Insect bite: I got stung by a wasp from my head

Considering my love for the plants, I used to see various insects and pests too. When you are living in the farm you know how hard it is to look at your plants being devoured by insects. Well, we cannot blame these tiny little insects because that is their foods. However, sometimes those insects will go far and they will sting us as well.

Have you ever been stung or bitten by any insects? I am sure you are mostly when you are a kid. Due to your broad, playful curiosity and nature, you explored different insects in the scope of your home. Sometimes you played insects with your friends, cousins and siblings. There are numerous insects can be found in your area such as bees, bugs, flies, mosquitoes, ants, and many more. I knew that some of these mentioned, you encountered and played them before.

Garden day (replanting and replotting)

Yesterday, it was Sunday and we had a good weather. I enjoyed planting and replotting some of my plants because there are too many seedlings and saplings from the mother plants. Most especially, my aloe veras are getting thicker and higher and the saplings are just too many below. Aside from that, my snake plants are too beautiful to see now that they are growing in number too. I think my snake plants are around 50 plus now. Whoo, too many right? I planted them in a semi-circular shape so that I can still enter the middle. There is a solar led lighta in the center so that when nighttime, the beauty of snake plants are visible too.

As I was in the middle of replotting, I saw a colony of ants beside my Papua plants. They are the ordinary red ants with big body. I do not touch it because I know they will bite me. Since I knew what to do to these colonies of ants. I have prepared natural insect repelant made from garlic, onion, dishwashing liquid and oil. I sprayed it around the corner and I make a two line so that it will served as a road for them. So thirty minutes had already passed and I saw them already leaving. They went to the nearest mango tree and I know that's where they will settled.

Checking my Jackfruit and Soursop (langka and guyabano)

Since our jackfruit and soursop trees have became fruitful at last. It has been planted by my grandma last seven years ago and this year finally it bears fruit. Last year our jackfruit bear fruit, but it rots. The fruits turned into blacked and had whitish spots on it which I suspect, a mold. I cannot wait these jackfruits to become ripe and ready to eat. There are also some recipe my father used to cook with jackfruits.

On the other hand, our soursop trees also bear fruits. It has been fruitful since three years ago. I had eaten its first fruits because I was the on who saw it first. I secretly picked it up from the tree and ate it at the back of our house. It was delicious and sweet. Unfortunately, I never expected something bad to happen because there is a nest of wasp at the middle-left of the tree.

I was stung by a wasp(s)

I was about to checked one of the soursop fruit which I suspect ripe, but then I suddenly hear zzz sound. So I immediately take a sit and cover my eyes and look above. I have not seen it first because my eyes are a bit blurry since I my eyes were hit by sunlight awhile ago. When my eyes get back its full and clear vision, I saw wasps flying around on top of my head. I heard the loud zzz sound again.

I stood up and get pull myself together. I was about to run when I felt something sting or bite my scalp. It felt like a needle was pinned from my head followed by an ant whose its teeth pinned down to my scalp. I ran hurriedly and shook my head until I get dizzy. I still hear the zzz sound in the head even though the wasps are gone. I don't know how many wasp stung my scalp but it's freaking hurt. I want to scratch my head from the part where the stung is, but I shouldn't because it will become more itchy and painful.

My sister looked out for any stingers left by a wasp from my head. It should be removed to reduce the redness and also to avoid swelling. Fortunately, the swelling is not that big, but the redness is still visible until now. I don't want to attach a photo because I felt shy to do so. In addition, you might find it really unpleasant because there are two swelling from my head. I'm sure this is my karma from not sharing the first fruit I ate before. Just kidding!

Facts, facts, facts (bees vs wasps)

If you are wondering about the difference between a bee and a wasp, me too. So let us research it together and that's our assignment. Just kidding. Of course, I will include it hear and there are interesting facts I have saw and that's my first time learning about it.

Usually, bees can only sting once, while wasps can sting you multiple times. So when you saw a wasp and was about to fly merrily around you. You have to get away as far as from these wasp because you never know how many sting you might get. Bees have hairy body and legs with round body and thorax, while wasps have smooth body and legs with cylindrical abdomen and thorax. Basically, we cannot deny the fact that bees are more beautiful creatures than wasps.

Wondering the excellent benefits of having these two in your garden? Bees are excellent pollinators and we knew this since we are young. They collect almost 80% of pollens and transport it. While wasps are excellent as natural pest control since they eat insects around your plants and vegetables. They ate crickets, flies and caterpillars. So why not caring and raising them in you garden, right? But one thing you should remember, be very careful from their sting.

Thank you for reading!