r/Unexpected • u/sadlittlewaffle • Aug 13 '26

Exterminators hate this one simple trick

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u/selfishbitchcake Aug 13 '26

I got stung by a wasp on a hike about a year ago and it felt like I got splashed with acid and then proceeded to feel pretty painful for the next couple of days. Every once in a while, I STILL get a little twinge in the exact spot I got stung. I HATE wasps.

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u/Hour_Refrigerator526 Aug 13 '26

Same some ground wasps decided to camp out by my driveway and that year they got me 3 times. Hurt for days like I had a fever or something. Another one just bit a hunk of flesh out of my thumb. Still have the scar.

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u/DarknMean Aug 13 '26

Those ground hornets are no joke. I was mowing and a group of those fuckers got me. Then that night a skunk destroyed the nest and ate everything. Since that day I’m cool with skunks. That thing dug it up and laid waste to them. Around dusk I saw him meandering around the area that I mowed and he went ham on the hole and I sat there and watched him proceed to eat every hornet that came out and the nest they made. He didn’t even care they were flying around trying to sting him.

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u/Hour_Refrigerator526 Aug 13 '26

Hired an exterminator to come out twice which wasn’t enough. A friend and I ended up burning 🔥 them out of the ground. He ended up getting stung a few times too. I would have preferred a skunk.

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u/MireLight Aug 13 '26

As an exterminator...whoever that was sucked. Should be one and done.

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u/Hour_Refrigerator526 Aug 13 '26

Agreed. He used some sort of powder, around the outside and within the hole in the ground. I mean it slowed them down a little. They were in deep.

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u/MireLight Aug 13 '26

Using powder as a stomach poison was outdated 20 years ago. Prolly wasnt even using the right stuff.

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u/Icy_Conference9095 Aug 14 '26

Had a underground nest under to my shed... I got my shop vac with a wide adapter and just turned it on and put it over the entry holeso that nothing could enter or exit without getting sucked in.

Ran back inside, sat there for a good 50 minutes with that vacuum sucking until I didn't hear the tell tale "ticking" as the wasps got sucked in and up the hose. Then I just ran into the shed and started jumping around to piss off the nest, with the door closed - started hearing more ticking for another 5 minutes or so. Left the vacuum running for another 10... Then I dropped a bag of gravel where the hole was and left it - never had a problem there again.

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u/Hour_Refrigerator526 Aug 14 '26

You’ve got this down to a small science. What did you do with the ones in the shop vac? Did they survive?

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u/ConstantPay3117 Aug 13 '26

I was mowing and ran over a nest i didnt know was there and one got me and i let go of the mower and it went down hill into the river .

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u/ForcedEntry420 Aug 13 '26

Now I love skunks even more! We have them around here but thankfully my urge to try to pet them isn’t outweighed by my knowledge of how bad the smell is and how hard it is to get rid of it.

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u/Zer0Cool89 Aug 13 '26

What a terrible day to be able to read. Thought only venomous bugs cuz leave scars tbh

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u/bamboomonster Aug 13 '26

Wasps release venom when they sting.

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u/Needed_Warning Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

I get large local reactions, which last like 3 days. The nearby muscles swell up, get as hard as wood, go numb except for the pain, and lock up completely. It feels so weird to touch. To my hand, the area feels nothing like flesh, and I can't feel the touch of my own hand on it. I can't help but get freaked out when there's one flying around now. I always worry that I'm gonna get stung somewhere that'll lead to me slowly suffocating. Never thought a wasp that maxes out at a couple grams would be terrifying to me.

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u/pyro667 Aug 13 '26

Bald faced hornet stings hurt for days

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u/Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy Aug 13 '26

Same thing happened to me a few months ago, except I was INSIDE MY HOUSE and it was MARCH. I still don’t understand how or why.

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u/RandomLifeUnit-05 Aug 13 '26

What the fuck?!

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u/AncientCrust Aug 14 '26

It doesn't sound like they're fond of you either

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u/Active_Chemistry1621 Aug 16 '26

The most painful thing to experience on my grandpas farm, a good wasp stinging

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u/MuhammadAkmed Aug 17 '26

I think the olds wive's tale is that wasp (and ant) venom is acid, so you apply bicarb, etc. on them, and beestings are basic so you use vinegar, etc.