• ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I got a cabin out in Shenandoah one time by Luray, and all the bugs out there are frickin massive.

    I’m outside making bbq, having a mikes hard lemonade of some kind. Grab my bottle, take a swig, and suddenly I have what feels like a wet piece of carpet halfway in my mouth.

    So I pull the bottle away from my face and lo and behold the most massive hornet I have ever seen in my life plops down and hits the ground. Like at least two and a half inches long. Little guy was drunk as all hell after taking a swim and thankfully didnt sting me when I had his ass in my mouth

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      1 year ago

      Had a similar encounter with a wasp. Little bastard was blind drunk, I enjoyed seeing him trying to fly and failing out of sheer intoxication. Bumped into the umbrella stand a few times before it decided that walking was probably the better means of locomotion.

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      1 year ago

      If it was a Murder Hornet, you should’ve called animal control. They want to eradicate the invasive species.