Ping
It is truly the Year of the Yellowjacket here in California. We have had occasional nests on the farm over the past three decades, but this year we have wiped out over two dozen so far, FAR more than usual. Although not the huge underground pests of the South ... May It Rise Again!..., these California above-ground nests' denizens also pack a painful wallop when disturbed, as I was abruptly reminded of this weekend when I opened the trunk of a "car in storage" on the back twenty. SURPRISE! Youch!! Adrenalin kicks in, run, bat off wasps with hands, run, keep batting, keep running......Five painful hits on head, but Ultimate Revenge accomplished after dark, a blast of pestercide by the light of a flashlight...