• currawong@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    They’re cool af. Look at those colours! And the ergonomics.

    I leave water bowls for them during summer.

    They’re not exactly friendly but when you observe them enough you can judge if you’re annoying them and should gtfo. Most of the time they just mind their own business.

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      1 year ago

      Other than mosquitoes, wasps are the only other bug I know that will seek you out because they need protein and have the means to take it from you. Most other bugs will try and avoid you.

      They are doubly bad in that they can make life hell for larger wildlife. They are relentless and result in pain and irritation akin to torture. I see them on deer and horses often where they will focus on their ears with multiple wasps taking bites in the same location.

      I see the necessity of every bug in a ecosystem that evolved over millions of years but that is the one and only bug that I think has less impact IMO while really making a hard existence even more difficult. I do nothing to help them exsist.

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    1 year ago

    If they get near me? Death to them.

    Otherwise? Go enjoy that environment bro

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    1 year ago

    I’m fine with them until they start building their home on my home. You will die a breathless death with my spray if you build on my house.

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    Yellowjackets are annoying, but I got a colony of 5-banded Wasps that conglomerate on my trees every late summer- hundreds of males just hanging out, showing off their sweet bods while the ladies fly by perusing selections for mating. They’re chill AF and not a pain.

    But I mean, there are over a hundred thousand wasp species, and Yellowjackets are what most people think of when you say “wasp”, but as annoying as they are, don’t let them color your opinions on the otherd

  • Jakylla@sh.itjust.works
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    1st Worst: Mosquitoes
    2nd Worst: Wasps
    3rd Worst: Chiggers (that “red bug”, technically a mite, like ticks)

    Then all Australian wildlife approximatively

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    1 year ago

    Annoying stinging fuckers, but they do serve an important role aside from being annoying stinging fuckers.

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    1 year ago

    I like them! They’ve got a great style and they’re perfectly chill when people aren’t trying to swat them. I always let them land on my hand so I can look at them.

    You can shoo them away from food a few times and they’ll generally just go elsewhere.

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      1 year ago

      Since I was stung three times out of nowhere, one time just by sitting around, not moving at all: Nope, the moment they try landing on me I freak out.

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        1 year ago

        Your approach is definitely a popular one, although I don’t advise it.

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            1 year ago

            approach: the method used or steps taken in setting about a task, problem, etc

            Yeah, I am using that word right! British humour is dry, btw.