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Bald Faced Hornet discover FIRE!

if they are up high enough and not bothering anyone, then leave them alone.

they have a role in nature, too.
 
Hornets are actually pretty not much of a problem, as long as they are not building a nest in or actually near your house.

They have been known to attack people on running paths etc I guess if they feel threatened.

Yeah. I'll go into old story mode, we used to have land we'd all camp out a lot during the summer in Brown County, IN on the edge of the Hoosier National Forest.

One of my Uncles would have a big chunk of wood cut on its side while he was sitting there sipping beer, he would swat flies and just leave them on top of it.

The neighboring hornets would fly in, bite dead flies heads off and pick them up and fly back to the nest with them, was like he had them trained, they knew where to come to.

Was kinda cool, they'd come in like a helicopter landing, grab one and fly off, they didn't bother anyone if you didn't attack them, or threaten the nest.
 
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Where the hell is this so-called fire?

Edit- Fucking YouTube pisses me off. For some reason it was showing me the wrong video. All I did was fast forward.

Anyone else notice that YouTube copies the damn time when you copy the title now? WTF is the purpose in that?
 
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Iron Woode said:
if they are up high enough and not bothering anyone, then leave them alone.

they have a role in nature, too.
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Yeah well the nest did look to be quite close to the house so I have no problem taking them out. If they were further away I'd leave them alone for all the reasons mentioned, but that close to my house and my children and they are going to discover fire.


Brian
 
I leave critters alone. The only things I go out of my way to kill are ticks, and mosquitos. Add flies if they're fucking with me.
 
I'm a big believer in those big spray cans of wasp killer myself, although a good pump sprayer with a soapy solution can ground the bastards pretty quick, after which you stomp them. In a few instances, due to nest altitude, I've resorted to a using a .410 with No. 7 birdshot.


I can't stand the ones in the ground. I was helping my dad clear brush when I was in my late teens one time, set off the Maine version of 'nature's land mine.' Had to haul ass through 50 yards of heavy brush to make it to a dock I could run off of, still got stung dozens of times. I came across pics of me from that summer and I look like I got the absolute piss beat out of me :biggrin:
 
John Connor said:
Where the hell is this so-called fire?

Edit- Fucking YouTube pisses me off. For some reason it was showing me the wrong video. All I did was fast forward.

Anyone else notice that YouTube copies the damn time when you copy the title now? WTF is the purpose in that?
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just in case you link a video that is 3 hours long and have to tell people to fast forward to 1:32:00 in the video.
 
lxskllr said:
I leave critters alone. The only things I go out of my way to kill are ticks, and mosquitos. Add flies if they're fucking with me.
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Definitely something I don't miss about Maine: the flies. So much water there, perfect for black flies, deer flies, and those huge moose flies. Whereas the diminutive black fly creeps and crawls in and around clothing and bites you painlessly, you know when when a deer or moose fly bites you. Poxy bastards, they'll go through clothing!

I haven't seen ticks much at all since I started spraying the premises with garlic stuff. If only the flying bloodsuckers were as sensitive to it, and for as long.
 
They have been marked for extermination by the survivors. Best bet would be to sell and move a few states away.

I was hoping (and I think the wife?? was expecting it to happen) for the shed and/or trees to go up. Possibly followed by a lot of stinging. 😀
 
kage69 said:
Definitely something I don't miss about Maine: the flies. So much water there, perfect for black flies, deer flies, and those huge moose flies. Whereas the diminutive black fly creeps and crawls in and around clothing and bites you painlessly, you know when when a deer or moose fly bites you. Poxy bastards, they'll go through clothing!

I haven't seen ticks much at all since I started spraying the premises with garlic stuff. If only the flying bloodsuckers were as sensitive to it, and for as long.
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A trick for deer flies is to hold one hand over your head. They land on the highest surface, so when they land on your raised hand, you can squash them with the other. You look kind of stupid with your hand up, but squashing those little assholes is one of the best feelings ever :^D
 
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Had a large nest of them 2 years ago on the second floor of my house right above my patio and they never bothered anyone underneath so I let them be. They only use the nest for one year and were gone the next. They tend to eat other bugs especially yellow jackets which are much more annoying.
 
lxskllr said:
A trick for deer flies is to hold one hand over your head. They land on the highest surface, so when they land on your raised hand, you can squash them with the other. You look kind of stupid with your hand up, but squashing those little assholes is one of the best feelings ever :^D
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My trick is to take a piece of clear packing tape and loop it, sticky side out, then attach it to the back of a cap or hat that I'll wear outside. They always go for the back of your head, so I end up with a collection of live lil fuckers that I chum perch and bass with. Sometimes I'll leave them on a deck rail for birds. I figure they're entitled to some protein bigger than a mosquito.

And yes, very gratifying. I take that hat off and gaze down at those about to reap my vengeance, and in my head all I hear is the theme from Office Space, the printer execution scene.

Mooseflies all up in my muuuug, but it's different story when dat fly, coughin up bluuuuuud...

:biggrin:
 
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Iron Woode said:
if they are up high enough and not bothering anyone, then leave them alone.

they have a role in nature, too.
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I agree for the most part, I go hands off whenever possible. Normal size nests off on their own should definitely be left alone. Those communities kill off other undesirables, quite beneficial for us gardeners.

Having said that, if we're talking about something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJZ3GZGxm0 - I think nature can get along fine without including that kind of potentially lethal risk. A couple of kids just walking around could stumble into 'the no go zone' around something like that and then we'd have more dead kids in the news.

Screw that. Flamethrower time. Some bugs just need to kept away from people, period. Africanized bees, fire ants, southern yellow jackets and their multi queen nests, those nasty centipedes that attack anything that moves - all qualify for KIWF in my book.
 
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