- MicrowavedTea ( @MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub ) English11•6 days ago
Having spent several summers living with dirt daubers, they don’t build nests in the ground, they build them right above your bed. Which I’d be fine with (cause they really never bother anyone) if they didn’t decide to do it at 6 AM SOUNDING LIKE AN ELECTRIC DRILL.
- ealoe ( @ealoe@ani.social ) English5•6 days ago
It’s missing bald faced hornets, which in addition to being ill tempered jerks like yellow jackets, can memorize faces of people who they perceive as a threat and will single them out of a group to attack.
- RagnarokOnline ( @RagnarokOnline@programming.dev ) English4•6 days ago
I disagree with how benevolent this infographic paints wasps. Wasps bad. Wasps very bad.
- LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) English4•6 days ago
The ecosystem services wasps provide are worth billions per year, and if you’ve got the flowers they need they’re generally pretty docile.
- Pandantic ( @Pandantic@midwest.social ) English2•6 days ago
Paper wasps would rather bump you with their heads than sting. They are chill, and I’ve worked around them and left nests where I walk because they don’t bother me unless I get really close (and flail, that resulted in a sting).
- dubyakay ( @dubyakay@lemmy.ca ) English2•5 days ago
I have a family of carpenter bees in my patio stair railing (iron). I’ve just repainted it and that’s when I’ve noticed that they keep entering the pipe on one end with nearly cut green leaves.
Should yi actually be concerned about them? One of them did fly aggressively around me before when I kept banging on their pipe (unrelated to them being in their) but no sting.
- Pandantic ( @Pandantic@midwest.social ) English1•6 days ago
I like the dirt daubers that are metallic blue! I don’t see them much, but when I do, they are a sight!
- ramjambamalam ( @ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ) English1•6 days ago
What’s the deal with hornets?