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[-] protist@mander.xyz 172 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There are thousands of wasp species and the overwhelming majority don't even have the ability to sting humans. You probably don't ever even notice them, despite being the most important group of pollinators in the world, because you might mistake them for bees or flies. Also, bees are wasps (and so are ants). For more wasp facts, please like and subscribe.

[-] konalt@lemmy.world 297 points 2 weeks ago
[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago

This is the only correct reply. In case you do not already have the tick version, here you go:

[-] Hoimo@ani.social 21 points 1 week ago

This fucker coined the phrase "touch grass"

[-] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Love it! Do you have one that comes in Spider? Or perhaps House Centipede?

[-] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 week ago

Oh that’s brilliant

[-] avg@lemmy.zip 46 points 1 week ago

Whenever you see posts like this assume that the op is referencing yellow jacket waps, after I started gardening ive learned more about wasps and their part to play in my garden, yellow jacks can suck a dick though. They can go from 0 to 100 real quick and little provocation, I will choose to protect my kids over them.

[-] Maiq@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago

Paper wasps are complete dicks too but I hold a specific grudge for bald faced hornets!

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[-] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

yellow jacks can suck a dick though

I already liked wasps before, you don't have to sell to me. Different topic though: How do you make them do that?

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[-] almost1337@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 week ago

When you squash a wasp it releases a chemical from the wasp that attracts people who tell you facts about wasps.

[-] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

While Ants, Bees, Wasps and Hornets are all in the family Hymenoptera, it is incredibly wrong to suggest that Bees and Ants are Wasps.

They are distinct species that are related to each other.

Sincerely — a pest control technician who is incredibly tired of helping solve "bee" problems, when 99% of the time, they have a Wasp problem.

[-] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yup! Was about to type out a similar reply. To further clarify:

Hymenoptera - order of Insecta - ants, bees, wasps, hornets
Aculeata - infraorder of Hymenoptera - bees, wasps, hornets
Apidae - family of Aculeata - bees (also bumblebees)
Vespidae - family of Aculeata - wasps, hornets Formicidae - family of Hymenoptera - ants

edit20260227: forgot ants belong to aculeata

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[-] titanicx@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

No, I will not like, or subscribe.

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

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[-] ArchEngel@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[-] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Asian Giant Hornet: I am death destroyer of worlds.
Me: Weeping uncontrollably

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 week ago

Jesus that's almost going from swatting to a fist fight

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

They're big for sure, but there's some forced perspective in that photo. They're typically substantially smaller than your little finger.

[-] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah it is a majorly warped perspective, look at the size of the thumb.

Still they are big girls, here's a photo and wiki says...

The hornet has a body length of 45 mm (1+3⁄4 in), a wingspan around 75 mm (3 in), and a stinger 6 mm (1⁄4 in) long, which injects a large amount of potent venom.

Asian giant hornet

[-] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

TWO INCHES IS BIG ENOUGH FOR THE HIGH YIELD EXPLOSIVES

[-] ToffeeIsForClosers@piefed.ca 23 points 1 week ago

That person would totally win in a thumb war. Don’t even try

[-] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

Ugh, i saw one of those fuckers buzzing about in south of England. Sounded like a mini military helicopter buzzing about looking for bees to fuck up.

Reported it

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Reported it

The Neighbourhood Watch will get it sorted!

(I kid -- for the unaware reader, they're invasive, they threaten native bees, and you can report sightings to the government).

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

They look like they threaten native everything.

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[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

Every non-aggressive wasp species:

[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

Not wasps, but yellowjackets specifically. Irrational anger with wings, little bastards.

Love me some chill time with a mud dauber though.

[-] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah I learned that besides yellow jackets, wasps can actually help a garden by keeping away pests and won't hurt anybody if you don't bother them. Really surprising seeing a wasp just totally ignore me.

[-] sadie_sorceress@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

We get yellow jackets in our yard every summer and I used to destroy them all on sight but I always felt so bad about taking out entire families with chemical warfare so I've switched to a live and let live strategy the last few years. They are chill and we've only had one sting in those years and I think that was just an unfortunate accident with my youngest stepping on one and pissing it off. I still have several cans of spray so if they break the treaty then I'm ready to go to war, but for now we're able to cohabitate.

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[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago

Many wasp species are generally non-aggressive, and great pollinators! If they don't fuck with you, then don't fuck with them!

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Yep, surprisingly some of the biggest like the “Cicada Killer” and Bald Faced Hornets (as long as you’re not messing with their nest) are very chill around humans as long as you don’t mess with them. Yellowjackets OTOH can get fucked. Fearless and they’ll chase you in numbers if you even just step by the nest or go by it with a mower.

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[-] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I agree! The mud daubers and digger wasps can look quite scary with their nipped waists, but they are quite docile. I have a bird bath, and when it’s empty they sit on the edge patiently while I fill it, then gently crawl into the periphery. They have never bothered me in the slightest

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[-] Asafum@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

Mr.Gardener or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wasp.

I'm irrationally fearful of wasps, like I absolutely freak out when one is near me, but I learned they eat some of the annoying fuckers that ruin my vegetables/lettuce so I learned to tolerate them lol

[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 week ago

Nah fuck em

-this comment came from 🤌🤙Spider Gang👌👈

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[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

And then the first time you see a cicada wasp...
The sight of one of those will make you want to find a brick to drop on it, until you find out that they're completely harmless. (unless you're a cicada)

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[-] BottleCaptain@feddit.nl 18 points 1 week ago

Bumble bee? More like stumble bee.

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[-] JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

The bumble bee part is so accurate. They’re basically the golden retrievers of the insect world—super fuzzy, very friendly, and zero motor skills.

[-] KenOh@feddit.online 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What I want to know is if the bumble bee is called that because of the word bumble, or if the word bumble got that meaning because of the bee......ok, so a visit to wiktionary tells me the word bumble came first, then was applied to the bee.

EDIT: Wait, it may be the other way around. bumblebee came from humbul-be and merged with Middle English bombeln humble meaning to buzz. Man, I still don't really even know.

[-] Gerblat@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Honey, wake up, a new question just dropped:

Which came first, the bumble or the bee?

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[-] Dadifer@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Wasps are the F-16s of the bee world.

[-] Urist@leminal.space 11 points 1 week ago

My local wasps don't bother me and I don't bother them. Long as you aren't close to the nest, most wasps are chill.

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[-] LoremIpsumGenerator@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

*Mason bee gets headache and sees numbers

Mason bee: the numbers, arrrgghhh what do they mean?

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