Bug Identification

[AirbornePathogen]

It’s a “Burn down the goddamn shed” spider….

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[BPTactical]

Found it on the stairs I?m my parents place in Durango

Ok, so it?s the ?Burn down the goddamn house to kill it? spider?.



There?s more of them there ya know?..

[Hummer]

We often find Solifugids in and around our house outside Palisade. They like dark concealed places and can enter through small openings under door seals. Same with small scorpions. I recently found two 2 1/2 inch scorpions in our dining area. I kill 'em all and fortunately have never been bitten or stung.

Wasps and hornets are my real bane. Last month I got stung on the lip and chin by a wasp, and yesterday a hornet stung me 9 times before I knew what happened. The yellow-jacket and bald-faced hornets are really aggressive now.

[theGinsue]

We often find Solifugids in and around our house outside Palisade. They like dark concealed places and can enter through small openings under door seals. Same with small scorpions. I recently found two 2 1/2 inch scorpions in our dining area. I kill 'em all and fortunately have never been bitten or stung.

Wasps and hornets are my real bane. Last month I got stung on the lip and chin by a wasp, and yesterday a hornet stung me 9 times before I knew what happened. The yellow-jacket and bald-faced hornets are really aggressive now.

While I have yet to find one at my home in NE Colo Spr, I recall about 19 years ago they found a wind scorpion in my building on Peterson AFB. They sent warnings out to everyone in the building about the presence of these bugs as if it were a prolific venomous spider. Made a lot of folks worried for a while.

As to Bald-faced hornets.... On September 17th my neighbor told me there was a wasp nest in the tree in my yard. I went to investigate and found this bald-faced hornet nest (hard to tell from the pic, but the thing is about the size of a volleyball). I had mowed under this spot 1 week prior and it hadn't been there. Facing the wrath of these very angry insects, I sprayed inside the nest repeatedly and saturated any of the wasps falling out (they say bald-faced hornets are actually wasps and not true hornets - but they're territorial and mean). I then clipped branches that were in the way and put a trash bag around/over the nest, then clipped the branch it was on - and saturated the inside of the bag with wasp spray). I didn't get stung even one time but karma has a way of catching up with you.

Last Saturday, the 24th of Sep (a week after finding and removing the nest), I was on my way to pick up dinner and driving with my windows open. I heard a "thwack" on the rear of the drivers door window frame then immediately felt a severe burning sensation across my left jaw and neck. It took everything I had not to lose control of my truck. A minute later I was sitting at a red light and used my mirror to check out my jawline - there was a 1/8th" stinger and venom sack on/in my jaw. I never saw the actual bug but it had to have been large and the sting hurt like hell for a few days. Karma really can be a bitch.

[SideShow Bob]

Bees leave stingers & venom sacks behind when they sting, they commit subside when they sting. Wasps do not, that is why wasps and hornets can sting you multiple times.

[BushMasterBoy]

I have left a bag of mothballs out in my driveway for months now. It was in the bed of my truck to discourage rabbits from eating the insulation off the trucks wires. I have noticed a really large reduction in the amount of insects around the front of the house lately. The other animals seem to dislike it too. Just my private observations and YMMV.

[theGinsue]

Bees leave stingers & venom sacks behind when they sting, they commit subside when they sting. Wasps do not, that is why wasps and hornets can sting you multiple times.

Ordinarily I agree that it was likely a bee that got me, but it was just the stinger/venom sack that exploded out of the bug and into me after colliding with my truck window frame.

[BPTactical]

Ordinarily I agree that it was likely a bee that got me, but it was just the stinger/venom sack that exploded out of the bug and into me after colliding with my truck window frame.

Due to the impact you got the wasps venom AND jizz load……

[def90]

Was pronghorn hunting down by La Junta this past weekend and I wasn't seeing any pronghorn so Saturday evening I drove down south of La Junta along 109 to see if I could find any of the tarantulas that are out this time of year.. I found a ton of them, they were everywhere and as it got dark it was hard to drive down the highway without hitting them..''



Some random kid that was holding one..

[hurley842002]

Was pronghorn hunting down by La Junta this past weekend and I wasn't seeing any pronghorn so Saturday evening I drove down south of La Junta along 109 to see if I could find any of the tarantulas that are out this time of year.. I found a ton of them, they were everywhere and as it got dark it was hard to drive down the highway without hitting them..''



Some random kid that was holding one..

Being born and raised in La Junta, we used to love this time of year for tarantulas, and 109 South was where we would go.