This entire summer I've been mostly bug-bite free. The Summoning was a new all-time low, with numerous bites creating a sort of Connect-The-Mounds on my knees. The mosquitoes there were highly toxic, I was bitten on Fridaynight and suffered from the most terrible itches for two weeks!
But I hadn't had a run-in with wasps until tonight. I dare say that had I taken my regular bike it would have just bounced off my knee. But because I rode my recumbent bicycle the wasp got wedged very close to my groin (!!), being crushed between my upper thigh and very lower abdomen. I'm not glad I got stung, but I'm glad it didn't sting anywhere near the sensitive parts!
I hardly felt the sting (through the lycra pants), but it sure is annoying now. It's rather painful and the bump is quite big.
I'm just really, really, really glad I'm not allergic to insect bites. If I'd had an allergic reaction right then and there, on the bike path near Zevenkamp, I doubt the ambulance would have gotten there in time. Even if it is just five minutes from home, with my circulation up from exercising you'd have a hard time stopping the poison!
Stupid wasp. I had the right of way!
But I hadn't had a run-in with wasps until tonight. I dare say that had I taken my regular bike it would have just bounced off my knee. But because I rode my recumbent bicycle the wasp got wedged very close to my groin (!!), being crushed between my upper thigh and very lower abdomen. I'm not glad I got stung, but I'm glad it didn't sting anywhere near the sensitive parts!
I hardly felt the sting (through the lycra pants), but it sure is annoying now. It's rather painful and the bump is quite big.
I'm just really, really, really glad I'm not allergic to insect bites. If I'd had an allergic reaction right then and there, on the bike path near Zevenkamp, I doubt the ambulance would have gotten there in time. Even if it is just five minutes from home, with my circulation up from exercising you'd have a hard time stopping the poison!
Stupid wasp. I had the right of way!
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Date: 2009-09-10 05:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-10 06:31 am (UTC)Dit jaar heb ik er ook meer last van gehad, al ben ik nog niet gestoken. Laten we hopen op een goede winter.
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Date: 2009-09-10 07:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-10 07:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-10 07:11 am (UTC)Maar een warme zomer zorgt mogelijk wel voor grotere nesten (meer voedsel).
Eh... Biologie was voor mij toch ook alweer bijna 10 jaar geleden (!!!!)
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Date: 2009-09-10 07:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-10 07:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-10 11:16 pm (UTC)Op Elbaria werd een meid in haar lip gestoken toen ze een slok mede nam, waar een wesp in bleek te drijven. Het was al een praatgraag karakter die nu een zeer markante slis kreeg.
Dit jaar moesten dotje en ik ons pannenkoeken etentje verplaatsen van buiten naar binnen omdat wespen het onmogelijk maakte om maar een hap te nemen.
Dus het is weer sinds jaren dat ik weer avonturen met ze heb.