Faulkner
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Got swarmed by a bunch of red wasps this morning after I pulled into the garage. I'd gotten out and dropped the tailgate to let Daisy out when they hit me from behind. Being a deep water Baptist we don't dance, but I put on some moves that would make any Time Square street dancer grin with envy.
I was stung four times, twice on the back of the neck, once on my shoulder and then again on the back of my right arm just above the elbow. As I ran out into the yard wailing and flailing to get away from them, I turned and saw over a dozen on the brick wall. After the attack died down I watched and could see them coming and going between the aluminum siding and the bricks at about the height of the top of broom handle, which I noted for future reference after I took care of these stings.
I'm semi-allergic to insect stings and bites. They're not deadly to me, but I do usually swell up more than a typical person might, although the effects usually do not last more than 45 minutes to an hour. Because of this, we keep a topical medication handy to put on bites and stings, so Mrs. Faulkner applied that since I could feel the stings but not see them. I swallowed a couple of benadryl tablets.
I grabbed a can of wasp spray off the shelf and went back outside to conduct total war on these wasps. I went out the back door and circled around and could still see them milling about on the brick wall so I slowly eased up to within range of the wasp spray which dispersed a foam agent out to about 10 yards. I took out the majority of them with the first one second burst. Then I went over and perched on the tailgate and popped them one at a time as the came out from behind the siding, or as others came in to land. By the time I stopped seeing any movement I killed around 30 or more wasps.
After that, I went out to the shop and pulled my portable pressure sprayer off the shelf along with some Dawn dishwashing liquid and mixed up a batch of homemade wasps spray. This being total war, I spent the next hour going all round the house, around and under the deck, and then back out around the shop spraying all the wasps and any nests I saw. I only used about half of the spray, so I have it set aside in the garage for quick access in case there are any lingerers.
I was stung four times, twice on the back of the neck, once on my shoulder and then again on the back of my right arm just above the elbow. As I ran out into the yard wailing and flailing to get away from them, I turned and saw over a dozen on the brick wall. After the attack died down I watched and could see them coming and going between the aluminum siding and the bricks at about the height of the top of broom handle, which I noted for future reference after I took care of these stings.
I'm semi-allergic to insect stings and bites. They're not deadly to me, but I do usually swell up more than a typical person might, although the effects usually do not last more than 45 minutes to an hour. Because of this, we keep a topical medication handy to put on bites and stings, so Mrs. Faulkner applied that since I could feel the stings but not see them. I swallowed a couple of benadryl tablets.
I grabbed a can of wasp spray off the shelf and went back outside to conduct total war on these wasps. I went out the back door and circled around and could still see them milling about on the brick wall so I slowly eased up to within range of the wasp spray which dispersed a foam agent out to about 10 yards. I took out the majority of them with the first one second burst. Then I went over and perched on the tailgate and popped them one at a time as the came out from behind the siding, or as others came in to land. By the time I stopped seeing any movement I killed around 30 or more wasps.
After that, I went out to the shop and pulled my portable pressure sprayer off the shelf along with some Dawn dishwashing liquid and mixed up a batch of homemade wasps spray. This being total war, I spent the next hour going all round the house, around and under the deck, and then back out around the shop spraying all the wasps and any nests I saw. I only used about half of the spray, so I have it set aside in the garage for quick access in case there are any lingerers.
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