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Wasps No More

Today the pest man came to make the yard wasp free and of course rid of evil scary looking spiders. It started well, but then it was the search for the invaders nest. They must have known that their minutes were numbered as their nest was so hard to find. The poor man spent ages looking and looking, while more and more wasps circled him and tired to attack him. They are vicious things! I must say while this was happening I kept a watchful eye just in case he did get hurt. The girls and I were watching from the kitchen window. I thought the kids might be interested to see what he did and the fact that soon we would have our garden back.

This simple removal exercise to find the nest did not go well, hours went by and he still could not find it. I finally told him that I don’t care about the Agapanthus or the plants around the area (well one tree I do but it was not near the scene so that was good for it) and told him to just chop them off or start digging. We need to de-wasp and fast! We had not been out in the yard since the incident with Julia it was just not safe. So could not do the washing as I did not want to get attacked either.

Finally the lovely pest man found the nest and it was in an old tree trunk, and I must say that the nest looks nasty and very ugly. So you have been warned. One thing that is of concern is that he mentioned that from the size of the nest it had been there a while. We had never noticed wasps before so it is very strange that they have decided to come out now. Could it be the warmer weather? Or some other reason.

So the pest man was very happy as he found the nest and I asked what would have happened if the nest was not found. He told me that they always find the nest and he was not going to leave until he did. Good news and even better that it all worked out. He sprayed everything again and removed the nest so all is good. There were a few wasps flying around and I hope that they would be gone soon.

I took the kids to the park so they could run around wasp free and once we came home there seemed to be none around, maybe tomorrow there will be no indication that we had wasps at all?

I must say that this was a big drama and we did not need the expense, but who can have wasps in the garden threatening your every move. It is just the right time to be out and about this long weekend with one less pest in the garden, well maybe more as spiders are gone as well. I just wish that it would help with the mozzies and an annoying possum.

Have you had battles with wasps or hard to find pests? What have you done to fix things? Did you manage to do it yourself or did you get hired help? Share your stories of what happened.

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The Invasion is Here!

Late this afternoon Julia ran into the house hysterically saying there was a bee in her hair. She was screaming and crying, “Get it off me!” I was looking at her head moving around so quickly to see if I could see a bee and I did see something. I finally managed to get her to stand still and I successfully got what I thought was a bee, however after hubby came home we have learnt that it was not a bee but a wasp, a European wasp to be precise.

At first I thought she was having the same reaction to a fly or mozzie, but realised after short while that she was very upset and something was very wrong.

My poor little girl has been bitten about 3 times that we could see on the head by this evil wasp. We have made sure that there were no stingers left in her head, I kept an eye on her when it happened and applied a cool pack and gave painkillers that also have an anti-inflammatory action as well, so think that helped. I am very pleased that she did not have an allergic reaction and there was no more bites by more wasps. Wasps send out signals to the other wasps to come and help them attack someone or an animal so Julia could have more than one on her. Very lucky indeed.

I then spent the rest of the afternoon sitting with her as she was in a great deal of pain and very upset. I cuddled her and we watched some television shows while we also made sure to apply the ice pack.

Once hubby got home I showed him Julia’s head and told him what had occurred, he asked what happened to the bee. I told him in the panic and upset it came off and is in the study. I thought as it was a bee that since it had stung Julia then he would be dead. As it turned out it was a wasp and was very much alive and kicking, hubby rescued us from the wasp in the study and you will see it as the image for this post.

After we managed to get the remainder of the stinger out of Julia’s head and make sure the wound was clean with Dettol we asked her to tell us where she was in the yard when it happened. She showed us although while being behind daddy and standing at a great distance so not to have a repeat performance.

We have now realised that there is a nest and we need to get a pest exterminator in to remove them as a nest could have thousands of them living and breeding…what a terrible thought.

While tucking Julia into bed and kissing and giving her cuddles she told me that the wasp was a “pooh pooh!” I do agree, that wasp and the others are pooh pooh’s . It is sad that she is now scared about the yard, but until we sort out making it safe again it is off limits as wasps like to play during the day and I am not about to risk it.

My poor little girl it would have hurt like hell. I hope it is better tomorrow but I do suspect that it might hurt for a while yet. Have you had a run in with wasps? Did one sting your kids? Or you for that matter? What happened?

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