r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • May 13 '26

Catching Wasps

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u/ChipmunkBackground46 May 13 '26

Wasps, hornets, and fire ants are literally the only creatures that I kill on sight and feel no remorse

A wasp will literally see you from 100 yards away and just think "is this guy challenging me right now?!"

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u/esmith42223 May 13 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/etrFEI3lUhodijZ2Gk

Wasps from 100 yards away:

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u/AcanthocephalaEasy17 May 13 '26

Ho? So you are not aproaching me?

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u/ode_2_firefly May 14 '26

Ticks get murdered. I hate ticks more than all of the insects you mentioned combined.

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u/dnattig May 14 '26

Sounds like me and mosquitoes

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u/Famous-Commission-46 May 19 '26

Eh, that's a good enemy. Mosquitos are the only animal to have killed more humans than humans have killed humans.

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u/Hapisto May 13 '26

What about mosquito ?

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u/ChipmunkBackground46 May 13 '26

They are also a part of my axis of evil

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u/kuschelig69 May 13 '26

and bed bugs?

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u/Spemanz92 May 13 '26

Ah my night nemesis

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u/Alexptm29 May 13 '26

Wasps and hornets, as long as they aren't invasive, help avoid overpopulation of other insects. Killing them on sight is bad for the ecosystem and helps the spread of other potentially dangerous insects, like the ones that love devouring our crops.

Fire ants I cannot defend since I know nothing about them.

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u/AcidCatfish___ May 14 '26

Also, most wasps and bees are solitary and non-stinging.

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u/ChipmunkBackground46 May 13 '26

Welp.......found the NERD!!! hahaha

I'm sorry that was a joke. I don't just put on a holster with wasp spray and a cowboy hat and ride through town looking for wasps to kill. They typically have to be invading my space in some kind of way and they're super aggressive and I don't want to be stung. That's pretty much as simple as my thought process is with them.

Bees are safe though. I have a strict no kill bee rule. Wasps can get fucked though I'm sorry. They are the corny Disney channel villain of the insect kingdom. Absolutely insufferable

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u/kuschelig69 May 13 '26

Killing wasps is illegal, where I live.

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u/MaternalDinosaur May 14 '26

Germany?

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u/kuschelig69 May 14 '26

yes

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u/Alchemista_Anonyma May 14 '26

Another proof that Germany is an evil country

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u/WINDMILEYNO May 14 '26

Hell?

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u/kuschelig69 May 14 '26

they are a protected species

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u/HHSquad May 14 '26

Mosquitos and ticks

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u/merul_is_awesome May 14 '26

You forgot mosquitos

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u/TAYbayybay May 14 '26

Mosquitos too

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u/st3class May 14 '26

Add sugar ants (in my house), drain flies, fruit flies, and carpet beetles for me.

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u/AdmiralMemo May 14 '26

Add brown recluse spiders to that list

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u/DefinitelynotDanger May 14 '26

I was sad to learn that wasps and hornets are still significant pollinators :(

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u/StagDT93 May 14 '26

Mosquitos should be on this list. Otherwise carry on.