Murder Hornets

[Core Shot]

They know they'll rule the world someday, they bite and sting me anyway.

They bite and sting and suck suck suck!

[Meathelmet]

Been stung by hornets wasps and yellow jackets over the years. Nothing hurt like this, and it gave me an almost immediate red line going up my leg like a blood infection.

Dude, are you Me?

Last summer was crossing from Macedonia to Albania via a particularly dodgy border crossing.
Lo-and-behold, few mins before it was our turn felt a stab in my leg, just above the knee. I mean not a twinge, but a fucking stab with a sharp, burning pencil.
A bit of shouting, slapping and wtf:ing I find a smallish, really dark wasp/bee thingy smashed to my leg.
Fast forward 30 secs, 4 cars in front of us and I was like, what the fuck...this is starting to hurt...bad bad. I have been stung by bees, wasps, hornets and other creatures from the crypt but this is next level shit.
Thigh turns cold(?), starts to swell and turns red.

Two minutes later, only 2 cars in front of us and I have started cussing and yelling like I would have a full blown Tourettes. Jeebus.It.Hurt.
I consider of having a very high pain threshold (like 9+ out of 10), and I was tearry eyed and felt like punching myself in the face. At this point I am digging out some fast acting allergy medicines and start searching for a Epipen that is somewhere in the cockpit of the van. Mind you, at this point there is 7 weeks of driving around the Balkans behind so the van looks like...well you get it.

Oops. It is our turn.
Albanian border guard knocks on the window, I roll it down and there I am: pants rolled up, sweating profusely, rocking back and forth like the regular autist, eating pills and holding the adrenaline shot in my hand.
- "Passport, Mister."
- "Oh, yeah, wait, where is it!? Sorry, just got stung by a wasp!"
- "???"
- " A wasp, you know BZZZZ BZZZZ! AUAUAUAUA!? You know??"
- "???"
- "Passport."
- "Fuuuuuu..."

At this point it is not only that I am feeling my lips tingle, but the pain has cranked up to 11 and I am about to lose control of my bowel as well. I cant remember how long they were checking the papers, but just as the scenario I was panning in my head (being dragged out of the car by while spewing shit like a mud volcano while getting probed and baton'ed by the Albania's finest) was about to turn real, the officers waved us through.
Managed to drive less than 1km before had to hobble out of the car and dash for the non existent roadside bushes, sadly by then, the leg did not bend anymore so usual shit squat was out of the question and I had to resort to the infamous Cossack Scat Squat...which has it drawbacks.

Oh well..

Oh, where were we? Murder hornets?

[From_the_NEK]

Sounds like that was one of those European Genocide Wasps. They may be small but they really know how to deliver.

[mattig]

Dude, are you Me?

Yeah, I have a permanent scar there and it caused a pretty nasty infection that took 3 different IV antibiotics to knock out.

Might not be the same critter though. I would say the pain was very high, maybe a 7 on a scale where a yellow jacket sting is a 2-3 and broken bone is 8-9.

[iceman]

I keep seeing this thread title as a question, like : Murder Hornets? And I think, yes. Yes I would happily murder all of them.

[east or bust]

AGH




And here's the hawk





You've really got to fuck up to get stung by a tarantula hawk though. See them all the time and they want nothing to do with people.

[iceman]

You've really got to fuck up to get stung by a tarantula hawk though. See them all the time and they want nothing to do with people.

What about Quentin Tarantulantino? I bet they hate that guy.

[DJSapp]

Fuck. I saw a couple of these Asian hornets on the ground when I was in Kyoto a long time back and I was shocked how big they were. I thought they were mating until the slightly larger one ripped the head off the other and then it looked toward me

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE FUCK THIS SHIT I'M OUT

[Meathelmet]

Yeah, I have a permanent scar there and it caused a pretty nasty infection that took 3 different IV antibiotics to knock out.

Might not be the same critter though. I would say the pain was very high, maybe a 7 on a scale where a yellow jacket sting is a 2-3 and broken bone is 8-9.

Jeebus. You win.
I merely had a swollen limb for a week. The weird part was that after few days I could touch the spot, feel nothing (it was numb) and after 10s it was on fire for few minutes afterward. Hard to describe, it was like someone would have rubbed the nerves with capsaicine.
Have had my encounters with all kinds of striped shitfucks (had even some bee nests at some point) but never had any reactions.
Nowadays I have a approach more like DJSapps...
Fuck off.

[iceman]

Marabunta!

[east or bust]

I'd contract these fellas any day




WA Department of Fish and Wildlife to the white courtesy phone

[sb]

These things have been reported for at least 5 years.

[Core Shot]

I'd contract these fellas any day




WA Department of Fish and Wildlife to the white courtesy phone

I used to think we were doomed.
That video gives me hope

[iceman]

I'd contract these fellas any day

Man I watched that whole thing waiting for somebody to get stung, what a disappointment.

[Rideski]

Paper wasps don’t sting anybody.

[evdog]

AGHAnd here's the hawk





You've really got to fuck up to get stung by a tarantula hawk though. See them all the time and they want nothing to do with people.

See them a lot in Socal too. Pretty cool to see one dragging a tarantula down into a hole in the ground - I've seen that on night rides quite a few times. Apparently 2nd most painful sting in the insect kingdom...

The same guy who took on the murder wasp sting did the tarantula hawk and bullet ant as well

[PB]

OHHELLNO NOT WATCHING THAT NIGHTMARE DIPPED IN ACID AND ROLLED IN SALT SHIT

[BmillsSkier]

So Coyote Peterson is having his moment. That’s great.

Our family found him online years ago as he tried to break into the scene as a Crocodile Hunter type guy growing up in Jack Hanna’s backyard of the Columbus Zoo. 2 - 7 year old kids love his schtick.

Wanna see me find a giant snapping turtle and stuck my hand in its mouth?

Wanna see me get stung by the worst possible things on the planet?

Oh hell yes say the kids.

Looks like it paid off and he’s on some kind of online Animal Planet channel, but this really seems like his moment has arrived.

Kudos Mr. Peterson, our 5 year old salutes you.

[Benny Profane]

Damn.

https://twitter.com/TheBrandonMorse/...68293370040321

[Core Shot]

[refried]

Have you seen the praying mantis eating the hornet yet?
it's around on youtube maybe?

[Rideski]

[Deebased]

Damn.

https://twitter.com/TheBrandonMorse/...68293370040321

Is that a video of Epstein and the Clintons at Cosmic Pizza?

[schindlerpiste]

This guy always makes me cringe




Get the epic pen ready!
What a moron

[Vt-Freeheel]

That guy ^^ is shit until he tackles the ray.