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Nectar-loving Ethiopian wolves may be the first carnivore pollinators
(www.newscientist.com)
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I mean, I am terrified of wasps, but I recognize they're a crucial part of the ecosystem and just don't fuck with them. It'd be a phobia, except I don't panic, I just gtfo if possible and freeze if I can't. Wasps (at least here) don't tend to chase things that react to them by increasing the distance between it and you.
That being said, big wasps in general are indeed jerks who will bite and sting you without mercy. Hornets? Yellowjackets? Tarantula Hawks? Ew. Small ones though? There's these little guys I've seen all the time that I just assumed were small ants, turns out they're (harmless) wasps that use their size to avoid detection and don't even sting. Entomology is a lot like filling a Pokédex, the "common wisdom" (the descriptions) does not always match the in-the-field observations of scientific value (the actual creature that might help you).