• Event_Horizon@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    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.

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      7 days 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…

  • sunbytes@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

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

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    7 days 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

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    I like the wasps around my house, they’re Apache wasps I think. I’ve shooed them away, worked next to them, they just watch me or fly around. Seems I need to really try to anger them.

    Mud daubers are cool too but their life cycle is nightmare fuel, I feel for the spiders.

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    6 days ago

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

  • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nl
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    7 days ago

    Wasps are actually pretty useful in nature, in contrast to the parasitic life form knows as homo sapiens.

  • CRUMBGRABBER@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

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

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    7 days ago

    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.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      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!

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      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.