cloudless@piefed.socialM to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 months agoYou're halfway through your lunch at a restaurant when a wasp decides it’s joining the party on your plate. What’s your move?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareYou're halfway through your lunch at a restaurant when a wasp decides it’s joining the party on your plate. What’s your move?cloudless@piefed.socialM to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squaresmiletolerantlylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoWe’ve had multiple wasp nests under our roof when I was a kid, and bother then, before, and after that, I’ve always just shooed then away. I haven’t been stung once.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoThey hurt like hell when they do actually sting, but they sting far less often than people fear. Around here paper wasps aren’t very aggressive but mud wasps are. Both love to get up close and personal and make me nervous though.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWe have yellow jackets here but I don’t see them as often, probably because of all the landscaping chemicals.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoInteresting. I’ve always found mud wasps to be docile. I guess it depends on the particular species.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 months agoI disturb their nests frequently because they keep putting them in the worst places. That probably plays a part.
We’ve had multiple wasp nests under our roof when I was a kid, and bother then, before, and after that, I’ve always just shooed then away.
I haven’t been stung once.
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They hurt like hell when they do actually sting, but they sting far less often than people fear.
Around here paper wasps aren’t very aggressive but mud wasps are. Both love to get up close and personal and make me nervous though.
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We have yellow jackets here but I don’t see them as often, probably because of all the landscaping chemicals.
Interesting.
I’ve always found mud wasps to be docile. I guess it depends on the particular species.
I disturb their nests frequently because they keep putting them in the worst places. That probably plays a part.