I’m yet to meet one person who can convince me a wasp is required
Apparently females don’t sting. And the ones we see at the moment are all males kicked out of nests by women. They are ****ed off as they are hungry and tired basically
Some bloke told me this. If it’s true - I do feel sorry for them. Even wasps can’t get a break from the misses!
There are a thousand types, living in several hundred different ways, some solo, some small groups, some in the top inch of soil, some on turf nests some in dead bodies, some in large paper nests, all living by different stingy rules...
But at this time of year, they are all drunk on rotting fruit, and spoiling for a fight.
And the sun is about to come back out.
This means war.
I hate wasps with a passion but it's good to hear @RoyJess say positive things about them and to learn things about them I never knew. I had no idea that males didn't sting. I would be interested to know when the little pests are hovering around you what proportion of them are likely to be male and then I would know how many times that day I have got in a flap over nothing.Yes we do need wasp, they are all part of our eco system. We don't need to upset the balance of nature any more, we are already doing this.
Its the female that sting not the males. This is the same for bees. Females have egg laying point (the sting) which the males don't have. These egg laying point has evolved into a sting.