ashlee wrote:corvus wrote:All creatures great and small deserve their place ,Snakes frighten me Leeches make me itch for days if they get to suck but the only thing I will go out of my way to destroy would the European Wasp and our Mossies nothing else worries me.
corvus
Oh my god - European Wasps!! They hate me. I swear it. Everytime one sees me it wants to kill me lol...
But no, leeches definately freak me out, spiders too. Problem is, my usual bushwalking friend is so petrified of leeches that I have to be the brave one otherwise she gets totally hysterical and runs away!
Apologies for the backtrack... but this made me think of my last walk at the Tasman Peninsula a month or so ago; just a wander to Cape Huay but I saw more wasps than I've ever seen in a single day anywhere in the state. There were dozens along Fortescue beach and around the carpark, and at least two nests alongside the track including one out on Cape Huay itself. I guess the climate out that way must suit them...
I hate the aggro little blighters... I'm told to ignore them and they'll go away, but when I tried that one almost flew into my mouth trying to steal the sandwich I was eating!