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August 2025 Summer Thread


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21 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I’m breeding more here and advecting them south. 

I know you probably know this but they aren't native to New England or even the US and I have zero issues nuking their nests. 

I do home improvement work and they are our worst nightmare when you disturb a nest. 

I'm going to try and find the picture where I got stung in the face after ripping out a window sill they nested in. Took like a dozen plus stings to my face. Couldn't see out of my eyes or even eat for like 3 days. 

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Constant comping. This is what happens when you have low dews. I’ve noticed a lot of aggression…lots of anger, both here and in the world. Parents aggressively pushing strollers, kids screaming and yelling, dogs barking, birds violently poooping on cars. Low dews just makes everyone in a terrible mood. 

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9 minutes ago, BrianW said:

I know you probably know this but they aren't native to New England or even the US and I have zero issues nuking their nests. 

I do home improvement work and they are our worst nightmare when you disturb a nest. 

I'm going to try and find the picture where I got stung in the face after ripping out a window sill they nested in. Took like a dozen plus stings to my face. Couldn't see out of my eyes or even eat for like 3 days. 

Eastern yellow jackets are totally native.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_yellowjacket

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14 minutes ago, BrianW said:

I know you probably know this but they aren't native to New England or even the US and I have zero issues nuking their nests. 

I do home improvement work and they are our worst nightmare when you disturb a nest. 

I'm going to try and find the picture where I got stung in the face after ripping out a window sill they nested in. Took like a dozen plus stings to my face. Couldn't see out of my eyes or even eat for like 3 days. 

I'm not a fan either, had a nest behind a shutter when I went to take the shutter off to paint i got nailed, mostly arms and hands got stung.

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42 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Eastern yellow jackets are totally native.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_yellowjacket

Maybe you guys dont have them up north...yet.  I'm referring to these...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica

They are the most aggressive wasps out there. I work with people from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, etc. They claim afrancinzed bees are tame compared to them...

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21 minutes ago, BrianW said:

Maybe you guys dont have them up north...yet.  I'm referring to these...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica

They are the most aggressive wasps out there. I work with people from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, etc. They claim afrancinzed bees are tame compared to them...

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I had read somewhere that the german ones are more likely to nest in walls and the native eastern ones more likely underground.  

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5 hours ago, powderfreak said:

This air quality is something.  Code Red Unhealthy for Everyone.

That smoky haze…

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I’m not making this up right, the number of days with smoke has climbed exponentially over last 5 years right? 
I remember as a kid in the 90s how big of a deal it was the one day we had smoke. Now it’s like twice a week. 

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33 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I had read somewhere that the german ones are more likely to nest in walls and the native eastern ones more likely underground.  

Yeah. They seem to love nesting in old New England homes with wide open wall cavities. Haha.

But they will still nest in the ground and some the biggest nest's I've seen have been in the ground.

It looks like @kdxkenhit a nest of Eastern YJ because their is no way he would be taking that picture if he hit the german ones. Haha

 

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4 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

I’m not making this up right, the number of days with smoke has climbed exponentially over last 5 years right? 
I remember as a kid in the 90s how big of a deal it was the one day we had smoke. Now it’s like twice a week. 

Only on Coc k days with N flows.. ACATT would rather have that and be forced to stay inside due to bad air quality, respiratory failures, wheezing etc , than have humid dews where they can get outside and breathe, be active and healthy. Definitely odd 

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