Comments on: OH HAI http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lorraine http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-600 Lorraine Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:26:42 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-600 New England consists of: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachussetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. I was born & raised in Connecticut (but fled as soon as I was old enough) and had New England drilled into my head by my swamp yankee relations. I like it better here in Arizona and there are much more interesting bugs here, too. New England consists of: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachussetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. I was born & raised in Connecticut (but fled as soon as I was old enough) and had New England drilled into my head by my swamp yankee relations. I like it better here in Arizona and there are much more interesting bugs here, too.

]]> By: randytayler http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-595 randytayler Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:33:12 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-595 When it comes to animals, I'm a big believer in "live and let live"... unless it can bite, maul, or sting me. A wasp nest by the front door?! I can't imagine letting that go until I got stung. When it comes to animals, I’m a big believer in “live and let live”… unless it can bite, maul, or sting me. A wasp nest by the front door?! I can’t imagine letting that go until I got stung.

]]> By: SamWibatt http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-593 SamWibatt Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:07:40 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-593 We had wasps of some sort living in one of our walls. You could hear them scrabbling around in there, right by our bed's headboard. Yuck. Luckily, the entrance/exit hole was on the outside of the house and they hadn't made one to the inside before we got the exterminator over. We had wasps of some sort living in one of our walls. You could hear them scrabbling around in there, right by our bed’s headboard. Yuck. Luckily, the entrance/exit hole was on the outside of the house and they hadn’t made one to the inside before we got the exterminator over.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-591 Jeremiah Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:31:16 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-591 Well, scary bit is that we're still in the house! Thankfully there has been no evidence since that day that wasps inhabit our walls. Even if they are in there, we'll be moving out in a few weeks, so as long as it doesn't get nice and warm, we should be okay. It wouldn't surprise me to find out they were the last vestiges of one of the empty hives I've seen in the backyard. I knew before I even got into the house that there would be wasp problems in the summer because I could see old nests on the houses around us. Not a big deal, as I've been dealing with wasps my whole life. My parents finally got tired of spraying, and just shooed them out of the house whenever they were inside. Being as I ~was~ <i>terrified</i> of them, I had to get over that pretty quick. Glad you liked the photo! Well, scary bit is that we’re still in the house!

Thankfully there has been no evidence since that day that wasps inhabit our walls. Even if they are in there, we’ll be moving out in a few weeks, so as long as it doesn’t get nice and warm, we should be okay.

It wouldn’t surprise me to find out they were the last vestiges of one of the empty hives I’ve seen in the backyard. I knew before I even got into the house that there would be wasp problems in the summer because I could see old nests on the houses around us. Not a big deal, as I’ve been dealing with wasps my whole life. My parents finally got tired of spraying, and just shooed them out of the house whenever they were inside. Being as I ~was~ terrified of them, I had to get over that pretty quick.

Glad you liked the photo!

]]> By: Kazriko http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-590 Kazriko Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:12:33 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-590 Pennsylvania definitely isn't, it was part of the middle colonies there. The colonies were kind of split between 3 sections, there's some ambiguous zones there though. Virginia was a southern colony, but had some of the traits of the middle colonies and was right on the border. (It even split up because of this half-south nature.) I'd probably draw the line for new england just north-east of new york, but new york has some traits of the northern colonies. Pennsylvania definitely isn’t, it was part of the middle colonies there. The colonies were kind of split between 3 sections, there’s some ambiguous zones there though. Virginia was a southern colony, but had some of the traits of the middle colonies and was right on the border. (It even split up because of this half-south nature.) I’d probably draw the line for new england just north-east of new york, but new york has some traits of the northern colonies.

]]> By: BunnyKissd http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-589 BunnyKissd Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:54:27 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-589 The Regions of the US: http://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm Love the pic Jeremiah! The Regions of the US: http://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm

Love the pic Jeremiah!

]]> By: tceisele http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-588 tceisele Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:11:01 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/21/oh-hai/#comment-588 According to Bug Guide, <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/5081" rel="nofollow">Polistes dominula has distinctly orange antennae</a>, and this one's antennae look more dark reddish-brown, so I'd say it's more likely to be the red paper wasp. I used to have paper wasps infesting my apartment every winter before I was married, sometimes there were as many as a dozen flying around the kitchen. We had sort of a live-and-let-live arrangement, I didn't try to kill them, and they didn't sting me. It worked out OK, except that people were reluctant to visit me at home. According to Bug Guide, Polistes dominula has distinctly orange antennae, and this one’s antennae look more dark reddish-brown, so I’d say it’s more likely to be the red paper wasp.

I used to have paper wasps infesting my apartment every winter before I was married, sometimes there were as many as a dozen flying around the kitchen. We had sort of a live-and-let-live arrangement, I didn’t try to kill them, and they didn’t sting me. It worked out OK, except that people were reluctant to visit me at home.

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