• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    *Beeality

    Also, wasps will just sting you because “fuck you.” Fuck that. Burn in heck.

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        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.

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        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!

    • CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      i’ve met some friendly wasps, heck i’ve met more friendly wasps then the evil ones

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      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.

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        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.

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          It was me actually, I turned into a wasp and travelled through time to sting you because your comment annoyed me.

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          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.

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    The wasp stings me to protect its family, I kill the wasp to protect mine. Glad it’s me who’s the giant.

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        That was the one that made me realize I’d outgrown the series. Dunno if old RL was really phoning that one in or what, but one of his chapter cliffhangers ended with “and the dragonfly bit me in half!” Then the next chapter started with “But it was just my imagination.”

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          Truly. Everyone knows that once a dragonfly sets its sights on you, your chances of survival are nil. Gary stood no chance.

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    2 months ago

    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.

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    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…

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      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).

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        I try to give paper wasps a pass if I randomly see them, but if they come inside or start a nest in outdoor equipment, they’re gone. They only get consideration because they’re pollinators and generally not aggressive, but they still will attack so my patience is thin.

  • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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    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.

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    Bees will warn you if you get too close, and if they run into you will fly off on their own or otherwise avoid you.

    I used to work near a mall with a fountain where one edge of it would always have water splashing up. Place near there had honeybees. In the dry summers there would always be bees chilling out and enjoying the cold fountain water on the ledge, usually next to human workers also on lunch.

    Wasps intentionally get in your face and will sting you because you had the gall to exist in their flight path.

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      The wasps local to me will literally chase people, it’s nuts. You can practically hear them saying “Come at be bro! Wait come back here I wasn’t finished with you”. I can’t even have picnics certain times of the year because of them, because instead of just making a run for the food like other bugs they like to chase you away first. I once had to finish my little caesars in the car because a wasp was trying to get between me and my pie in the park. I was literally watching the fucker throw it’s body into my windshield repeatedly as I continued eating in safety, and it didn’t stop until I drove away. Psychotic man. I don’t mess with wasps. Our bees are awesome though.

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      bees are like stoner dudes, they might bump into you and ask if they can have that sandwich you’re holding, but you can just politely decline and they’ll go “alright, cool” and keep going along.

      hornets are like unruly children with a sewing needle, they have no remorse and will stab you in the shins in hopes that you drop the sandwich.

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    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.

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    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.

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      This.

      “Ah, behold! A gargantuan dwelling of the giants! We’ll just put our giant clumpy mud hive right up here until we reproduce infinitely unchecked, and then perceive them as a threat for daring to venture outside! Peace an’ love y’all.”

      “Ah hah! Look at this patch of grass! The giants stomp around here regularly. We shall burrow and hide beneath it, reacting with furious hellfire should we be tread on!”

      “Avast, ye, mammal! You are within like a kilometer of my turf! Your life is hereby forfeit!”

      –Various kinds of wasps, probably.

      I’m all for letting things be(e), but I get pretty pissed when creatures have the audacity to attach to or otherwise colonize your dwelling and then get mad and violent that it’s your dwelling.

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      jumping spiders are the invertebrates who know you’re effectively a god compared to them, they’ll just stand still and try not to be noticed, and if you start very obviously studying it they tend to realize there’s not much more they can do and they just study you back.

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    To them you are a giant who can easily kill them

    And I relish in proving them right. Fuck wasps and fuck your wasp propaganda.

    I’ve given bees snacks when they’re tuckered out on a hot day. I’ve let them rest on me. But with wasps and hornets it’s on sight.

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    There we go, that’ll learn 'em for having singers. Now to enjoy some peace.

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    I had a yellow jacket fly out of the blue then land on my heel and sting me for absolutely no reason! There wasn’t even a nest nearby!

    Then a week later another yellow jacket landed on my arm and stung me right under my watch band

    Pretty rude if you ask me