Stung

paulbnix

I was cycling with two mates down a local hill doing about 30 mph with a nice tailwind when I felt an insect hit the corner of my jawbone followed by a sharp pain that was a sting.

How did the little bu*ger do it???

My mate reckoned I must have hit it tail first and the concertining body forced a full load into me.

I've now got a swollen jawbone and throat 😥

pblakeney

Yup! Apparently I had an unwanted passenger on my thigh while cycling today.
I was completely unaware of it's presence until it left it's hot mark. Bloody itchy now.

redvision

Worst sting I had on the bike was half way up a 20% climb when a little ******* decided to land on my head and sting away. The panic and pain and being unable to easily unclip = bloody horrible. Not to mention having restart on a pretty steep hill!

Always wear a skull cap now and whilst this doesn't stop wasps and other insects landing inside my helmet, not been stung on my head since.

pblakeney

Did you get to see the fecker flying away?
That's the most galling part. At least bees do the courtesy of dying afterwards.

lpd2

I had one a few months ago, also while whizzing downhill. I felt a pain which rapidly got so bad I had to stop. The bee sting was still attached and it was a bugger to get out. It was the worst insect sting I've had to date, a nasty cramping pain which would occasionally come back for about a week after, particularly when pushing hard up hills.

ilovegrace

Does anyone know Lythe Bank ?
Beautiful decent into Sandsend nr Whitby ?
Half way down felt as 30mph ish thought I had been smacked in the lip .
The kittle bleeder was hanging on to may lips stinging away , I could not stop or brush it of cars behind and hands on brakes .
Did rest of ride with a fat lip and in hellish pain.
On another occasion, had just finished playing cricket at Scarborough and was en joying a shandy , picked my glass up to swig off and go and felt something stuck in my throat was just thinking what it could b e then wham was stung at the back of my throat .
Not pleasant and a bit of a serious concern as you can imagine.
Mind you Emma only came to the game with a promise of fish and chips after .
Ended up at A&E and all she could say was " what are we going to do about the fish and chips" ?

pblakeney

1/2 portion.
You wouldn't be eating yours. 😉

warcraft1976corbett

My sympathies to the people who have been stung in especially painful places. Its definitely that time of year when wasps are out in force or determined to go out in style. I do a bit of woodwork and my workshop has been 'visited' be a large amount of wasps lately. Not fun being distracted when you're using machinery and keeping fingers safe.

bikes_and_dogs

Insects crawling around in your helmet, insects in your mouth, insects trying to feast when you stop for a drink.
Cold, calm, insectless winter's days are the best.

laurentian

I am allergic to bee stings.

There was a thread on here ages ago about "what I carry in my tool kit/pockets when out for a ride" or something like that.

Someone on the thread mentioned that they put an antihistamine tablet in their "riding pack" and thought that to be a great idea given my allergy. Some months later, I was very grateful for this advice as I got stung under the helmet (no sniggering at the back) and was immediately able to swallow the antihistamine and lessen/negate the possible effects of the sting. They take up no room and could just stop something nasty from happening

oblongomaculatus

Had a bumble bee hit me in the mouth once, getting stuck between my teeth and lip. They are normally pretty docile, but in this case I can't really blame it for stinging me before I could blow it away. Not very painful, and no swelling. By the way, I found out later bumble bees don't leave their stings behind, as honey bees do, but live on to use them again, like wasps.

I've also been bitten on the back (twice) by a false widow spider which got inside my shirt when I was watering hanging baskets. When I moved my arm down the shirt trapped the spider and it bit. I thought it was a wasp or a bee so I was a bit surprised when I got it out and saw what it was. There was a bit of a fuss in the press recently when a school in Northampton was closed when two were discovered on the premises, which made me smile. My bites showed as a raised white bump at the site, surrounded by a reddened area abut 8cm across, which faded after a couple of hours. They were less painful than a nettle sting. The school reacted like they were infested by black widows or Sydney funnelwebs or something, rather than a couple of mildly venomous imposters which only bite under extreme provocation, eg getting half squashed inside someone's clothing, and would cause little damage if they did.

Ncovidius

I’ve had stingy insects land on me , whilst I’ve been going downhill before. They are absolute bar stewards, because you normally don’t want to be taking your hands off the bars.

motogull

I've had a bee sting removed from inside my lower lip and a wasp sting me in the crease of my groin so I'll mark that one down as a good result.