Thread 5002834

What can wasps do to improve their reputation?

>>5002834 (OP)
I have never seen a wasp attacking someone who didn't swat at it like a retard. I never had any problems with wasps. Just ignore them and they don't harm you. Then again, in central europe, animals generally tend to be smaller and more harmless than their asian, african and american versions.

>>5002836
>Just ignore them and they don't harm you
biggest LIE ever told
t. stung by wasp in preschool because muh just stay still and it won't harm you

>>5002837
Then it was most likely a hornet, they're dickheads. Wasps are bros

>pollinates plants
>kills pests
wasps are bros tho

idk bout yall i got a huge wasp nest in my garage they leave me alone. why would they fuck with a massive animal like me

>>5002837
Have you tried not being a pussy? Even if they sting you it's not that bad.

>>5002834 (OP)
They keep caterpillars off your fruit trees and ground crops, also clean up anything that dies in your garden but without invading your house next like ants do.

>>5003949
>they kill babies and eat shit
Truly an awful species

>>5002836
I've seen a wasp sting somebody right in front of me and we were
1. not even close to the nest
2. not doing anything to piss it off, literally just a group of guys chatting

>>5003955
Wasps are just fucking weird, like reverse bees.
They're not super aggressive when you're near a nest (given they haven't been spooked or you aren't sperging out near it), but they're prone to random stinging in the wild.

>>5003782
I was 4 years old you monster.

>>5002834 (OP)
>preys on tomato worms
Good enough for me.

>>5002834 (OP)
Your meme is wrong OP. I watched a YouTube video recently where a guy peacefully relocated a wasp nest to protect his garden from pests.

>What can wasps do to improve their reputation?
Go extinct.

>>5002834 (OP)
All they'd have to do is not dive bomb and try to sting people that just happen to be near them.
>>5002836
Yeah, sure. Those wings go up into alert mode the moment I open the door to the porch if one is out there and they come right after anyone who steps outside. Them attacking because they sense fear endorphins is not an excuse because they come after you whether you know they're there or not. Also, I don't care if their home is nearby. I wouldn't bother them if they didn't attack. I wouldn't disturb the peaceful mud daubers or their homes. You can walk right by them messing with you.

>>5003949
They build their nests in any spot they can find on the outside of your home.

>>5002834 (OP)
not nest in my house. just removed one today

>>5002839
i was always told in school that hornets are just bigger wasps, with the same likelyhood to sting basically

>>5002834 (OP)
>I have never seen a wasp attacking someone who didn't swat at it like a retard.
Why do people keep parading this bullshit, lmao. It's like you never tried to have a picnic outside during summer and had a bunch of wasp fly into your face and food.

>>5002836
Yellow jackets seem like they want to try and provoke you so they have a reason to sting you. Hate it when they fly practically right into your face or insist on trying to land on you.

>>5004298
>All they'd have to do is not dive bomb and try to sting people that just happen to be near them
No wasp has ever done such a thing to me. In general I find them harmless as big heavy bumblebees, if not quite so charming in looks.

>>5002837
This deserves a poorly illustrated wojack. I think itnwould be hilarious.

>>5003949
there is a yellowjacket nest in my attic right now

Kill wasps. Behead wasps. Roundhouse kick a wasp into the concrete. Slam dunk a wasps baby into the trashcan. Crucify filthy wasps. Defecate in a wasps food. Launch wasps into the sun. Stir fry wasps in a wok. Toss wasps into active volcanoes. Urinate into a wasps gas tank. Judo throw wasps into a wood chipper. Twist wasps heads off. Report wasps to the IRS. Karate chop wasps in half. Curb stomp pregnant wasps. Trap wasps in quicksand. Crush wasps in the trash compactor. Liquefy wasps in a vat of acid. Eat wasps. Dissect wasps. Exterminate wasps in the gas chamber. Stomp wasps skulls with steel toed boots. Cremate wasps in the oven. Lobotomize waspss. Mandatory abortions for wasps. Grind wasp fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown wasps in fried chicken grease. Vaporize wasps with a ray gun. Kick old wasps down the stairs. Feed wasps to alligators. Slice wasps with a katana.

Wasps see someone having a nice enjoyable time outdoors and think to themselves: "absolutely not"

>>5004424
Meant for >>5002836

>>5002834 (OP)
Some wasps are basically just like bees. It's really just a few species that are total dickheads.

>>5002834 (OP)
honestly I think bees are super overrated, wasps pollinate and we get a bad rap for shit that doesn't happen too often

>>5007438
>"Wasp up faggot?"

One summer, my dad decided he was going to put sugar water out for wasps and when their dish was empty, they would seek us out on the property until we refilled it.

>>5007758
Oh, so THOSE are the dangers of wild animal dependency. And here I thought it was just Big Animal Control trying to keep me from owning a beautiful bird of prey.

i have yellowheads in my home all of the time
they are harmless they even let me scoot them on their butt towards the open window with a qtip
just don't flip out and freak out and they're calm

>>5007235
Absolutely based

Never had any problem with a wasp, they are all chill (even asian hornets). The real assholes are horse flies, by far the most annoying insect ever.

>>5007758
I do that every fall. They get used to me in a few days and eat off my hand, it's really cute. They also come flying inside to remind me to re-fill the sugar bowl. If you do it too early you might attract bees, which are total assholes. Sometimes even a more rare kind shows up.

Yellow jackets are instigator little faggots and the longleg drapers have a similar get in your face fuck you energy. I'm good with you if you don't get in my face or in my house waspbro

>>5002834 (OP)
They already do enough, it’s just redditors and millennial faggots that get so uppity and cry murder because an insect is doing its job
>kills off flies and their maggot spawn
>destroys invasive insects, Brazil would’ve been overwhelmed with invasive pests without Wasps to hunt them down
>bu but muh bees are being killed
Bees aren’t native to every fucking environment, what’s killing the most bees is pesticides and destruction of environment, my goddamn neighbor kills off every bee hive he sees via smoke fire just to take some free honey

>>5002834 (OP)
If more people started gardening they'd learn to love wasps. There are many parasitoid wasps that kill pests.

>>5008791
European honey bees aren't the only kind of bee, brainlet. There are bees native to every continent except Antarctica. The real reason is wasps look like elegant bitchy women. Bees look pretty but not nearly as cold and inaccessible. They're thicker and fuzzier so that makes them cute.

Promote figs.

Have you seen a wasp wreck a bee? It's pretty metal. They first try to cut off the ass, then they go for the wings and legs one by one, maybe bite off the head too, and then drag the torso off to feed to the larva.

>>5002834 (OP)
Eusocial wasps get a bad rap but it's quite impressive how many parasitoid wasps are out that that target a specific insect, chances are if there's a bug you hate, there's a wasp that's a parasite to it

>>5003567
They took your garage, I think they know you're a coward who wouldn't dare hurt them.

>pollinate more plants then bees
>kill invasive species and garden pests
>look sick as fuck, inspired the xenomorph
>annoy the fuck out of creatures far beyond their comprehension
Normalfags can never appreciate how fucking metal wasps are.

>>5011561
>see black wasp
>"wow looks great"
>look it up later
>it's called "great black wasp"

>>5011561
>all the horrifying parasitic wasps are also the prettiest
huh

>>5011660
Got to look good when you're injecting your babies inside of something.

>>5002836
when I was a kid my family was camping and a wasp flew directly into my cousin's face, got stuck behind her glasses, freaked the fuck out and stung her in the eye

Technically bees are wasps. Just more vegetarian whereas wasps need the protein for their babies. But you'd be mad all the time too if you couldn't eat solid food and your kid could and all you could eat was some liquid shit your baby spewed out.

>>5011660
Being parasitic only adds to the cuteness.

>>5008803
I garden, and I'm cool with wasps.
But I just pick off hornworms and throw them in a bucket of water. Letting them get eaten from the inside out just feels fucked up.

>>5012232
In general it's way easier to just grow perennial host plants around your vegetable garden for pest control and if you let the parasitoids complete their lifecycle you get more of them. Invest in your future, anon.

>>5002834 (OP)
Give this guy some views. I just discovered his channel and he deserves way more attention than he's gotten. Sadly the average person doesn't give a shit about insects.

https://www.youtube.com/@hymenopteraofnorthamerica9972/videos

>>5011660
>all the horrifying parasitic wasps are also the prettiest

Thin waists, stick legs, adorned in bright shiny warning colors. I'm noticing a trend.

>>5012258
I live for this shit, thanks anon.