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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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I've seen them quite a few times, never knew they were so dangerous. I was always more worried of something like that hitting me when I'm going fast on my scooter. Even hitting a fly can sting a bit if it hits you in the face at speed
I'd like to try punching one of those big wasps. I've never been stung by anything bigger than a bee so I don't have the fear of them I probably should do |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Squire wrote: |
| I'd like to try punching one of those big wasps. |
lolwtfbbq
In Soviet Russia, wasp punch you! |
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amnsg2
Joined: 15 Aug 2010
Location: Gumi
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 6:12 am Post subject: |
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A few of those have flown into one particular classroom that I think hasa nest outside, and I got another in my sunroom. They're really laid back, though. I put paper cups over them, and put them outside and they never made any attempt to sting me, or even come near me no what I did. Maybe I'm the hornet whisperer. I hope they're not too dangerous, because I taught my elementary kids how to trap them and release them...
Lawsuit o'clock. |
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bbonthec
Joined: 07 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| amnsg2 wrote: |
A few of those have flown into one particular classroom that I think hasa nest outside, and I got another in my sunroom. They're really laid back, though. I put paper cups over them, and put them outside and they never made any attempt to sting me, or even come near me no what I did. Maybe I'm the hornet whisperer. I hope they're not too dangerous, because I taught my elementary kids how to trap them and release them...
Lawsuit o'clock. |
I really think there must be more than one species of giant wasp in Korea. Wikipedia says the Asian Giant Wasp is really aggressive, but I have seen some really big mofos that acted completely docile. I wish I knew how to tell the difference between the different types. |
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comm
Joined: 22 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| bbonthec wrote: |
| I really think there must be more than one species of giant wasp in Korea. Wikipedia says the Asian Giant Wasp is really aggressive, but I have seen some really big mofos that acted completely docile. I wish I knew how to tell the difference between the different types. |
Had one flying around the teacher's room today, and it seemed I was the only one to take notice. Didn't seem that anyone was concerned about it being aggressive. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| You have openings in your house. Your house is open to the outside. You have to tell your landlord that you have Wasps and he is going to have to find the openings and spray insecticide into the spaces or have an exterminator do it for him. Wasps will make a home very quickly in any open space inside your house that you have. They will come in numbers. Get those openings closed and have an exterminator get rid of them. |
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Jarome_Turner
Joined: 10 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:02 am Post subject: |
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What are those gigantic brown wasp-like things in Korea? About the size of a large thumb, completely brown, and kinda shaped like a flying ant, but not exactly the same. Flys kinda clumsy like.
My very first day in Korea in 2004, was shuttled to my apartment after travelling for 20+ hours. Was experiencing the normal level of culture shock for a small town Nova Scotia boy. Found one of these flutterring around in my kitchen upon arrival. Waited for it to land on my window, then wacked it with a broom, only to have the window smash and fall to the parking lot 2 floors below, haha. Luckily nobody was around, so I taped a plastic bag over it and told my director that it was smashed when I arrived!
Moral of story - those things are kcufin' creepy. |
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bbonthec
Joined: 07 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| Jarome_Turner wrote: |
What are those gigantic brown wasp-like things in Korea? About the size of a large thumb, completely brown, and kinda shaped like a flying ant, but not exactly the same. Flys kinda clumsy like.
My very first day in Korea in 2004, was shuttled to my apartment after travelling for 20+ hours. Was experiencing the normal level of culture shock for a small town Nova Scotia boy. Found one of these flutterring around in my kitchen upon arrival. Waited for it to land on my window, then wacked it with a broom, only to have the window smash and fall to the parking lot 2 floors below, haha. Luckily nobody was around, so I taped a plastic bag over it and told my director that it was smashed when I arrived!
Moral of story - those things are kcufin' creepy. |
What a hilarious "welcome to Korea" story! |
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HANGRY
Joined: 04 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I saw one of those things when I was riding my bike. Out of the corner of my eye this orange thing that looked about the size of a hamster comes flying towards my head. Scared the bejesus out of me... |
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peregrinejones
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yorkshire_boy
Joined: 04 Oct 2009
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No, not cicadas. I know all about those bugs. If they're not black and yellow, they don't bother me one bit. ^^
I am thinking they could either be this:
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/view.php?tid=3&did=25760
which are not dangerous at all, or this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
which are significantly dangerous, and do live in Korea, according to Wikipedia.
I should say that I am not only phobic, but also allergic to the stings of some species. I was hospitalized by a killer bee down in Georgia once, yet have been stung many times with no ill effects by other species. But ever since sitting on that yellowjacket hive when I was a kid, I'm just totally freaked anytime I see one.... |
They do live in Korea, normally found in the countryside.
I got stung by one yesterday which was quite a shock, I didn't even see it until after I had been stung. I must have been near its home as it was an unprovoked aggressive attack. After I was stung, we suddenly saw many flying around us so we got out of there pretty quickly! It hurt a lot, sort of like a hot needle going into me...I got a huge swelling but aside from that no other problems. At the time I was worried incase I had any more serious symptoms! Apparently depending on the person's health and the amount of venom injected, their sting is capable of killing even without being allergic to them which is pretty scary! |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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One got into one of our classes last month. Nobody seemed too bothered, to be honest- and it was definitely one of the giant wasps. It buzzed about the inside of the window lethargically for a little while then flew back out again
Around the same time we had a nest of ordinary wasps build up over the weekend too, because the windows weren't closed on the Friday. The nest was a sort of brownish mass just under the size of a tennis ball, and there were about a dozen normal wasps crawling on it. It was hanging from the ceiling just inside the classroom next to the open window. The caretaker came up and sprayed it with an insect spray, which he then ignited with his lighter; creating a sort of blowtorch. It was very cool. Now I know what to do I'll be doing that next time. I'll wait until a class has started then when the kids point it out I'll pretend to notice it for the first time, and take it out with the improvised flamethrower approach. I'll look like a bad ass |
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