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Iseult   
| | #1 posted June 28, 2006 at 7:21pm (EDT) |
There was this insect inside my living room (sort of resembles a wasp, just that its abdomen is black with thin yellow stripes). I try to get it out by waving newspaper. Little crap goes where the drapes are, so I can't really get a good swing at it. So, after telling myself I don't know how many times not to grab it and throw it out, what do I do? I grab it and it stings me.
I never learn with insects because I don't have a particular fear of them. My finger now hurts.  |
longhaultrucker
| | #2 posted June 28, 2006 at 7:26pm (EDT) |
ahh, sorry to hear that, you ok?  |
verouge
| | #3 posted June 28, 2006 at 7:38pm (EDT) |
sorry to hear that Iseukt |
Iseult
| | #4 posted June 28, 2006 at 7:47pm (EDT) |
Thank you guys 
I'm fine, my arm is just feeling funny.
Anyone have any idea what insect it could be? |
longhaultrucker
| | #5 posted June 28, 2006 at 8:11pm (EDT) |
Maybe a yellowjacket? hey can you find a picture of a bug that you think it might look close to and paste a link to it, i could tell by looking at it |
Iseult
| | #6 posted June 28, 2006 at 8:56pm (EDT) |
No. This thing is narrower and very black. I don't think I can locate a picture of it, I don't know how and where.
Is it normal for your arm to sort of hurt after a bite?
I've never been bitten by anything before (except spiders, flies, and mosquitos) so I really don't know what to expect. |
eloradanan
| | #7 posted June 28, 2006 at 9:03pm (EDT) |
Is this it?  |
blondie20
| | #8 posted June 28, 2006 at 10:36pm (EDT) |
Sorry Iseult I hope you're okay. |
Iseult
| | #9 posted June 28, 2006 at 11:06pm (EDT) |
eloradanan - not as yellow.
blondie - Thanks. I'm feeling better now. |
eloradanan
| | #10 posted June 28, 2006 at 11:34pm (EDT) |
Iseult wrote:
> eloradanan - not as yellow.
>
> blondie - Thanks. I'm feeling better
> now.
This has pictures of different kinds of wasps. The links are on the right side of the page. http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/an... |
RGirl
| #11 posted June 28, 2006 at 11:49pm (EDT)
edited June 28, 2006 at 11:50pm (EDT) |
Everyone reacts to stings differently. Usually just local swelling, pain. The worst reaction would be anaphylactic shock, and if you were going to have it you wouldn't be typing this right now. It hits very quickly after the sting, dizziness and difficulty breathing. I imagine that your arm hurting isn't a major deal as long as it gets better. When I got stung on the top of my foot my whole foot swelled up and took a couple days to go down. |
Iseult
| | #12 posted June 29, 2006 at 12:46am (EDT) |
eloradanan - it could've been Spider or Potter wasp. Thanks for the link.
Pennyann - the pain is mostly gone by now. Anaphylatic shock sounds scary. My biggest concern was the pain. Sometimes I get pain in my left arm or pactoralis major (I looked up the name of the muscle). I don't know why I get it. I never got tested for anything, but my doctor said there could be something wrong with my muscles. I thought when I got stung I might've triggered something already wrong. |
eloradanan
| | #13 posted June 29, 2006 at 1:25am (EDT) |
I hope you feel better. I've been stung before & it really sucks. It doesn't look as though you're allergic, so that's a good thing. |
cabinfever
| | #14 posted June 29, 2006 at 1:39am (EDT) |
That link was cool.... out here we have at least three species of wasps and two species of hornets. |
eloradanan
| | #15 posted June 29, 2006 at 1:47am (EDT) |
I hate them all. It's one thing getting stung by a honey bee, but a wasp can sting you time after time. |
cabinfever
| | #16 posted June 29, 2006 at 2:07am (EDT) |
AND they bite, too!! So they can give it from both ends. |
eloradanan
| | #17 posted June 29, 2006 at 2:10am (EDT) |
I didn't know that. Another reason for me to hate them. |
