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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I mean it is on Sky News.
And where are wasps at, remember?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Meanwhile, the wasp in my house...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Most species of wasp are not aggressive towards humans. I work out in my garden a lot and almost never have encounters with aggressive wasps--the only time I really do is when yellow jackets create a nest in an area that I haven't been to in a while.

https://xerces.org/blog/wasp-world

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I mean it's a known fact that WASPs rule the media.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

"Harrrryyyyyy!'

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

if sky news says they're beneficial they're probably trying to fuck you out of your retirement plan or something

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They're all vicious assholes that get irritated by the most mundane things so I'm gonna expect them to sting me and they have for no reason that I could tell... Also these look like yellow jackets, which are particularly annoying but not as annoying as the 4 species of hornets battling for territory around my old house. I think bumblebees are cute though they will boop you and not try to kill you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

This does have the vibe of those pro-billionaire articles the Washington Post puts out...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Wasps are great. I love watching them fuck with this friend of mine. He makes any encounter with them a million times worse with his absurd flailing. One time it rusulted in him getting stung on the back and I nearly died laughing. He was a stroppy bastard for the rest of the day because of that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A stroppy bastard? Haven't heard that one. Gonna use it with me pirate persona for Halloween, thank ye

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Compromise, we eradicate yellow jackets

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I love having wasps around my garden. They fly around my veggies picking off any caterpillars they see, I don't even use pesticides because the wasps do such a good job keeping the populations low.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Its interesting once you learn more about ecology and biodiversity... Those bugs / animals you used to hate are suddenly awesome.

That said, invasive wasps where I live a devastating native and endemic species so....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Wasps are coop as hell. Animals don't exist for you convenience

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

According to Lord Sauron, wasps are just trying to help, and are very misunderstood. Please let them into your house, they will reform.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

If you're cold, they're cold - let them in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'd expect this but from Sky News Australia *squints*

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

IKR? a broken clock is right twice a day.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe this is hippie talk, but I simply don't bother any animal. I don't need an article to tell me they deserve to exist.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What about disease spreading bloodsuckers? 👉🏻👈🏻

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Mosquitos are pollinators!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

They can pollinate my bug zapper! ⚡

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I get apprehensive around wasps too but it's very funny to me how much hatred and distrust these animals are met with because they are able to force you to treat them with a little respect

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

European Wasps are an invasive species where I live and they're fucking up a lot of the local flora and fauna. Also "wasps" is a huge group of species and they're hard to generalise about

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but you could say the exact same thing about bees. The point of the article is that most people see 'wasps' as being all bad, without the nuance that is afforded to bees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Nope. We have introduced bees and bumblebees as well and they're fine.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (3 children)

As a pest control professional, I assure you that wasps aren't trying to fuck you up. They get aggressive in the late season but for the most part they won't fuck with you unless you are a threat. I've knocked down countless wasp nests with my brush and only been stung a few times. Those times I got stung I was really asking for it by how I went about it. They're also accidental pollinators so they do help more than people think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Last time I got stung by a wasp I was just standing on the street. Not a nest to be seen anywhere.

It came out of nowhere, stung me and got away. I stood there for a couple of hours after that and it never came back, not other wasp. So surely it didn't care I was there, it just wanted to fuck with me for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

skill issue

get better at wasps

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How is knocking down their house not perceived as aggressive?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Sometimes I forget to post the eviction notice in advance.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They’re also accidental pollinators so they do help more than people think.

I hear that, I did some things accidentally once, but the stubborn judge insisted I go on the register anyway!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Gotta be careful where you drop pollen these days.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

They HAD their chance, and they used it to be assholes.

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