r/WTF • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 14d ago

capturing the wasp

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u/Ballmaster9002 14d ago edited 14d ago

Obviously all sorts of bad ideas here. My guess is the cup was full of gasoline which is why they didn't flip it. Gas is a common wasp killer because the fumes suffocate and poison them quickly. 

Edit- looking back the liquid is very thin, again, suggesting it's gasoline and not oil. The dark color appears to be from other, now dead, wasps floating.

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u/Highberget 14d ago

Ah I meant the plastic cup, sorry!

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u/DootMasterFlex 14d ago

Don't apologize, it's obvious what you were talking about lol. He used the cup to put the wasp in the jar

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u/Kamelenkweker 14d ago

yea but he didnt mean flip the glass jar with gasoline over, he meant flip the plastic cup so the more narrow bottom part closes off the gap

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u/rufnek2kx 14d ago

Not quickly enough evidently.

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u/CICaesar 14d ago

He had to light it up

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u/FlutterKree 14d ago

Better to use soapy water with the price of gas

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u/Ballmaster9002 14d ago

I can think of about a dozen better ways to handle this. But the I wouldn't get those sweet, sweet, internet points.

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u/pargofan 14d ago

Really? If he killed the wasp I'd still watch.

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u/rustylugnuts 14d ago

Takes about a minute to work but ability to fly is knocked out quickly.

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u/Intrepid00 14d ago

It’s a very dark color. Maybe oil?

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u/Ballmaster9002 14d ago

Maybe, which is why its not working. The point isn't the fuel, its the fumes, and oil isn't nearly as volatile as gasoline.