• shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    11 days ago

    Got nailed by a wasp today for the first time in 20-years! I ignore them, they ignore me, no hassle. Even had a small nest over my front door last year that I left alone.

    Fuckers started building under an outside table, right at knee height, all but touched the nest. I ain’t mad. I slaughtered them all and showed their aborted children to my kids as a science lesson. “EEWWW DAD!!!”

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    11 days ago

    I hate that they call it “insect bites” when several of those are stings, not bites (bee, wasp, scorpion, some ants).

    Also spiders, ticks and scorpions aren’t insects either!

    • Sidhean@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      Can I get a vibe check on “Bug Wound”? “Bug wound” feels a bit more inclusive.

      I think the last non-mosquito bug wound I got was from a cicada i was moving out of my kitchen. it tried drinking my blood?? like sap?? it hurt but it was cute. it didn’t wanna leave after, either.

      • ebolapie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        Ah, but if we’re splitting hairs then we must consider that none of the wee beasties in the image are true bugs.

        • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
          3·
          11 days ago

          Yes, but you’ll barely feel that. They sting with their stingers, which are so small you typically won’t even feel it at first. If you watch them sting up close, some of them will grab onto you with their mandibles and furiously sting you with their stinger repeatedly. Ants evolved directly from wasps and are basically wingless wasps, which is why they’re such dicks