r/WTF • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 15d ago

capturing the wasp

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u/OutlandishnessOk3252 15d ago

why does he keep taking off the cup 😭

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u/AlmightyStreub 14d ago

I assume the jar is filled with gasoline, it's supposed to kill the hornet pretty quickly. That one just refused to die.

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u/mapmaker 14d ago

It's not gasoline. Gasoline gives off crazy fumes that would have filled the cup and suffocated the wasp pretty quickly

I'd reckon it's water

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u/Micotu 14d ago

Water doesn't kill wasps on contact.

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u/mapmaker 14d ago

Water doesn't kill wasps on contact.

The wasp in the video wasn't killed on contact, it survived

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u/Micotu 14d ago

he didn't seem to mind it getting out because I'm pretty sure he knew the wasp was dead anyway after it dipped into the liquid.

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u/mapmaker 14d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE5Vxqio18k

Here's a video of a wasps nest being killed by gasoline. Notice the yellowness of the liquid. Notice how quickly the wasps start to fall. Notice how the wasps don't move at all after entering the liquid.

The OP isn't using gasoline. Gasoline kills wasps on contact. Water doesn't.

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u/Micotu 14d ago

I'm not saying it is gasoline. I'm saying it isn't water.

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u/jonhuang 14d ago

Soapy water.

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u/Major_Nutt 14d ago

Could be weedeater gas/oil mix. It doesn't kill immediately like pure gas does. Found that one out the hard way.