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Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52133) • Staten Island, New York 19 May

It’s in the 90s today and tomorrow is the same thing. I didn’t venture outside today and I do not intend to do it tomorrow either. I don’t really have a need to go anywhere, and I do not want to subject myself to the heat and the...

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The buzzing blighters have stuck to the cupboard

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11307) • United Kingdom 20 Jun

So you may remember that we had problems with wasps and a very nice man came earlier in the week and squirted some puffy stuff on them. We hadn't had a problem since. We had to leave to cupboard closed for a certain length of...

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The buzzing blighters have buzzed off !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11307) • United Kingdom 17 Jun

So, yesturday the wasp man came and puffed some stuff into our cupboard as we had been having a big problem with wasps....including my Mom getting stung. We left the cupboard closed as intructed. We checked the room last night...

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Buzz buzz buzz off you pesky wasps !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11307) • United Kingdom 16 Jun

For a while now we have been aware that there are wasps coming into the house....they are coming in we think through a vent in an upstairs built in wardrobe. It got quite bad so we have had to call in the professionals ......du du...

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They are back

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52133) • Staten Island, New York 25 Apr 25

Yesterday I went to the kitchen to make some breakfast for myself. Before doing that I decided to wash my coffee cup so it’s clean in time for coffee. In the process I noticed movement behind the window blinds. They were not...

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Time to Spray Already

Jim Bauer @porwest (112812) • United States 30 Mar 25

Luckily, I have some triazicide in the garage I can mix up in my hand sprayer since already I have some wasps buzzing around in the typical areas they tend to want to start nesting, in and around my mailbox and around my main...

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Fear of wasps and severe panic attack

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52133) • Staten Island, New York 17 Sep 24

We have wasps flying in and out of our siding above the front door and the window next to it. We first noticed it sometime in July but did nothing. It is only recently that hubby started spraying and even put up a trap to try and...

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Diary 5th To 13th April 2020

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Apr 20

Sunday 5th April 2020 onwards - With the lockdown curfew intensifying, this has been a period of little but reading and TV watching. Easter was barely noticable in the middle it all, though I was acutely aware that I woul have...

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What's with all the wasps!

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 14 Sep 19

Is it WASP season where you are? Here in Minneapolis, I have had several peculiar guests sitting on my windshield and the top of the car. 5 or 6 wasps, that were crawling all around my windshield, even while driving 45 miles per...

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I sat on a wasp!

Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30461) • Corsham, England 13 Aug 19

The warmer weather in the UK this year has brought with it many wasps. Now I know some people think they serve no purpose but they actually help to protect the environment by controlling certain pests and they also pollinate...

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A single mom with four kids gets a check from the Secret Santa

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122122) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Dec 18

The East Idaho News Is doing their job to assist persons In need due to a tragic event in their life. Abby Toone who is a single mother who is raising four children after her husband Jon who was serving in the U S Army Reserve...

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A particularly nasty wasp - if you happen to be a certain type of spider!

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 6 Oct 18

There are several wasp species across the world that have a life cycle that involves them becoming parasites of other creatures. One of these is a Costa Rican wasp (Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga) that targets a particularly...

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Easter at the mountains.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 1 Apr 18

I have been for 2 days at 1.500 meters of altitude. I don´t know if that is the reason why I have been sleepy or sleeping a lot. Dixie says that altitude has to do with the blood pressure. She must know as she is a nurse. I...

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Bees, Wasps and creepy crawlies

Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30461) • Corsham, England 17 Mar 18

I must admit I am afraid of anything that has a sting and in particular wasps. I know that bees are important to the environment and I wouldn't kill one but if a wasp bothers me I will get in a panic. I was stung when I was...

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Frantic Days

Anna @LadyDuck (502316) • Italy 8 Oct 17

Friday morning, I heard a loud buzzing while I was taking a bath. A big hornet was flying inside the bathroom. I jumped out of the bathtub, sprayed it with a product and forget about the accident. A few hours later another hornet...

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All that work gone to waste

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381967) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Jan 17

Wasps regularly build mud nests on our brick walls and I nearly as regularly remove them. I took to one this morning with a small but hard plastic garden spade. There were about 20 spider bodies in the nest and two big wasp grubs....

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What Are You Afraid Of?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 22 Jul 16

Me? I’m terrified of spiders, especially the big, hairy-looking ones. Just thinking about them gives me the chills. I don’t know why I’m so scared of them. But I do know that it’s the number ONE phobia in the world, so I’m not...

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It Looked Like This

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169449) • United States 14 Jul 16

Pardon me wihile I scream in pain. I went to the bathroom and as I was gettting dressed I had a sharp stinging pain in the outer part of my thigh. I have these occasionally with my fibro, but this was worse. I put my hand in the...

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And here come the Bees (and wasps and other flying things).

bobbyjoe143 @bobbyjoe143 (1287) 30 Mar 16

When I was a small child, around 8 years old, I was out playing with 2 of my friends, we used to play on a common green (a patch of land that is set aside for the community to use as they wish) that is in our village (I still live...

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Beneficial Insects

belindayhughes @belindayhughes (1096) • United States 22 Feb 13

One of the newer things I've tried in my garden is beneficial insects. Beneficial nematodes can be ordered online for in-store pickup or delivery to your home. The types I use come in a sponge, but they also come in what looks...

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