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There are wasps that are predatory toward other unfavorable insects. They're not 'total assholes', but they're also not very common.
I thought most wasps are predatory. I see them taking down moths on occasion. I saw a lot of them eating an elk carcass last week. Could see them pulling off chunks of meat.
Yellow Jackets are considered predatory. They're also attracted to the smell of meat. They're also assholes. I might feel differently about them if they went after mosquitoes. ;-)
24 hours later, no swelling but it got in the knuckle somehow and feels like I bopped it with a hammer. I am amazed how potent the venom is.
Were they from Connecticut ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Fairfield to be exact...[LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Ha, one of the little bastards got me on the ring finger the other morning while I was quartering an elk. They found us pretty quick and we fought each other for the meat over the course of a couple hours. I've never killed an elk this early in the season and never had to deal with them before. I killed about a dozen and only got the one sting, and I got a lot more meat than they did, so I call lit a win.
What bothers me more is when people refer to being stung as being bitten. "OMG I just gots bit by a bee!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Yellow Jackets are Wasps in the same way that Golden Retrievers are Dogs (same goes for "mud daubers" or hornets, etc)