• Cloudless ☼
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    713 months ago

    The bottom picture doesn’t make the top picture any less true.

    • @loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
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      83 months ago

      They don’t do that with me. A wasp stung me once because it was in my shoe, so I was obviously perceived as a threat when trying to put it on. I think there was another time but I don’t remember, I might’ve touched it first as well. The rest of the time, wasps seem to respect me, and it’s mutual. I’ve had wasps centimetres away from my face, but I never flinch and I’ve never regretted not flinching. Took more hits from people trying to kill wasps than from the wasps themselves.

      • @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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        313 months ago

        And I’ve had a wasp sting me just because I deserve to get fucked, I suppose. It just flew up, landed on my hand, sting me, then fucked off back to whichever circle of hell whence it emerged. There were dozens of other people around, but the allergic teenager was the only one who needed to have their weekend ruined.

        • kamenLady.
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          93 months ago

          I was camping with some friends ( all around 13 years old ) and one of my friends, the only allergic one in the group, sat on a wasp nest that was attached to a piece of trunk. The poor guy was stung all over. Luckily we were nearby a hospital and we were able laugh it off a few days later.

  • @essteeyou@lemmy.world
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    573 months ago

    The wasp stings me to protect its family, I kill the wasp to protect mine. Glad it’s me who’s the giant.

      • @tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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        43 months ago

        That was the one that made me realize I’d outgrown the series. Dunno if old RL was really phoning that one in or what, but one of his chapter cliffhangers ended with “and the dragonfly bit me in half!” Then the next chapter started with “But it was just my imagination.”

        • @mearce@programming.dev
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          33 months ago

          Truly. Everyone knows that once a dragonfly sets its sights on you, your chances of survival are nil. Gary stood no chance.

  • @Hlodwig@lemmy.world
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    563 months ago

    Common wasp and germanicus vespula (european wasp) are both considered pest. Both dont pollinate. And both kill and destroy other friendly species when they do not harass you to steal your food. Same for asiatic and common hornet.

    All other wasp and hornet like the blue hornet are friendly and help the ecosystem. But you will rarely encounter them cause they let you the fuck alone and mind their own business…

    • @angrystego@lemmy.world
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      43 months ago

      They ARE in fact both pollinators! I get the wasp hate, but they are rather misunderstood, that’s what the meme is about! Depending on the region you live in, learn which wasp and bee species are invasive in your area and support the native ones (including the common wasp and germanicus vespula).

      • @SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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        13 months ago

        I try to give paper wasps a pass if I randomly see them, but if they come inside or start a nest in outdoor equipment, they’re gone. They only get consideration because they’re pollinators and generally not aggressive, but they still will attack so my patience is thin.

  • ZephrC
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    523 months ago

    Okay, but bumblebees are the best though. Even fluffier than honey bees, and they almost never sting humans.

    Sadly they’re also one of the types of bee that’s losing out in their native habitats to human supported honey bees.

  • 🔍🦘🛎
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    373 months ago

    Sure, but wasps made a nest right by our front door, and have the audacity to sting me when I simply walked outside. Maybe not assholes on purpose, but they deserved what they got.

  • justOnePersistentKbinPlease
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    353 months ago

    Bees will warn you if you get too close, and if they run into you will fly off on their own or otherwise avoid you.

    I used to work near a mall with a fountain where one edge of it would always have water splashing up. Place near there had honeybees. In the dry summers there would always be bees chilling out and enjoying the cold fountain water on the ledge, usually next to human workers also on lunch.

    Wasps intentionally get in your face and will sting you because you had the gall to exist in their flight path.

    • @0ops@lemm.ee
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      93 months ago

      The wasps local to me will literally chase people, it’s nuts. You can practically hear them saying “Come at be bro! Wait come back here I wasn’t finished with you”. I can’t even have picnics certain times of the year because of them, because instead of just making a run for the food like other bugs they like to chase you away first. I once had to finish my little caesars in the car because a wasp was trying to get between me and my pie in the park. I was literally watching the fucker throw it’s body into my windshield repeatedly as I continued eating in safety, and it didn’t stop until I drove away. Psychotic man. I don’t mess with wasps. Our bees are awesome though.

    • @Alice@beehaw.org
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      53 months ago

      Really depends on the type of wasp. Most of the ones local to me seem chill if stupid. They’ll smack right into you or get in your hair and as long as you don’t swat at them, they’ll eventually fly away.

    • @flora_explora@beehaw.org
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      23 months ago

      Not sure how aggressive the wasps are in the US, but for Europe this isn’t really true. We have a nest of European wasps (similar to yellowjackets) in our garden and they really couldn’t care less about us humans. I can stand in their flight path and they just fly around me. But I’m also not as easily panicked as other people so that certainly helps…

      • justOnePersistentKbinPlease
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        12 months ago

        Canada.
        Mud wasps are big but chill. The regular wasps are super aggressive. If they smell anything on you even just remnants of a meal that interests them, good luck. Hornets arent common but unless you deliberately mess with their nests they’ll leave you alone.
        The parasitic wasps are mean looking but like the spiders they are mostly hunting, we’re just in the way and something to avoid.

        • @flora_explora@beehaw.org
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          12 months ago

          Well, I was indeed talking about the “regular wasps”. We’ve had dinner in garden etc, but they usually left us alone although their nest is in about 5 m distance. I guess the reason is that there are other food sources for them around due to a diverse vegetation.

  • @Disgracefulone@discuss.online
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    353 months ago

    Nope. Don’t care. I’m a scientific realist. 99.999% of the time I educate myself on matters such as these if I am misinformed, and change my stance promptly based on new information.

    But not in this case.

    Fuck this meme, fuck this info, and fuck wasps.

  • @Localhorst86@feddit.org
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    243 months ago

    If wasps realize that I am a giant who can easily kill them, why are they so incessant on invading my personal space?

    I’s like going to a kickboxing tournament as an untrained person and flipping off every kickboxer within kickboxing range, then slapping them when they tell you to fuck off.

    • @MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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      53 months ago

      This.

      “Ah, behold! A gargantuan dwelling of the giants! We’ll just put our giant clumpy mud hive right up here until we reproduce infinitely unchecked, and then perceive them as a threat for daring to venture outside! Peace an’ love y’all.”

      “Ah hah! Look at this patch of grass! The giants stomp around here regularly. We shall burrow and hide beneath it, reacting with furious hellfire should we be tread on!”

      “Avast, ye, mammal! You are within like a kilometer of my turf! Your life is hereby forfeit!”

      –Various kinds of wasps, probably.

      I’m all for letting things be(e), but I get pretty pissed when creatures have the audacity to attach to or otherwise colonize your dwelling and then get mad and violent that it’s your dwelling.

  • @UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    203 months ago

    There are different kinds of wasps. Where I live, out of the many many kinds, only two are annoying in that they are aggressive and try to get your food. All others are chill and will leave you alone if you leave them alone. We had a nest outside our house one year. Often times, our paths would cross. A wasp would collide with us, just sit there in the air for a second, then fly around us. No time to chat, gotta get food for the hive. Also: bees and bumblebees will just take the day off if the weather is shitty. Wasps? MUST GET MORE FOOD. Hailstorm? Tornado? Lightning strikes five yards away? No excuse.

  • @JillyB@beehaw.org
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    183 months ago

    What pests are wasps and hornets killing? The wasps and hornets *are" the pests to me.

    • @Alice@beehaw.org
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      103 months ago

      Not sure about hornets, but I know wasps eat a lot of herbivorous bugs like aphids and caterpillars.

      A lot of people see eating caterpillars as one of the “bad” things wasps do, but population control is necessary if we want crops.