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Short answer: Fuck them
Long answer: Too bad they’re important for our ecosystem. But still, fuck them
I’d advice against that.
How important do you think they are? I hate mosquitoes but I think they are critical. Wasps on the otherhand don’t seem to be a big part of the food chain but make life hell for most large animals.
To be clear, I don’t think wiping out any nuisance bug is good as the consequences typically accumulate down the food chain but some I suspect may have far less impact.
great for a healthy ecosystem
but keep the hell away from them
They’re cool af. Look at those colours! And the ergonomics.
I leave water bowls for them during summer.
They’re not exactly friendly but when you observe them enough you can judge if you’re annoying them and should gtfo. Most of the time they just mind their own business.
That’s pretty dope.
I just think many humans don’t grasp the concept that we can also piss something else off and should gtfo out of their area.
Especially since we make more and more parts of this planet our areas.
Yes the colors are pretty amazing. The metallic coatings.
I agree, I am scared shitless of wasps, but I’ve started looking at them and now I can a) see whether it actually is a wasp, not a funky bee or smart fly, that helps. Then indeed, leave them to their business and they will generally leave you aline as well. It’s also important which phase of their life it is, they generally get more aggressive later in the year.
Still am scared shitless but I love them too <3
Other than mosquitoes, wasps are the only other bug I know that will seek you out because they need protein and have the means to take it from you. Most other bugs will try and avoid you.
They are doubly bad in that they can make life hell for larger wildlife. They are relentless and result in pain and irritation akin to torture. I see them on deer and horses often where they will focus on their ears with multiple wasps taking bites in the same location.
I see the necessity of every bug in a ecosystem that evolved over millions of years but that is the one and only bug that I think has less impact IMO while really making a hard existence even more difficult. I do nothing to help them exsist.
Several flies will seek you out to bite you. Horse flies, for example. Not to mention ticks & lice & mites & other parasites.
White, Anglo Saxon protestants are fine. I usually try to associate with atheists, agnostics, or the generally unchurched, but you do you, right?
Always good to have diversity after all, and WASPs are part of that diversity! (Wait until they learn that, they’ll lose their minds!)
The world is better off without them.
Proof that god doesn’t exist. Proof that if I’m wrong and god does exist, he’s a fucking asshole not worthy of any worship.
God is whimsical, cruel, and all powerful. The core message isn’t worship but rather respect.
Yeah no thanks, fuck that too
I hate them. I fucking hate them.
I don’t much care for them. They build their nests on my home, and they sting.
Fire
I would love them if they had a concept of personal space, or a survival instinct that told them not to get up in someone biggers face.
As I’ve aged, I’ve lost the ability to hear them too, so now they love to sneak up on me.
fuck em all
I’m fine with them until they start building their home on my home. You will die a breathless death with my spray if you build on my house.
Wasps. Been around for a very long time. Important pollinator and pest control. So many different types of them all over from tiny ones to f-ing huge.
But why do you want to annoy me when I’m just trying to eat my picnic!! Just leave me alone!!! Fun fact bees are vegetarian wasps.
It depends on whether were talking about Wasps the insects or WASPs the acronym.
Either way not a fan, but I guess the insects are alright as long as they’re not in my house.
If they get near me? Death to them.
Otherwise? Go enjoy that environment bro