Wasps are Evil!

Narj · 9 Aug 2015 at 23:58

I've always despised the things. I hate them with a passion and I have done since I was a child.

Today, I was vindicated when I stepped out of the house and was confronted by this on my garden wall... The aftermath of an epic battle, which I sadly missed. They were both dead.

There must have been a struggle as the wasp has lost its sting sac. At least the wasp died too. :mad:

IN THE EYE FOR GOD'S SAKE!

Anyone seen wasps doing more aggressive stuff than this?

Hades · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:03

Aren't some species of dragonfly one of the few things that eats wasps?

I should know. My dad kills dragonflies for a living.

Narj · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:05

What I want to know is if it's a Queen Wasp.

Skeeter · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:05

Queen wasp. Definitely.

R3X · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:07

Would have paid to see that fight

hate all wasp but that looks like the dragonfly must have put up a decent fight to take out a much evil opponent.

Pawnless Endgame · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:12

Bees are ok as they generally stay out of your way.

Wasps = bees with trollface.jpg attached to it because they fly around you (and your food) deliberately.

nelviss · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:16

fire kill musrtnusyt many more fire

Freddie1980 · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:18

Argh i hate wasps, if i become prime minister i pledge to exterminate them

bloodiedathame · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:19

I set up the wasp trap today with instant results. More traps tomorrow. Those apples and pears of mine they are eating are to become cider and perry, they are not wasp food. Go eat an aphid you dick wasps.

gothic_hobbit · 10 Aug 2015 at 00:51

I have noticed in recent years that there seems to be less wasps.

stuman · 10 Aug 2015 at 01:00

Freddie1980 said:
Argh i hate wasps, if i become prime minister i pledge to exterminate them

oi, thats in my manifesto!

along with mosquitoes and chewing gum.

Liquiduk · 10 Aug 2015 at 01:02

This looks incredible

olivier renault · 10 Aug 2015 at 01:12

Wasps are super aggressive. If you don't kill them first chance you get, you're as good as dead.

Steampunk · 10 Aug 2015 at 01:32

Hornets are worse

fatiain · 10 Aug 2015 at 02:06

Steampunk said:
Hornets are worse

Holy mother of sweet baby Jeebus, they need to be killed with fire!

Steampunk · 10 Aug 2015 at 02:11

fatiain said:
Holy mother of sweet baby Jeebus, they need to be killed with fire!

Yep, that's one of the Asian hornets. Their venom dissolves flesh and signals other hornets to attack. They kill 30-40 people a year. They've accidentally been imported to France. A nest of 30 can kill a hive of 30,000 bees in a few hours. They are serious bad asses of the insect world.

TheStarkFactor · 10 Aug 2015 at 02:13

Steampunk said:
Yep, that's one of the Asian hornets. Their venom dissolves flesh and signals other hornets to attack. They kill 30-40 people a year. They've accidentally been imported to France. A nest of 30 can kill a hive of 30,000 bees in a few hours. They are serious bad asses of the insect world.

Then why the heck is that person holding four of them? :eek:

Unless they're dead...

Steampunk · 10 Aug 2015 at 02:22

TheStarkFactor said:
Then why the heck is that person holding four of them?

Unless they're dead...

Those ones are dead (hence the blacker colour) but the yellow one is alive.

The Tarantula Hawk is bigger, but the Giant Asian Hornet is more aggressive, bad tempered, and hurts more. Most people stung by hornets in Japan and China go into anaphylactic shock.

These are the buggers that fight tarantulas, sting them to paralyse them, then lay their eggs to hatch and eat the spider:

knip · 10 Aug 2015 at 02:39

*totally wishes she hadn't opened a thread with pictures of bugs in it in the middle of the night*

:eek:

Steampunk · 10 Aug 2015 at 02:41

knip said:
*totally wishes she hadn't opened a thread with pictures of bugs in it in the middle of the night*

Makes you feel better about our little wasps compared to these monsters.