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.
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.
are you under the impression wasps understand the concept of front doors?
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.
At least educate youtself on the bee part, it’s really interesting!
in what sense are you a realist
They really exist
Also wasps: too much of them in summer, eat your bread while you sit out and depending on the weather they get drunk and mean on overripe fruits late summer.
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.
Carpenter bees
Carpenter bees are also cool. Not as fluffy as bumblebees though.
Shiny hiney
Wait, wasps are pollinators too?
Yes, they are! They’re into sweet nectar - that’s why they also tend to visit our sweet drinks. The adults also sometimes search for bits of meat for the carnivorous larvae. In this mode they act like insect pest control.
Yeah. They usually pollinate my sweet toast in spring and my ham in late summer.
Wasp nest in wall, specialist comes out, sucks them all out, sprays commercial insecticide into wall cavity. Wasps that were out of nest at the time come back and get confused and piss off, couple days later they’re back and have found new unbefore seen holes to fly into, specialist tells me to buy trap and fill with meat. Buy canned ham and dump in trap. All wasps that came back are now in trap. Thanks Ham.
This waZZp propaganda is getting out of control! We need to censor it! Block Wasp Today and Waspnik right now!
I have learned thru my years of gardening that wasps and hornets are a good thing to have around, not just bees. Not only do they help pollinate flowers, they are predators to some of the most annoying garden pests. I think I’ve counted at least 7 different wasp species in my garden this summer, they’ve done a great job keeping the larger pest populations manageable.
There we go, that’ll learn 'em for having singers. Now to enjoy some peace.
that’ll learn 'em for having singers.
Did we just nuke Hollywood?
Here in NZ most wasps are European Wasps which are an invasive species and are very destructive to the local ecosystem
wasp propaganda
The wasp stings me to protect its family, I kill the wasp to protect mine. Glad it’s me who’s the giant.
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…
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).
The bottom picture doesn’t make the top picture any less true.
*Beeality
Also, wasps will just sting you because “fuck you.” Fuck that. Burn in heck.
Wasps stung a man in Reno just to watch him cry.
I don’t think I was ever stung by a wasp, and I even held one in my hand once.
I have the same experience. I act very carefully around them not to threaten them. I also put a tiny bit of my food on the side for them when they get interested - I love watching them eat. They’re like little insect tigers - striped, fierce, but tiny!
Are you the wasp whisperer? The wasperer?
I send them after my enemies.
I’ve had a wasp fly up to me, land on me, sting me, and fly off, for no fucking reason! It has happened more than once. They’re assholes.
i’ve met some friendly wasps, heck i’ve met more friendly wasps then the evil ones
Shut up, wasp
bzz you!
*stings your ass*
AWAB
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?!? >:3
*turns off bodycam*
*stings you vigorously*
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.
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.
It was me actually, I turned into a wasp and travelled through time to sting you because your comment annoyed me.
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.
