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I am honor bound to come wasps' defense. They are very cool critters! The vast majority cannot and do not harm humans, and are largely an ecological boon. They prey on cultured crops pests. Some even specifically prey on roaches.
I've lived in paper wasp territory my whole ass life and only been stung twice, and it wasn't even all that bad. Like the pain was gone in a minute tops. And I consistently stick my hand and fingers into unexplored, and frequently inappropriate, areas.
Wasps are bros as much as spiders are. I would argue more so because they actively hunt pests, and are responsible for far less human deaths than spiders.
Just not bros to spiders. What parasitoid wasps do to spiders/other victims is nearly as nightmarish as what spiders do to their prey. Definitely a match made in hell.
This species of wasp lays eggs in another species of wasp that lays eggs in a couple species of butterfly that lay eggs on various plants, effectively making them a parasite of a parasite of a parasite =)
Yeah, the turantula hawk is next level vicious.
Also one of the few that really suck to be stung by.
You just reminded me of this exterminator guy I watch on YouTube who actually collects wasp nests and rehomes them on his property. He says they kill mosquitos and basically nay pest you'd be concerned about.
The aggressive species get fed to his chickens lol.
Edit: I think it's hornet king Link
Man, I love that guy and his birds lol
Yeah me too! I never thought wasp extermination would be so chill and ASMR ish
... Like... In general, or regarding the paper wasps?
Both, they like building their nests in peculiar places.
Agreed. Cicada killers are like the coolest bug in my area. As a kid I used to imagine that would be my Pokemon
Cicade Killers are pretty great!
In exchange for one nightmare fueling huge wasp, I got relief from basically every other pest.
And the huge nightmare wasp was actually really chill and kept it's distance from humans, even/especially kids.
It got stuck on the porch once, and I wasn't delighted - but then it was chill when I held the porch door open for it.
I just wanna wax nostalgic on probably my most beloved pet that could've been a Pokemon.
Y'all may know Furryosa, but she's only been with me for a little under a year. But I had this dog I named "puppy", which my dad tried to fight but I won, from about age 6 until 14. He was a half German Shepherd, half Rottweiler that got dropped off on our doorstep (very small and isolated community, so it was obvious). Homie had the colorations of a Rottweiler with the build of a tall dachshund. We didn't crop anything cause my mom is a good person, so his tail took on its own moniker as the agent of chaos it was. He became male dog aggressive later in life, which wouldn't have been a problem as we had a fenced yard. But other dogs jumped into our fence on occasion and did not meet a ceremonious end.
But then a year or two before he suddenly passed he became best chums with an all white male dog literally half his size that we caught on camera jumping in. I'm not trying to defend Piers Anthony's literal bullshit, but maybe the horse isn't the only thing that's pale.
Edit to add: if y'all wanna know about the badass cat that could only be killed by an alligator, let me know. That fucker dug holes in concrete!