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  1. woodworkingboy

    Worst Critter Encounter In The Tree

    Do they say in the states and other places that bees will especially go after someone wearing black? True or not, I've heard it said that it is a defence mechanism that they have against Bears. On a bike trip with a friend, we pulled into a natural rest area, and under a seldom used roof...
  2. woodworkingboy

    Worst Critter Encounter In The Tree

    Just a shot, Pat, they didn't put you on an iv drip?
  3. woodworkingboy

    Worst Critter Encounter In The Tree

    Your more intelligent wasp, perhaps. They do direct their buddies to food locations like other wasps aren't capable of. Predators unlike other flying insects, but who know how much they can think of other things.
  4. woodworkingboy

    Worst Critter Encounter In The Tree

    Cory, they're a fact of life for three or four months out of the year, so people have gotten used to having them about. People working outdoors run into them, particularly in the woods and other rural areas, but it isn't like they become immediately aggressive upon contact with humans. My...
  5. woodworkingboy

    Worst Critter Encounter In The Tree

    Had a startling brief face off with a flying squirrel on the ground that came out of a log. It took off and scampered up a tree faster than I could get my mind around what was happening. In the late afternoon when they start to jump and glide, a real cool thing to watch.
  6. woodworkingboy

    Worst Critter Encounter In The Tree

    Dave, 2-3" is common to see with the wasps. Carb cleaner is my weapon of choice to kill them, it must do a quick number on their lungs, but after being sprayed they curl and shrivel up to much smaller, so don't much make show specimens. Having been stung in the middle of my back by one once, I...
  7. woodworkingboy

    Worst Critter Encounter In The Tree

    Bumblebees here generally mind their own business, and never seem to want to chase a person. They look too fat and lazy. Stings are a rarity, and little cause for concern. Giant asian wasps on the other hand are out looking for meat and something to attack. Remain still and hopefully they...
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