Many wasp species are generally non-aggressive, and great pollinators! If they don't fuck with you, then don't fuck with them!
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I agree! The mud daubers and digger wasps can look quite scary with their nipped waists, but they are quite docile. I have a bird feeder, and when it’s empty they sit on the edge patiently while I fill it, then gently crawl into the periphery. They have never bothered me in the slightest
Yep, surprisingly some of the biggest like the “Cicada Killer” and Bald Faced Hornets (as long as you’re not messing with their nest) are very chill around humans as long as you don’t mess with them. Yellowjackets OTOH can get fucked. Fearless and they’ll chase you in numbers if you even just step by the nest or go by it with a mower.
Iirc even the tarantula hawk is very chill and reluctant to sting people. I remember a video by coyote Peterson got stung on purpose and really had to annoy the wasp to get stung.
Every non-aggressive wasp species:
Bumble bee? More like stumble bee.
Lolol amirite guys? Guys
I once bought a house with two mature, fruiting pear trees. I learned to quickly pick up any pears that fell to the ground, because if I didn't, the pear juice would ferment under the skin, and become slightly alcoholic.
Then wasps would pierce the skin, drink the juice, get drunk, and then chase around anyone who entered the yard. Apparently wasps are mean drunks.
Didn't know that previously, but not surprised. Wasps are dickheads on a good day.
The less popular bee movie part 2; it's actually about wasps, who are asshole alcoholics, and instead of asking girls if they like the jazz, they start negging and groping them
The bumble bee part is so accurate. They’re basically the golden retrievers of the insect world—super fuzzy, very friendly, and zero motor skills.
Asian Giant Hornet: I am death destroyer of worlds.
Me: Weeping uncontrollably
That person would totally win in a thumb war. Don’t even try
Jesus that's almost going from swatting to a fist fight
They're big for sure, but there's some forced perspective in that photo. They're typically substantially smaller than your little finger.
Yeah it is a majorly warped perspective, look at the size of the thumb.
Still they are big girls, here's a photo and wiki says...
The hornet has a body length of 45 mm (1+3⁄4 in), a wingspan around 75 mm (3 in), and a stinger 6 mm (1⁄4 in) long, which injects a large amount of potent venom.
Ugh, i saw one of those fuckers buzzing about in south of England. Sounded like a mini military helicopter buzzing about looking for bees to fuck up.
Reported it
Reported it
The Neighbourhood Watch will get it sorted!
(I kid -- for the unaware reader, they're invasive, they threaten native bees, and you can report sightings to the government).
Is the neighborhood watch where I report thieving kids and crusty jugglers?
They look like they threaten native everything.
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Carpenter bees: don't worry about these little holes in your wood framing, I'm justdestroying your home.
Me: back at you!
There are thousands of wasp species and the overwhelming majority don't even have the ability to sting humans. You probably don't ever even notice them, despite being the most important group of pollinators in the world, because you might mistake them for bees or flies. Also, bees are wasps (and so are ants). For more wasp facts, please like and subscribe.
While Ants, Bees, Wasps and Hornets are all in the family Hymenoptera, it is incredibly wrong to suggest that Bees and Ants are Wasps.
They are distinct species that are related to each other.
Sincerely — a pest control technician who is incredibly tired of helping solve "bee" problems, when 99% of the time, they have a Wasp problem.
Yup! Was about to type out a similar reply. To further clarify:
Hymenoptera - order of Insecta - ants, bees, wasps, hornets
Formicidae - family of Hymenoptera - ants
Aculeata - infraorder of Hymenoptera - bees, wasps, hornets
Apidae - family of Aculeata - bees (also bumblebees)
Vespidae - family of Aculeata - wasps, hornets
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Why does it matter if you're called for a bee problem, but it's wasps? And wouldn't actual bee problems require a Bee Keeper?
Most of the time: it's more about the fact that bees are typically harmless, and calling a bee a wasp, to me, is like calling Sprite, Pepsi, because they're both made by PepsiCo.
And yes, honeybees are a protected species here, meaning we'd need an apiarist to either remove the hive and capture the swarm, or officially tell us that the hive is too large to safely remove, without destroying the home.
In my experience, even the stingy ones aren't that aggressive. They get pissed if you attack them or their hive and can panick if they get stuck in hair or clothes. I usually just (slowly and gently) "push" them away with my hand if they get too close, like at 10cm/s. They usually give up and move on if they were trying to check me out, or continue on if they were passing by too close. If they are trying to get at my food or drink, they might be a bit more persistant about it, but I haven't had one get aggressive because of it.
That said, I had an ex that bugs just seemed to hate/love. Apparently house flies can bite (though I still have a feeling that she was bit by a different fly that looks like a house fly, but can't say for sure because I did see her getting harassed by bugs that just ignored me). So ymmv.
When you squash a wasp it releases a chemical from the wasp that attracts people who tell you facts about wasps.
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This fucker coined the phrase "touch grass"
Love it! Do you have one that comes in Spider? Or perhaps House Centipede?
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The motherfuckers that set up shop inside my car definitely had the ability to sting humans.
About the only time I can drop an unironic "source: my ass."
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Whenever you see posts like this assume that the op is referencing yellow jacket waps, after I started gardening ive learned more about wasps and their part to play in my garden, yellow jacks can suck a dick though. They can go from 0 to 100 real quick and little provocation, I will choose to protect my kids over them.
yellow jacks can suck a dick though
I already liked wasps before, you don't have to sell to me. Different topic though: How do you make them do that?
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And then the first time you see a cicada wasp...
The sight of one of those will make you want to find a brick to drop on it, until you find out that they're completely harmless. (unless you're a cicada)
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Not wasps, but yellowjackets specifically. Irrational anger with wings, little bastards.
Love me some chill time with a mud dauber though.
This. I have no problem with anything but the yellow jackets. Over the years, dog has been stung, I have been stung and my wife has been stung. All of us minding our own business and just got too “close.” I will burn those f@&)ers to the ground every chance I get.
We had yellow jackets find a whole in the wall, and dig in and burrow out the drywall. Just a thin layer of paper between them and our bedroom. Luckily noticed and got the nest cleared out before they made it inside the house
We get yellow jackets in our yard every summer and I used to destroy them all on sight but I always felt so bad about taking out entire families with chemical warfare so I've switched to a live and let live strategy the last few years. They are chill and we've only had one sting in those years and I think that was just an unfortunate accident with my youngest stepping on one and pissing it off. I still have several cans of spray so if they break the treaty then I'm ready to go to war, but for now we're able to cohabitate.
Yeah I learned that besides yellow jackets, wasps can actually help a garden by keeping away pests and won't hurt anybody if you don't bother them. Really surprising seeing a wasp just totally ignore me.
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