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Tiberious aka Sparkles
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 Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:45 am Post subject: Serious question about wasps (bugs, not white people) |
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Anyone know how long it takes a wasp to die from starvation? I came home tonight and found one in my apartment. I have a bee sting allergy, see, so if the little bugger stings me that could be the end of Tiberious aka Sparkles.
I sprayed it with Raid (though I don't think I got a direct hit) and managed to lock it in my TV room. There goes my plan to watch a DVD tonight, I guess. How long before it gives up the ghost, you think?
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:02 am Post subject: |
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I couldn't find anything about death by starvation, but I did find this:
"In social wasps, workers (sterile females) have an average lifespan of 12-22 days, drones (fertile males) have a slightly longer lifespan than workers."
Hope that helps.
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:20 am Post subject: |
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I hate the little varmints. I don't have an allergy to them, but have found them to be totally malevolent (I have no problem with honey bees--my dad used to raise those). The large ones in Korea (roughly the size of a B-52 bomber) I believe are the same variety as the killer wasps in Japan (saw a show on them and they looked the same). You step on them, but their armor plating often saves them from the first stomp. They also seem to handle bug spray well, unless directly hit with it. Still, you might like to try and fog that room; it might work.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Sometime this evening I will have to open the door in order to turn off the light, which I left on. Because conserving energy is bigger than one man.
Wish me luck.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| bluelake wrote: |
| I hate the little varmints. I don't have an allergy to them, but have found them to be totally malevolent (I have no problem with honey bees--my dad used to raise those). The large ones in Korea (roughly the size of a B-52 bomber) I believe are the same variety as the killer wasps in Japan (saw a show on them and they looked the same). You step on them, but their armor plating often saves them from the first stomp. They also seem to handle bug spray well, unless directly hit with it. Still, you might like to try and fog that room; it might work. |
I saw a hornet a month and a half ago that was the size of my thumb, no lie.
This bugger is considerably smaller and looks like this:
Anyway, the f-er can't survive more than a day without nourishment, can it?
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TIGER
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| tibbles; are u really allergic or just scared?? |
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animalbirdfish
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:51 am Post subject: |
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| Why not just get geared up with gloves, makeshift ajumma towel mask, sunglasses, skull cap, boots, etc and go after the filthy little bugger? I mean, you are about 7,827 times bigger that it is. Should be a short war. So, c'mon, quit being a sissy and get on with it. We've all gotta go sometime. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:56 am Post subject: |
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No, I'm really allergic. I've had so many needles in my life that the idea of a sting does little to scare me; but the thought of dying makes me a little afraid, for who will continue my legacy of self-centered Dave's posts when I'm gone?
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Sina qua non
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| Be a man and go take care of it~ |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Where's your anaphylactic shock auto-injector jab?
A must-have! |
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:43 am Post subject: |
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| There is still a solution... "let's burn this mutha down!" a la Harold and Kumar. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
I saw a hornet a month and a half ago that was the size of my thumb, no lie.
This bugger is considerably smaller and looks like this:
Anyway, the f-er can't survive more than a day without nourishment, can it?
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Yeah, I've seen those smaller ones all over the place this summer. They don't seem to be really aggressive, but I still keep my distance (and kill all who have the temerity to show their bug eyes in my place).
Although I have no answer as to how long your little beast can survive without nourishment, all wasps/hornets will die after one season, except for the queen. The next season, she will find a new nesting area. |
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animalbirdfish
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| So, what became of the monster? |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:01 am Post subject: |
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| animalbirdfish wrote: |
| So, what became of the monster? |
Kilt 'im good.
Now if I could just do something about the bugs crawling under my skin...
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| animalbirdfish wrote: |
| So, what became of the monster? |
Kilt 'im good.
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Are you sure ABF was referring to the wasp? |
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