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I'm not a biologist or into entomology so I'm probably wrong...but I see absolutely no benefit from wasps. I consider them like cockroaches And mosquitos. A totally worthless species of insect that evolved only to annoy the hell out of humans.
I wish some scientist out there could find a way to completely eradicate these insects.
For example, bees are very beneficial to human survival....but they only sting if you mess with them or they feel threatened. Wasps....will sting or bite...just because they can.
I'm not a biologist or into entomology so I'm probably wrong...but I see absolutely no benefit from wasps. I consider them like cockroaches And mosquitos. A totally worthless species of insect that evolved only to annoy the hell out of humans.
I wish some scientist out there could find a way to completely eradicate these insects.
For example, bees are very beneficial to human survival....but they only sting if you mess with them or they feel threatened. Wasps....will sting or bite...just because they can.
They are important to our ecosystem (link). They do aggressively defend their nests and there
have been a few times (2-3) where we had to remove the nest since it was close to our entryway
(yellowjackets) - they would harass our children.
I'm not a biologist or into entomology so I'm probably wrong...but I see absolutely no benefit from wasps. I consider them like cockroaches And mosquitos. A totally worthless species of insect that evolved only to annoy the hell out of humans.
I wish some scientist out there could find a way to completely eradicate these insects.
For example, bees are very beneficial to human survival....but they only sting if you mess with them or they feel threatened. Wasps....will sting or bite...just because they can.
Wasps provide crop and garden pest control (by predation and parasitism), and also act as pollinators. Without them we could be overrun with insects that would decimate our crops. I'll take wasps over huge amounts of chemical pesticides (which would probably be much less effective anyway) any day of the week.
Not sure why some people just reflexively kill them when they are not harming anyone. I try to avoid having contact with wasps, but I do realize they have their place in the ecosystem and so I leave them be as much as possible.
Everybody that I know hates them, and I'm terrified of them. Is there anybody out there who genuinely likes them? Paper wasps and mud wasps don't seem that bad as they are apparently not aggressive.
I don't like wasps. They attack suddenly and they hurt!
But...
I have a Pentax Papilio close-focus binocular. Its close focus gives me an extreme closeup on just about anything. I use it to identify dragonflies, which I attract in my water garden.
Last week I sprayed a wasp. Bug spray. She was on the back porch building a nest.
For some reason I decided to watch her with my binoculars.
I felt sorry for her! She struggled to dry her wings, cleaned her antennae and mandibles, and shook off her feet. In the end she managed to fly off and die somewhere else, so at least I didn't have to watch that.
In the future I will use wasp spray and I won't watch.
To all:
If you have never viewed insects with a close focus instrument, you are in for a surprise. You may come away with a new appreciation for beauty that will surprise you. Best of all, if you allow children to use your binocular, you will find a new form of entertainment.............( i.e. "GYAAAAH! Flies have hair on their butt?")
I like wasps. I'm just not a fan of yellowjackets. They are bullies. They bully you out of your picnic and BBQ food. They are like nature's mafia. When I have a BBQ I have to put aside a plate for Big Paulie and his crew.
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She struggled to dry her wings, cleaned her antennae and mandibles, and shook off her feet. In the end she managed to fly off and die somewhere else, so at least I didn't have to watch that.
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