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Wasps are great! Some social wasps can not only recognize individuals of their own species, they can recognize humans as well and “befriend” people!
I’ve had positive experiences with the yellowjackets that live around campus at my school- my school is full of insect lovers who are pretty chill about them, and I think they recognize that at least some of the humans around them are friendly, as they’ll often land on me or share a bite of my lunch, but have never stung me or been aggressive, and I haven’t heard anyone talk about them stinging people.
There are also lots of cool wasps outside of yellowjackets and hornets, many of which cannot sting. Some of them are ridiculously tiny- the smallest insect in the world is a type of fairy wasp smaller than some single-called parameciums and amoebas. (Wikipedia article here if you’re interested.) Wasps are incredibly diverse and beautiful, and we needn’t fear and loathe them because a few of them might sting.
[Image description from alt text: A photo of a small brown wasp pollinating a dandelion. Only part of the dandelion flower is visible, because it dwarfs the wasp in size. The wasp has faint, light stripes on its abdomen, bent antennae, and purplish eyes.]
I saw this posted on reddit to a wholesome memes sub, and it was full of nothing but people being unnecessarily awful on a post trying to spread information about why these creatures are beautiful and worthy of living. (Interesting note: They don't need a reason to be allowed to live.) I got sick of trying to correct people on there who were more interested in hating wasps than hearing the truth.
Honestly, it's just exhausting sometimes.
Source: @shencomix - Thanks for helping to spread the word, buddy.
NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST
Flight of the little bee
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Saw this guy chilling out on a leaf
Edit: someone told me this is a hoverfly
I saw 2 painted ladies today. Managed to take a few shots of one of them! Probably taking a rest to refill on nectar before continuing migration
Working in the morning
Working
Freak pervert rubbing his hands together before licking my house
It's me showing you bugs time
Bugs love to interrupt my gardening by flying into my view and staying for pictures, the beetle even struck some poses
Hands you a this
The scruncherrrrr
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Munching on the honeysuckle!! I believe this is a snowberry clearwing
Squirmy wormies
Is it just me or is that the most puppy looking fly ever
Finding critters for the city nature challenge! It feels more like they're the ones finding me, I barely got out of the house before seeing that larva
Landed in water, but I saved him. Kinda crinkled but he can fly
Didn't wanna get on my hand, didn't wanna get off, make up your mind little moth
Cozy and also sleepy in the blanket fort
A weevil chose me and landed on my shirt. Also a freak on my window
Ladybug larva sniffing for aphids on some greens for sale
Creature things
I'm sorry, I've been lying to y'all... I'm not really a human man... I'm a little green stink bug
This is my real body, I'm sorry you had to learn this way. The hands you see in all those pictures belong to a paid hand model.
He hated it when I picked him up by the butt. Don't be so grabbable then