I was under a truck the other day replacing the clutch and throwout assembly and felt something that hurt like hell. Thought I'd found a piece of metal and rolled over on it, which has happened before. When I got out from under it I see this fuzzy looking redish ant that was larger than most that I'd ever seen. I stepped on the little bastard just in case and got someone to check my back just in case it was a piece of metal. No metal but a small mark on my back it seems. I mentioned it to someone else and they told me I'd been stung by a velvet ant.
Last night I was using a back scratcher and felt a lump when it went over the same area. I looked in the mirror and found an angry looking red spot right about where I'd been stung. Since I've never had a sting react quite like this I looked up what this little bugger was. It turns out that it may look like an ant but it's really a flightless wasp that stung me.
When I found out it was a sting and not metal in my back I took an anti hystamen since I'm allergic to a bees and wasps to some degree. If you've never encountered one of these little buggers be careful and try to kill them if they're near you or your kids. The sting is quite painful and they're also called cow killer ants.
Last night I was using a back scratcher and felt a lump when it went over the same area. I looked in the mirror and found an angry looking red spot right about where I'd been stung. Since I've never had a sting react quite like this I looked up what this little bugger was. It turns out that it may look like an ant but it's really a flightless wasp that stung me.
When I found out it was a sting and not metal in my back I took an anti hystamen since I'm allergic to a bees and wasps to some degree. If you've never encountered one of these little buggers be careful and try to kill them if they're near you or your kids. The sting is quite painful and they're also called cow killer ants.
