Cicada - Page 2

DK27 · 08-31-2007, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MAKG

Not all bees sting.

Carpenter bees, for instance. They like to buzz your head and make a lot of noise (and eat your rafters), but they don't have stingers.

Yeah, still annoying and I'm a big wuss with insects. Don't those things bite though?

85_Ranger4x4 · 08-31-2007, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MAKG

Big insects are part of living in the forest. Honestly, a bunch of 1-2 inch bugs wouldn't faze me much, even in large numbers.

It's the 7 inch beetles that freak me (and my cats) out. And the 5 inch "WTFs" that look something like really, really big red and green ants.

I live in an odd habitat -- very sandy dry soil in a moist coastal region, with high elevation plants (mainly ponderosa pine) at low elevation. So, some of these insects are endangered. Not that you would really want to mush a 7 inch beetle. At least not without a power washer (and I'd guess a noseplug) handy....

It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't sit in the trees and scream day and night however, I am looking forward to the first frost to get rid of these stupid things. That said I am glad we don't have those beetles to mess with just Cicada's, grasshoppers and skeeters, and 2/3's of them are just an annoyance, some of the mosquitos however carry some pretty bad bugs themselves (West Nile Virus and others)

BlackBeauty84 · 08-31-2007, 02:53 PM

ickyyyyy :op i am afraid of bugs...especially BIG ones

BDAB · 08-31-2007, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackBeauty84

ickyyyyy :op i am afraid of bugs...especially BIG ones

you and my wife both.....

I'm not a big fan either, but I really hate yellow jackets and killer bees (never been stung by by a killer bee, but they killed one of my dogs on the ranch in AZ).I would 10 times rather deal with snakes than bees.

**Will** · 08-31-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MAKG

Not all bees sting.

Carpenter bees, for instance. They like to buzz your head and make a lot of noise (and eat your rafters), but they don't have stingers.

Carpenter bees have stingers. I've killed millions of them with a wiffle ball bat over the years as my house is cedar and they love it. I've never been stung but I've hauled a lot of bodies away and they definately have stingers. Or at least one sex of them does. And they come after you when you swing at them though they don't really attack you. Wasp spray does nothing--you have to defeat them in single combat or jam a 3/8" dowel plug into the hole behind them.

**Will** · 08-31-2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BDAB

you and my wife both.....

I'm not a big fan either, but I really hate yellow jackets and killer bees (never been stung by by a killer bee, but they killed one of my dogs on the ranch in AZ).I would 10 times rather deal with snakes than bees.

I hate yellow jackets more than anything except maybe racoons. I just had one fly down the eck of my shirt while I was driving today. That was exciting. When I found the little bastard (after safely navigating my 21' truck through the school parking lot) he had a big chunk of my back in his mouth and some more of my giblets hanging off his stinger and he was still coming.

**MAKG** · 08-31-2007, 03:28 PM

You're right. Males are stingerless and females have (but seldom use) stingers.

Source: UKy entomology dept.:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef611.asp

They aren't very aggressive at all, but they look (and sound) kinda scary.

As for yellow jackets, I've had one land on my arm and try to eat a mole. Hurt like a bastard.

**Will** · 08-31-2007, 03:31 PM

Hmm. They don't mention the wiffle bat in that article...

Weird.

BDAB · 08-31-2007, 03:43 PM

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I hate yellow jackets more than anything except maybe racoons. I just had one fly down the eck of my shirt while I was driving today. That was exciting. When I found the little bastard (after safely navigating my 21' truck through the school parking lot) he had a big chunk of my back in his mouth and some more of my giblets hanging off his stinger and he was still coming.

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Originally Posted by MAKG

As for yellow jackets, I've had one land on my arm and try to eat a mole. Hurt like a bastard.

I don't think I hate anything more than yellow jackets. I had to be life flighted because of a yellow Jacket. I was stung, started swelling immediately. my auto injector was at home. Tried driving myself to the hospital (closer than home). My heart stopped on the exit ramp to the Hospital ....... totalled my brand new (3 months old) 99 dakota. I had to be med evaced to Las Vegas.

PARKINGLOT · 08-31-2007, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Will

Wasp spray does nothing--you have to defeat them in single combat or jam a 3/8" dowel plug into the hole behind them.

skippy · 08-31-2007, 03:50 PM

i goy popped two years ago by yellow jackets while cutting grass,once under the arm ,once on the top tip of each ear.two months later i could still feel twinge on one ear. makg is right,it hurts pretty bad.waited till dark and treated their nest hole to 12 oz bottle of gas.no further activity.drt.

BDAB · 08-31-2007, 03:56 PM

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waited till dark and treated their nest hole to 12 oz bottle of gas.no further activity.drt.

The old man did that 1 year, we had under ground fire for a week. Big nest.

I use Hairspray and a lighter to get the nests on the house or under the hood of the cars.

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MAKG RBV Technical Advisor Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: California central coast Year: 1991 Make: Ford Model: Explorer Engine: 4.0L Class: 4x4 Posts: 4,643 Rep Power: 21 iTrader: (0)	You're right. Males are stingerless and females have (but seldom use) stingers. Source: UKy entomology dept.: http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef611.asp They aren't very aggressive at all, but they look (and sound) kinda scary. As for yellow jackets, I've had one land on my arm and try to eat a mole. Hurt like a bastard. __________________ 1990 VW Jetta GL, 1.8L 8V gasoline engine, manual transmission, painted in oxidized red paint and ponderosa pine sap, unknown mileage. 1991 Exploder, 4.0L, M5OD-R1 manual transmission, electronic BW1354 transfer case, 3.54 gears, 31 inch tires, icky two-tone blue paint with little clear coat, 230K miles. 1972 Chevy C-10, 250 I-6, SM465 (2WD) four-on-the-floor, 3.73 gears in a GM 12-bolt, puke green with a white cab. The "4 wheeled trash can," with x70K miles. x is probably 2.
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