretty good distance. Once I'm sure the adults are dead, a couple days later I'll knock down the nest and BURN IT! I also dislike spiders, but will only kill them if they get in the house. And ants, those too ALL need to die
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #7 on: September 23, 2019, 05:39:30 PM » Author: CEB1993
I have an irrational fear of most stinging insects. Wasps and hornets freak me out, although I do understand they have an important role in the ecosystem. My dad was stung by a wasp a few weeks ago and the swelling and itching lasted for about a week. There is a wasp nest in the eave of my house that is inaccessible from outside. I discovered a second small, abandoned wasp nest in a hanging porch light a few days ago when changing some light bulbs. It was about the size of a ping pong ball, so I knocked it down with my screwdriver. Last year, I found a dead European hornet in my house on the bedroom floor.  That does not make me happy knowing there’s a nest of those dangerous, bad tempered insects nearby. European hornets are actually the only true hornet species living in the USA. They are invasive species from Germany that live in most of the eastern USA and southeast Canada today. Don’t even get me started on Asian giant hornets, those are horrifying
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #8 on: September 23, 2019, 10:03:49 PM » Author: CEB1993
Quote from: GE101R on September 23, 2019, 05:51:56 PM The giant red wasps we have sting you repeatedly and chase you around the yard if you try and kill them. When you really step on them hard, they make a "pop" sound as their shell breaks. They too are on the outside eaves and they get under the metal roofing and build a nest right under it. I've never seen a red wasp, though I have seen nests made out of dried mud by potter wasps.  I've also seen evidence of carpenter bees.  They dig holes in the wooden rails of the porch to make themselves a nest and leave behind a small pile of saw dust. I have a lot of praying mantises in my yard.  Here's a picture of a green praying mantis that clung onto the hood of my car
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #9 on: September 23, 2019, 10:11:08 PM » Author: Cole D.
I haven't see the red wasps, but I have seen something similar, to the carpenter bee. They bore holes in wood and are a large black wasp, but they don't seem to be aggressive. They do, however, have an armor like shell and are all black in color. It's been a few years since I had seen them. Also a hornet nest was in a tree in a neighbor's yard. It was built in a big clump of Spanish moss, so wasn't visible. When the nest got unknowingly knocked down, the hornets started making a loud buzzing noise and started swarming, when two people got stung by them.
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #11 on: September 25, 2019, 12:03:13 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Quote from: CEB1993 I have a lot of praying mantises in my yard. Nice. Always thought those were neat looking bugs. Don't see them very often here. I also find it interesting that at some point in the fall they turn from green to brown!
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #13 on: September 26, 2019, 06:50:38 PM » Author: CEB1993
I'm used to seeing bugs in and near my house every day.  At the beach, there are "palmetto bugs" which are large roaches native to the coast of South Carolina.  They like warm, damp living conditions and show up on the bathroom floor in the beach condo.  Good thing the toilet is right there for a quick solution to those pests    Further inland we have several dangerous bugs: Fire ants, brown recluse spiders, wasps, yellow jackets, hornets and ticks.  The mosquito population in my area has exploded throughout the past few weeks, probably due to the unusually warm weather.  I usually have at least one mosquito bite on my body at any given time during the summers here.
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	Re: Bugs « Reply #14 on: September 26, 2019, 11:09:13 PM » Author: Lumex120
Quote from: takemorepills on September 26, 2019, 11:03:49 AM I now live in western WA. We have lots of bees at our house, and you can actually hold them in your hand. They are docile and tolerate being handled. What kind of bees exactly? Just bumble bees or honey bees?
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