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Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 days agoWatch the wasps body language. If it’s flying back and forth, towards you, vertically oriented, its time to get the fuck away. But if you’re just chilling and it lands on you or nearby, its just curious, maybe give it some headpats.
lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
You mean if it’s flying up and down, rather than left-right as they usually do?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 days ago
No, like instead being oriented like a dragonfly, its stinger is pointed down as it zigzags left and right towards you.
lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Ooooh okay, so that’s the point where I stop clenching up and shit my pants instead? Thanks, good to know.
More seriously, thank you for sharing that knowledge. I’ll still be terribly afraid of accidentally inhaling or ingesting them, or having them get in my pants without consent (again), but it should ease my fear of them intentionally attacking me.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 days ago
lol they can be suprisingly tolerant, only times Ive been stung was when I threw dirt onto one’s home and accidentally grabbed one. When one flew into my motorcycle helmet, he left without stinging as soon as I slowed down.