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Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:05 pm to LegendInMyMind
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of course.
They do tend to plot.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:05 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I need a rating on murder hornet.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:09 pm to Sun God
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Got stung by a red velvet ant today
frick those things! Prayers out to you
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:12 pm to Sun God
If you think that’s bad, try getting stung by a Bullet Ant
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:14 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I'm sitting here trying to imagine the experience of the worst sting pain you can feel and it lasts for 5 fricking hours 
Where do you find bullet ants?
Where do you find bullet ants?
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:17 pm to GRTiger
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I'm sitting here trying to imagine the experience of the worst sting pain you can feel and it lasts for 5 fricking hours
Imma pass
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:18 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I have zero interest in finding what abominations are a 4 on Schmidt’s list
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:18 pm to Klark Kent
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ol cow ant. that’s a baw you can’t even stomp to death no matter how mad you are.
Boom. That’s it. Cow ant was definitely what we called them.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:19 pm to JasonDBlaha
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If you think that’s bad, try getting stung by a Bullet Ant
they're used for manhood trials in the amazon.
you can just call me ma'am
This post was edited on 11/20/23 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:20 pm to CocomoLSU
yup, til Sun God dropped that knowledge. i had no idea they are actually wasps. my Dad always told me they didn’t bite humans and they were good bugs. but apparently they do in fact bite.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:22 pm to CocomoLSU
I killed it by getting it on a piece of plywood and smearing it to jello
I looked like rocky balboa after fighting Ivan drago after
Except fatter
I looked like rocky balboa after fighting Ivan drago after
Except fatter
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:30 pm to Klark Kent
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ol cow ant. that’s a baw you can’t even stomp to death no matter how mad you are.
Yep, that's a cow ant. Growing up in East Cental MS we had these things all over the place. I'd stomp the hell out of them and they'd still be running around. About the only way to kill one of those bastards is to cut it in half. Only person I knew who ever got stung by one was a chick in our fifth grade class. It popped her good.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:33 pm to Epaminondas
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So, the velvet ant egg hatches into a larva that feeds on the cicada killer, which was an egg that hatched into a larva that is feeding on a cicada?
The world of hyperparasitism in insects (especially wasps) is wild.
This is a pic I got of the process.
The caterpillar was first parasitised by a wasp that laid eggs inside of it. Those eggs hatched, developed by feeding on the caterpillar (being sure to keep it alive long enough). When the time came the larvae chewed their way out of the caterpillar and spun individual cocoons on it. Then, the wasp you see came along and targeted the cocoons, laying it's own eggs inside of them. Its larvae then fed on the original wasp larvae, before hatching as a grown wasp. All if this hinges on the caterpillar staying alive long enough for the process to work.
A similar cycle plays out on an even smaller scale on various tree leaves with gall wasps, some of which are nearly microscopic.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:35 pm to Klark Kent
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yup, til Sun God dropped that knowledge. i had no idea they are actually wasps. my Dad always told me they didn’t bite humans and they were good bugs. but apparently they do in fact bite.
The better way to put it is that they don't seek out humans and rarely even sting in defense. It is usually a case of complete random and accidental contact like the OP's case.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:37 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Hell of an exhibit you got there. Well done.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:38 pm to Jones
Fun fact, they squeal if you try to kill them with fire. Figured I'd try that since it was so hard to stomp them to death and felt like that was even more cruel.
It's good practice to just avoid trying to kill native stuff in general if you can. Except ticks. frick those assholes.
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stopped killing them when I read how good they are to have around.
It's good practice to just avoid trying to kill native stuff in general if you can. Except ticks. frick those assholes.
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:39 pm to Sun God
I’ve has some bite me when I was a kid and stepped on them while barefoot. Toughen up
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:40 pm to Jack Daniel
No you didn’t
Posted on 11/20/23 at 6:41 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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It's good practice to just avoid trying to kill native stuff in general if you can. Except ticks. frick those assholes.
Yep. Everything has a check. Letting it all work is usually the best approach.
Got ticks? Don't kill the next possum that shows up around your place. Those dudes eat a boatload of ticks.
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