In nature, there is a huge variety of species of wasps. Most familiar to us
paper (public) wasps that build their nests near human habitation and live in families. In this they resemble bees. They also have a uterus and working bees. The nest, in appearance similar to a pear of gray or brown color, the uterus begins to build. She sculpts it somewhere under the roof, on the wall or on a dry tree.
Dry wood is a working material for construction. With powerful jaws, a wasp gnaws off pieces of wood, chews and infiltrates with saliva. The result is a solid building material from which honeycombs are built. In each cell, the uterus lays an egg. When the females that have come to light reach maturity, they will continue to build a nest, which in dry form resembles multilayer paper.
The insects considered protect their housing, and therefore sting anyone who comes close to it. It is very dangerous to accidentally disturb the hornet's nest. Then more than one wasp can sting. The sting, unlike bees, the wasp does not leave in the body of its prey. She injects poison and flies away. But this, of course, is not easier. The bite site swells, turns red and hurts. Within half an hour the pain goes away, and the swelling gradually disappears.
Sting wasps most often for self-defense. While in nature, you can step on the aforementioned creature with bare feet, or lie down in the grass and crush an insect, then the wasp can stick into the back. Especially dangerous are bites in the face.
It often happens that a person accidentally takes in the mouth the food on which the wasp sits. A bite in the tongue can provoke swelling of the respiratory tract with very serious consequences. A person suffocates from suffocation, he needs urgent help from doctors. Wasp stings are especially dangerous for people suffering from allergies. Knowing about their problem, they should have anti-allergic drugs with them, especially when outings in nature.
Since the wasp does not leave a sting, it can bite more than once. This insect is distinguished from the bee, which leaves a sting in the body of the victim. The bee sting has notches that hold it in the wound. Failing to pull out her "weapon", she receives fatal injuries in her abdomen and dies.
If a bee sting can be examined with a magnifying glass, it is more difficult to find out what a wasp sting looks like, because wasps very rarely leave it in the victim’s body. Some individuals prey on bees; they are also called bee wolves. Catching up prey, they directly hit it on the fly with their sting in the head and carry it to their offspring.
So where's the wasp sting? It is located at the end of the abdomen and in appearance resembles the blade of a dagger, which is easily immersed in the body and just as easily comes out of it. If you killed a wasp at the time of the bite, the sting may remain in the wound and must be removed with tweezers. Next, the site of the bite should be treated with hydrogen peroxide or a pink solution of potassium permanganate.
The place where the wasp stuck in the sting should be cooled by attaching a towel soaked in cold water to it, and even better, wrap ice in it. Also, the victim needs a plentiful drink. Most often, wasps bite people in nature, where a wonderful healer - plantain - is always at hand, or rather, underfoot. Its leaves should be washed in water, washed and put in a bandage. Having applied such a compress to a sore spot, after a while it needs to be changed. Pain and redness of the skin usually pass quickly enough.