Human Pincushion

in insectpub •  5 years ago  (edited)

Taking pictures of the Prickly Pear cactus flower I got stung by a wasp twice.

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I had seen the wasp in front of the cactus while taking the pictures. Going around to the other side to take a different view is when the bugger got me twice, behind the knee and on the calf.

Here's proof with the phone camera as I'm trying to slap at the wasp. Wound up tossing the phone on the grass as the wasp went down my boot.

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I had even taken a picture of the wasp on the Butterfly weed flowers....

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So far this season I have gotten a couple dozen tick bites a few chigger bites that are worse cause they persist longer and now the wasp. Luckily not many mosquito bites.

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Some days I just feel like the Human Pincushion......Mommy, mommy

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Nature hates sometimes.

Oh! No! We try to avoid wasps nests in the garden! They are very big and serious looking! Stay away from them!

Hope you do feel better soon!

Insects rule the world ...

Oh! No! They will spread to other planets!!

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Gosh I really don't like being stung by wasp's I had one on the lip they are painful!

Can't imagine on the lip, you poor guy ... :-(

Ouchy, I am always worried about getting stung by Bees or wasps, I am allergic to bee stings and they swell up so big, but I still take the risk now and again and I hope I am not tempting fate saying this but I have been lucky and not been stung for about 20 years now

They are a bitch.. still hurts and don't scratch it or it gets was.

  ·  5 years ago (edited)

She thought that it probably was her cactus and she wanted to protect it ^^

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Oh, no! You poor thing. I can feel your pain. There must be something about you that the bad buggers like. I had chiggers when I was 10 years old and had them all over my body. The itch drove me crazy and it was the worse summer in my life. Be careful out there Mike! Hugs!

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