Any entomologists out here? Got stung by this wasp, and dont know what it is.

[The Zigman]

I think I am the only person I know who gets stung by a wasp in Chicago, In January!

Anyway This thing stung me in the hand.
The sting no longer hurts, and isn't swelling, but I have never seen this type of wasp. A google search makes me think this is an Australian paper wasp, but are they even found here in Chicago?

 

[msjinkzd]

zig, you have all the luck

















I am not saying what kind!

 

[The Zigman]

zig, you have all the luck


I am not saying what kind!

You know me well Jinkzie!

 

[Rbishop]

try 911 or the emergency room...

 

[The Zigman]

I feel fine, I just wondered what kind of bug it is.

 

[Rbishop]

wasp

 

[The Zigman]

Wow..

Your wisdom amazes me Bish!

 

[BettaFishMommy]

Zig, was this in your house? you might want to have your attic checked for a nest.

perhaps contact the entomology department of your local university. that's what i did when trying to find the name of a really weird looking spider.

 

[The Zigman]

All I know is I whacked this thing with a shoe, like I was pounding a 20 penny nail into oak, and its still alive. Good thing he's trapped in a container...

Thought it was dead, It never moved while I took its picture.
I pounded it into oblivion right after it stung me..

 

[Amphiprion]

Looks like a common paper wasp--one of the Polistes sp. wasps, I believe. Just in case, I am not an entomologist by an stretch of the imagination. The extent of my knowledge in insects is merely local and those which are parasitic.