Ow

[mrph]

Late last night, while getting out of the bath, I failed to spot the wasp perched on the towel. Well, I didn't spot it in time, anyway.

End result: two stings to my right thumb and one to my right index finger. Oh, and the wasp is still out there somewhere. The little git.

My thumb still hurts, too. Not a good place to be stung when your job involves a lot of typing... :(

Comments

[mina-laury.livejournal.com]

I think they die when they sting people, unless I'm thinking about bees. (cue chorus of 'Stevy, you're thinking about bees') Well, I gave up Biology at fourteen for good and sufficient reasons.

Owwww, anyway. Commiserations.

Stevy, you're thinking about...

[mrph.livejournal.com]

No, they die when they reappear at unfortunate moments and get flattened with a bottle of Harpic's best bleach... ;(

Bees (or at least some types of bees) are the ones with the barbed stings. Wasps just keep on stinging (which is one reason why they're more aggressive than bees), although they do run out of poison eventually.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

*ting*
Differences between wasps and bees:
1) Bees are fluffy, wasps aren't
2) Wasps don't die when they sting you, bees do
3) Bees are generally friendlier, you can stroke some kinds and they won't sting you
4) Bees make better honey
5) Wasps pull bits off the garden shed and use it to build nests.