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People who post shit like this are being intentionally obtuse and provocative. "Wasp" is a big tent classification, and what everyone else thinks of are a few specific creatures.
Vast majority of things that are "wasps" don't bite/sting and many are important pollinators.
The bitey stingy ones? Fuck em.
As someone who has a live and let live attitude towards most insects....when I got swarmed by ground wasps while weeding out my garden I had no mercy for them after. Aggressive doesn't even describe how pissed they get.
It was the first time I didn't feel bad about using insecticide. So yeah, the hyper aggressive, stinging ones can fuck right off.
I've found the best thing to use against wasps is diatomaceous earth. It's non-toxic, and just very tiny silicate animals that get into their joints. It kills the entire nest and not much else around it.
That's what they used when the wasps were in my siding and stinging me in my bed at night.
Oh that's a great idea! I didn't know diatomaceous earth worked on wasps.
I've used it to keep ticks and fleas out of the lawn area my dogs play in, and to get rid of ants.
I don't know why it didn't occur to me to dump it on the wasps, I guess I just thought they were too big? Doesn't it work by puncturing their exoskeleton and basically sucking all their fluids out?(I could be misinformed on that)
Either way I'll go that route if I run into that issue again! Then I don't have to worry about contaminated areas of my lawn.
Thank you for the tip!!!
You lost me at the end. Now you're the one being obtuse and provocative. Just because something stings or bites doesn't mean it isn't good for the environment.
Just because something is good for the environment doesn't mean the environment can't live without it
The world would survive an extinction event given enough time, that doesn't mean the loss of biodiversity is acceptable.
Fuck you too, then
Why?