http://www.prudentandpractical.com/its-cicada-killer-bee-season/ Saving you money one project at a time! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.prudentandpractical.com/its-cicada-killer-bee-season/comment-page-1/#comment-6591 Charles Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:58:55 +0000 http://www.prudentandpractical.com/?p=1563#comment-6591 A boxer can throw a punch so lightly that it barely hurts, or he can knock you out. Sting reports of cicada killers claiming mild effects were due to the wasp's venom sac being recently depleted. It had stung a cicada so recently that its venom gland had not had time to replenish the sac! "The females are said to have one of the most severe sting of any insect"--plate #294, Simon & Schuster's Guide To Insects, 1981 (written by two entomologists!) A boxer can throw a punch so lightly that it barely hurts, or he can knock you out. Sting reports of cicada killers claiming mild effects were due to the wasp’s venom sac being recently depleted. It had stung a cicada so recently that its venom gland had not had time to replenish the sac! “The females are said to have one of the most severe sting of any insect”–plate #294, Simon & Schuster’s Guide To Insects, 1981 (written by two entomologists!)

]]> http://www.prudentandpractical.com/its-cicada-killer-bee-season/comment-page-1/#comment-4922 Jason Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:49 +0000 http://www.prudentandpractical.com/?p=1563#comment-4922 Thanks for the info. I think everyone will be scared once they heard of "killer" be aware! heheheheh Thanks for the info. I think everyone will be scared once they heard of “killer” be aware! heheheheh

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