Yellowjackets -- the wasp/hornet

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  1. bisco

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    Stinking Hornets. Just came across a hornet Bungalow like I've never seen before. Trimming the neighbors overhanging maple before all the leaves become 2 tons of lawn art on OUR side of the fence, I start cutting back branches & limbs so it's easier to manage.
    Will have to douche it w/ long range hornet spray early tomorrow morning when it's only 62°. That's one way to get out of yard work for the rest of the day.

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    This time last summer my home was yellowjacket central and I was catching hundreds.

    This year, I caught a few queens in early spring and eradicated an established nest in July and I have seen only three yellowjackets in the past 40 days or so -- one I managed to swat dead. Maybe just lucky, but hope luck holds.
     
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    Hiking in the Grand Park area of Mt Rainier National Park yesterday, I saw numerous fallen and abandoned paper wasp nests on or next to the trail. Well inside a federally protected wilderness area, safe from humans but not from recent weather events.

    But it wasn't one of them that got me. Some other kind of trail-side wasp or hornet, ground dwelling in a decaying log, did, on the back of the right hand.

    It was quickly apparent that this was going to be my strongest insect sting reaction since my early teens. Normally the sting pain starts fading after a few minutes, but this one kept growing, widening to the full width of the hand, with other tingles as far as the elbow. Puffiness also kept expanding, covering the entire back of the hand this morning.

    I've long been less reactive to insect stings than the spouse, but maybe that is changing. She'd also been seemed to reacting stronger in recent years.
     
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    Yellowjackets 2025

    Well, in April 2025...I noticed a yellowjacket flying about, set out a trap and caught a queen, I guess as I saw no more until walking out of house today and seeing several of them crawling into a hole in the dirt about 12 steps from the house.

    Immediately sprayed pesticide powder on the entrance and now have about 40 yellowjackets circling the hole with some brave ones venturing into the hole. Should all be dead by Wednesday.

    My two epi pens are expired but should still work if needed.
     
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    so far it has been a quiet year here, fingers crossed
     
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    @fuzzy1 local tissue responses to wasp chemicals are unpleasant, but if your immune system is not going anaphylaxis and constricting your air pipe, you are better off than you might imagine.

    That scenario is owned by all who sell epipens for lavish profits. I wish I could describe how to DIY epinephrine injection for about $USD5. So sorry.
     
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    In cases where you don't have the money to replace an expensive item regularly? YouTube can be your friend

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