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huge aggresive orange wasps

Posted by kevins_choice (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 12, 09 at 5:37

i just thought i should tell people about these wasps as i had never seen them until a few years ago. their orange and they build a paper nest or a nest in some leaves joined together. the yellow and black ones are about half the size. if you see any stay a big distance as they are very aggressive. i got stung when i went near their nest in a clump of grass i didnt know was there. i probably got stung about ten times so i ran about 30 meters inside and they were still stinging me. i had a swollen and sore foot for nearly a week. i hope saves someone else from being stung cause it hurts like hell.


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RE: huge aggresive orange wasps

Most Wasps are not at all aggressive.

So, your wasp must have been a social wasp in the Family Vespidae, maybe a Polistes species.

The European Paper wasp, for example, is known to have one of the most painful stings in the Polistes genus. However, they are not orange.

There are a couple of paper wasps with orange to red bodies.


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