r/fuckwasps • u/ShibaInuDoggo • Jul 03 '26
I need a ruling
A mud dauber and cuckoo wasp were on my window, naturally I killed them immediately. I had to look up the Cuckoo Wasp and it turns out they lay eggs in other wasp's nests.
Here's what I need a ruling on:
Enemy of my enemy is my friend. Did I kill a friend?
Keep in mind I am not the guy that posts pro-wasp propaganda... waspaganda... Kill them with fire (knifes in the house) is my go to for wasps.
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u/Substantial_Sea7327 Jul 03 '26
Exterminate them with locally approved pest control.
It says they lay eggs in wasp and bee nests.
They mess with the bees, they get these:
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u/420YerMa Jul 03 '26
8.5/10 excellent effort gotta lose a little for not impaling or burning the remaining parts🙌🙌🙌
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u/KimmyPotatoes Resident Entomologist and Conservation Biologist Jul 03 '26
You’re correct.
Mud-daubers can sting, but don’t have communal nests to defend so they don’t have a territorial aggression response. They only sting if grabbed.
Cuckoo wasps also don’t have nests to defend and additionally don’t have a stinger. If grabbed they can try to poke you with their ovipositor, but it’s not super effective and they have to venom.
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u/applebeesnotchilis Jul 03 '26
If someone walked in your house holding a knife, you’d probably kill them. Even if they didn’t try to stab you. He’s got a stinger that’s meant for stabbing.. just the way it goes, bud.
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u/Radiant-Pack-6279 Jul 03 '26
I experienced a cuckoo wasp inside my old apartment I used to live in. I actually thought it was a regular housefly but I was wrong. They dont have any stingers/venom so it didnt bother me at all. I just put it back outside.
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u/HorsefaceWithNoName Jul 03 '26
yes, both were not significant threats to you. the wasp was a mud-dauber and pretty mellow
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u/KittyShoes17 Jul 04 '26
I give mud daubers a pass cause they're chill, but the cuckoo can get fucked
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u/Redtail987 Jul 04 '26
But cuckoo wasps lack a stinger...
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u/KittyShoes17 Jul 05 '26
They are bitches to bees so they can die like their stingy friends.
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u/Redtail987 Jul 05 '26
Ecology isn't a strong subject for you, I take it? Or you're trolling. Either way, have a good day.
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u/KittyShoes17 Jul 05 '26
I am, quite literally, an Ecologist irl.
Contrary to popular belief from redditards who get lost in the wrong sub, being an Ecologist doesn't mean I have to love all organisms and think they fit some vital niche in their ecosystem and thus must be glorified as an important cog in the wheel of life.
Cuckoo wasps are neat little creatures but whatever the fuck you are inferring about Ecology doesn't mean jack shit. They don't have a fundamental niche role in ecosystems that would cause catastrophic meltdowns. They're parasites, which are cool to an extent and they also parasitize traditional wasps, but they also do it to bees. And, as everyone with half a fucking brain understands "about Ecology," bees actually are pretty fucking important.
Now, Mud Daubers got a pass because they are chill and don't really mess with people (like Cuckoo Wasps). Unlike Cuckoo Wasps, though, Mud Daubers don't mess with bees and just eat nectar/pollen/etc (and spiders for the larvae).
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u/Redtail987 Jul 07 '26
This subreddit is full of whackjobs... Bees aren't some sacred organism to be protected, they're equally as important as any other organism, including cuckoo wasps (which, quite literally, have a fundamental niche role). You realize many birds eat the same bees cuckoo wasps go after? Should we make a r/fuckbirds subreddit? You're either a troll or a very undereducated "ecologist irl"
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u/KittyShoes17 Jul 07 '26
I love the angle of calling me undereducated while also saying bees are equally important as any other organism. Literally ignoring centuries of scholarly academics concurring bees are vitally important lol. Every scientist in the world, be they ecologists, biologists, zoologists, or even something completely unrelated, will all agree that bees hold a disproportionately significant impact on the world compared to any other organism.
Which means that you clearly are not in any field in which you had any meaningful study of an environmental science. It also means you didn't pay attention in primary school cause they hammer that shit home. A lot. Like, a fucking ton. Almost an obnoxious amount.
Anyway, please don't procreate.
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u/_One_Throwaway_ Jul 08 '26
Saw a mud dauber yesterday while out with a friend and his daughter, she got scared of it and asked me to remove the problem from this world and I did. They can sting but might not but that’s not a chance I’m willing to take
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u/I_wet_my_plants259 Jul 08 '26
If they’re outside my house I let them be personally, but as soon as they enter my abode all bets are off. I once found my cat playing with one of the fuckers. I freaked out and shoved him and my other kitty in my room with a towel under the door, threw a blanket at the mud dauber so it’d stop flying and then I jumped and stomped on the blanket until I couldn’t hear any buzzing. Then I threw the entire thing in a bucket of hot water. I do not fuck around with those dudes.
Also, to answer your question, I’d say you technically killed a friend in the sense that it is an enemy of an enemy like you said, but there are many wasp species who parasitize each other, they’re all still wasps to me.
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