Toxicity and preventive methods of tiger head wasp

Tiger head wasp, also known as wasp, has a bright body color, usually yellow and black, well-developed jaws, venomous glands at the end of the abdomen, and tiger markings on the body, so it is called "tiger head wasp". It is mainly distributed in Pakistan, southern China and Indonesia.

The habit of tiger-headed wasp

Tiger head bees have bright body colors, usually yellow and black, well-developed jaws, and venom at the end of the abdomen. Bee venom is a toxic protein composed of many amino acids, which can cause poisoning, such as redness and swelling, strange itching, tingling and other allergic phenomena. in severe cases, it causes shock and death of the patient. Tiger head wasps belong to the social insect tribe, which includes an egg-laying female, the queen bee, and a large number of worker bees, most of which are females. Drones are only a minority.

Tiger-headed wasps are most common in mountains and the wild. The black-bellied tiger-headed wasp is a diurnal insect and an omnivorous insect. Their larvae feed on insect larvae such as caterpillars, and adult bees eat mature fruits or tree juices.

Toxicity of Tiger head wasp

1. Bee venom: you must be bitten more than 200 times by Tiger head Bee to make a person's life dangerous. the best treatment for bite is to use ice compress to solve most of the pain. In addition, the sting of Tiger head Bee can not be pulled back directly. in this way, the venom will be further injected into the body, causing greater harm.

2. Tiger head wasp protein: Tiger head bee protein can cause allergic reaction of the body and cause blood pressure to drop and shock, which is dangerous to life. Generally speaking, people with allergic constitution are more likely to have allergy and shock, so some doctors abroad even suggest that people with allergic constitution should take adrenocortical and anti-allergic anti-inflammatory drugs or steroids with them before going up the mountain. Once they are stung, they can be injected immediately to save lives.

Prevention of tiger-headed wasp

Tiger head wasps often go out on a large scale in autumn in order to prepare food for hibernation, and it is easy to accidentally hurt human beings. Tiger head wasps themselves will not take the initiative to attack, so to avoid tiger head bee bites and attacks, we should pay attention to the following principles.

1. Stay away from tiger-headed wasps: do not take the initiative to attack tiger-headed wasps so that they will not be attacked.

2. Do not wear brightly colored clothes for outings: Tiger head wasps like flowers and plants with bright colors and fragrance, so we go to the mountains in late summer and early autumn to play without colorful clothes, otherwise they will often attract tiger head bees around our bodies. It's easy to be attacked, so go up the mountain and try to wear gray clothes.

3, do not wear perfume: use fragrant shampoo or deperspirant, do not go up the mountain, do not wear body odor-proof perfume, you can avoid the attack of tiger wasps.

4. Try to wear long-sleeved trousers up the mountain: you can protect your body, try not to wear short skirts and shorts, and wear hats to avoid attacks by tiger wasps, and hats can sometimes avoid the fragrance of shampoo to attract tiger wasps. So pay special attention before going up the mountain.