Stinging Insects...the Ones That Hurt

[pastafreak]

After reading about tiggers wasp sting pain, I remembered a particularly painful sting that sent me to the hospital emergency...this was in the States.
So I did a bit of googling and came across this little list. The pain descriptions are short, but colourful.

https://www.westernexterminator.com/wasps/ouch-the-top-5-most-painful-insect-stings/

[davebro]

We had a wasp nest in the (enclosed) roof space last summer. Tiny wasps, non-aggressive and lots died on the window sills. I expected them to hibernate & come out again when the weather warmed up, but no sign of them yet.

[pastafreak]

Maybe the weather hasn't warmed up enough...yet.
Apparently they don't use the same nest...buf may stay in the area.

https://www.amesgroup.uk.com/blog/how-long-does-a-wasp-nest-last/

[roopower]

We had a wasp's nest under our shed a few years ago. They didn't bother us at all so we left it , the wasps disappeared (died off?) and we haven't had them back, so far.

[tiggerblue10]

I was stung by a large ant when I was in Australia nearly 30 years ago. Stung me on my big toe and I was in agony for hours.

Another time, a friend of mine stood on some kind of venomous sea creature at a beach in Crete and her foot was paralysed for several hours.

[Stickybottle]

Was once bitten by a horsefly in France and my lower leg swelled up to twice the size

[AuntPG]

Horseflies, colloquially called Cleggs, give a very nasty bite

[DTCwordfan]

Horseflies are nasty little barrsstewards...

So are fire-ants (in the States)

And, as to plants, be really careful with these weeds, plenty in the hedges and wild fields down here.... https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/ginat-hogweed-growing-1556700963.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.121xw,0&resize=480:*

[AuntPG]

We live within a mile of a 120 + flock of deer and the deer flies occasionally come up into the house. They a seemingly immune to all fly spray and if they get onto you they will bite like a mosquito.