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Title: Got Stung!
Post by: bangbang on August 19, 2012, 08:35:24 pm: :rant: :rant:
I got stung by an insect today (6hours ago)- first time in 30 years - it was large and black in colour
and OH said it made me jump and scream like a little girl. My thumb and surrounding muscle
are swollen and sore to move. So I would like any help in identifying Gods little sadist so
I can track him down...... Yes it still does hurt.
It was to big to be a bee or wasp, and no sting in the wound,
I'm sure I'll get over my traumatic experience, but I,d still like to know
What stings like this in scotland!
I've hit myself with a hammer before (not deliberately) and it didn't bother me this much! :rant:
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: plumseverywhere on August 19, 2012, 08:53:40 pm: Was it a horsefly? They hurt like hell when they bite :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly)
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Moleskins on August 19, 2012, 10:50:25 pm: Quote from: plumseverywhere on August 19, 2012, 08:53:40 pm
Was it a horsefly? They hurt like hell when they bite :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly)

I can vouch for that !
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 19, 2012, 10:53:04 pm: They sure can. On Arran we had a type of horse fly, known as Cleggs, which hung around the deer. Vicious little brutes. Bit late now, but if you take an antihistamine as soon as you are bitten, you shouldn't have any swelling or infection.
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Fowgill Farm on August 20, 2012, 10:16:30 am: I'm allergic to horsefly bites, i swell up and come out in hives all over my body, the first time it happened it was terrifying and i ended up in A&E. I now have presecription antihistimines called telfast on hand to take the minute i get nipped, they are very good.
mandy :pig:
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Fleecewife on August 20, 2012, 11:21:21 am: If it was too big to be a bee or wasp, and was black then it's not a clegg - disgusting things :P

I can't think what it would be though.
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Anke on August 20, 2012, 02:35:11 pm: Quote from: Fleecewife on August 20, 2012, 11:21:21 am
If it was too big to be a bee or wasp, and was black then it's not a clegg - disgusting things :P

I can't think what it would be though.

A GM horsefly???? :-J
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 20, 2012, 02:38:35 pm: FF, that's how I found out about antihistamines. I came up in a huge lump and the doctor prescribed them.
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: tizaala on August 20, 2012, 02:38:51 pm: woodwasp http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.uksafari.com/jpeg2/woodwsp2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.uksafari.com/woodwasp.htm&h=287&w=400&sz=38&tbnid=w5toZY_bE5Q2sM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=125&zoom=1&usg=__oB1ErR_HR1_uGW2w0NbhNex8lCs=&docid=Lvk-wiChNDsFoM&sa=X&ei=AzwyUOCOIubE0QX8_YHwDA&ved=0CHsQ9QEwBA&dur=5016 (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.uksafari.com/jpeg2/woodwsp2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.uksafari.com/woodwasp.htm&h=287&w=400&sz=38&tbnid=w5toZY_bE5Q2sM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=125&zoom=1&usg=__oB1ErR_HR1_uGW2w0NbhNex8lCs=&docid=Lvk-wiChNDsFoM&sa=X&ei=AzwyUOCOIubE0QX8_YHwDA&ved=0CHsQ9QEwBA&dur=5016)

Ichneumon fly http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/insect-images/images/8_3%2520Ichneumon%2520wasp_jpg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/landscape/insects.htm&h=480&w=640&sz=58&tbnid=Emn7qNV7qAyVtM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=129&zoom=1&usg=__FSKD-_6VdYi7Kst_6WIfWaxJn2c=&docid=B91YJSDYjxjxOM&sa=X&ei=jjsyUJCbGoqH0AXrhIHgDA&ved=0CG8Q9QEwBQ&dur=656 (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/insect-images/images/8_3%2520Ichneumon%2520wasp_jpg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/landscape/insects.htm&h=480&w=640&sz=58&tbnid=Emn7qNV7qAyVtM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=129&zoom=1&usg=__FSKD-_6VdYi7Kst_6WIfWaxJn2c=&docid=B91YJSDYjxjxOM&sa=X&ei=jjsyUJCbGoqH0AXrhIHgDA&ved=0CG8Q9QEwBQ&dur=656)

Hornet https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hornet+pictures&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vD0yUOXQGsjB0QWenIHoDA&ved=0CEsQsAQ (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hornet+pictures&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vD0yUOXQGsjB0QWenIHoDA&ved=0CEsQsAQ)
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Fleecewife on August 20, 2012, 05:12:26 pm: I didn't think wood wasps and ichneumans sting, but it could certainly have been a black hornet - they sting like 8u&&£3y . One got me 43 years ago and I haven't forgotten that yet :rant:
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: NormandyMary on August 20, 2012, 05:25:44 pm: I had a HUGE hornet fly into the bedroom the other night. I was scared witless, cos little Henry decided to try and catch it. I managed to spray it and it fell to the ground but boy was it big!!!
Im scared of anything that buzzes when it flies. I actually found a wasps nest in the frame of our velux window the other day, It must have been built when we weren't working on the room and it was all quiet.
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: bangbang on August 20, 2012, 05:28:25 pm: Thanks everyone!

I think fleecewife has nailed it :thumbsup:
I typed it in google images, and yes I'm sure thats the damned devil....

Still swollen, still stings, and sypathy's thin.....oh well just
got to get on with it.....I'll have a pint, medicinal purposes only of course.. :innocent:

cheers all!
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: lill on August 21, 2012, 01:57:38 pm: Any sting is always sore :( , but a least emense satisfaction when the little buggers get squashed in the pocess
Title: Re: Got Stung!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 21, 2012, 02:56:42 pm: Bangbang, if it doesn't get better very soon, you may need antibiotics. It sounds like it could be infected.