Big red/orange wasps?

Back2class · Jul 2, 2009

What the heck are these things. They are bigger than the average wasp and kind of bright orange/red. Got stung by one today and now my arm is swelled up and hurts like heck.
Never saw these little devils untill I moved to GA.

Jhunt · Jul 2, 2009

Where'd you move from?

fussyray · Jul 2, 2009

Welcome to Ga.

Back2class · Jul 3, 2009

RI.
Thats the little deamon that got me!

Backlasher82 · Jul 3, 2009

I'll take 10 red wasp stings before 1 white faced hornet sting! :hair:

As far as that goes, give me 2 red wasps before a yellow jacket.

Bruz · Jul 3, 2009

Order of hurt from things that fly and sting in Georgia......

1)Japanese Hornet
2)Hornet
3)Red Wasp
4)Black Wasp
5)Yellow Jacket (usually multiples)
6)Honey Bee
7)Sand Fly
8)Horse Fly
9) Skeeter

Robert

Back2class · Jul 3, 2009

Backlasher82 said:
I'll take 10 red wasp stings before 1 white faced hornet sting!

As far as that goes, give me 2 red wasps before a yellow jacket.

Got a white faced hornet sting in the eye and eyelid when I was a kid. Other than location, I say this thing is worse. :hair:

Bruz · Jul 3, 2009

Back2class said:
Got a white faced hornet sting in the eye and eyelid when I was a kid. Other than location, I say this thing is worse.

B2C,

I hate to disagree but that Hornet must have only landed a glancing blow. I can take a red wasp and hold it and let it sting me without flinching.......The last Hornet that got me made me scream like a girl.......I was dating my wife at the time and she still brings that one up every now and then.......My hand swelled to the size of a cantaloupe

ccbiggz · Jul 3, 2009

When I was a kid I shot a red wasp nest under a bridge with a BB gun from probably 100' away. I swear those things met the BB halfway and proceeded to sting the mess out of me.

Anybody ever been stung by a cow killer ant? They call them an ant but its actually a wasp without wings. I've heard they are extremely painful. They look menacing.

ccbiggz · Jul 3, 2009

When I was a kid I shot a red wasp nest under a bridge with a BB gun from probably 100' away. I swear those things met the BB halfway and proceeded to sting the mess out of me.

Anybody ever been stung by a cow killer ant? They call them an ant but its actually a wasp without wings. I've heard they are extremely painful. They look menacing.

Gav-n-Tn · Jul 3, 2009

Back2class said:
What the heck are these things. They are bigger than the average wasp and kind of bright orange/red. Got stung by one today and now my arm is swelled up and hurts like heck.
Never saw these little devils untill I moved to GA.

In the South that's called a red warsper.

dpoole · Jul 3, 2009

bumblee bees you left them out I aint talking about carpenter bees either.

Nicodemus · Jul 3, 2009

Ya`ll left out guinea wasps, but they ain`t too bad. Hornets hurt the most to me with bumblebees and cowkillers a close second.

Capt Quirk · Jul 3, 2009

We have the Cow Killers down here, never heard they were wasps before though. Also have Carpenter Ants, got a nasty bite in the front to hold on to you while they sting you from the rear. What about scorpions and centipedes?

Miguel Cervantes · Jul 3, 2009

Nicodemus said:
Ya`ll left out guinea wasps, but they ain`t too bad. Hornets hurt the most to me with bumblebees and cowkillers a close second.

Don't know there Nic. I got stung by a guinea wasp right before we went on our cruise. It got me on top of the foot right on a vein and I tried everything, chewin baccy, hydrocortizone, etc etc and nothing would take the fire out. Then it felt just like my foot was broke for the next four days before it let up.

Mean little devils I tell ya'.

germag · Jul 3, 2009

Bruz said:
Order of hurt from things that fly and sting in Georgia......

1)Japanese Hornet
2)Hornet
3)Red Wasp
4)Black Wasp
5)Yellow Jacket (usually multiples)
6)Honey Bee
7)Sand Fly
8)Horse Fly
9) Skeeter

Robert

Bruz,

I don't think there are any Japanese hornets (Vespa mandarina) in the U.S.....at least I hope not. Those things are 2" of pure evil. I think you may be thinking of the European hornet (V. crabro)....it a big brown/yellow hornet that is pretty common, especially in North Georgia. They aren't nearly as aggressive nor the sting as dangerous as a Japanese hornet, in fact probably not as dangerous as our native Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) which really isn't a hornet at all, but more closely related to Yellow Jackets.

Smokey · Jul 3, 2009

scooter1 said:
Don't know there Nic. I got stung by a guinea wasp right before we went on our cruise. It got me on top of the foot right on a vein and I tried everything, chewin baccy, hydrocortizone, etc etc and nothing would take the fire out. Then it felt just like my foot was broke for the next four days before it let up.

Mean little devils I tell ya'.

Boy-howdy did that ever bring back some memories. Whenever I got stung (which was a lot :crazy:

) my great-grandmaw would dig in her mouth and pull out a big ole gooey glob of snuff and slather all over the sting site.

Cornelia_Hiker · Jul 3, 2009

Also leaving out "deer flies." That's what I've always heard them called. They're only in the woods. Biting deer flies. They buzz around your head and follow you down the trail. They love to be swatted at. Big game to them. They will follow you until you either kill them or outrun them. Actually bite you to get at your blood.

So they're not really in the sting category, but they are in the "flying insect that will hurt you" category.

Honey and other pollenator bees may stay. All others must die

Slingblade · Jul 3, 2009

Next time ya'll get stung, get you a dab a gasoline on your finger and put it on the sting. You'll never use spit or meat tenderizer again.

Bodab1974 · Jul 3, 2009

If I am not mistaken aren't those also called Mahogany Wasps? I know they are called red wasps and I KNOW they hurt like crap when they sting you

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