The Carolina Red Wasp is native to this part of the country killing caterpillars and not doubt doing other worthy jobs.
It is also known as a paper wasp chewing up bits of wood pulp to make their nests, which are all too frequently near people's houses.
For years I just ignored them and then last year I walked out the front door and got stung by one who had built a nest in a wreath on my door. Normally this would have upset me but not too much. Unfortunately my body decided after a 100 years of bee and wasp stings that enough was enough and I had serious reaction that caused me to go to an emergency clinic to be given antihistamines and a prescription for an EPI pen to be used in case of further stings.
For years I just ignored them and then last year I walked out the front door and got stung by one who had built a nest in a wreath on my door. Normally this would have upset me but not too much. Unfortunately my body decided after a 100 years of bee and wasp stings that enough was enough and I had serious reaction that caused me to go to an emergency clinic to be given antihistamines and a prescription for an EPI pen to be used in case of further stings.
So I've spent the last year being cautious outside and not using the front door a lot. The wasps are still around, that's just a fact of life. But yesterday things changed. I was in the bathroom with my nose in a book when I reached over for toilet paper without looking, at first. I guess I saw something out of the corner of my eye and turned to look. There was a wasp on my toilet paper roll, I about had a heart attack, ran out yelling for Mac who quickly removed it. Today he's been going around killing every wasp he can find. No more Mr. Nice Guy!
You may be a paper wasp but you definitely don't belong on my toilet paper!
You may be a paper wasp but you definitely don't belong on my toilet paper!
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