There are fig wasps, of course. Plus other species like paper wasps that eradicate pests. The year I had a paper wasp family move in near my garden was a bumper year for my brassicas, because they absolutely annihilated the cabbage white caterpillar population.
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoSOME wasps are, and often not very good ones.
Yellowjackets aren’t anywhere near prolific enough at pollination (or the insect corpse cleanup they specialize in) to make those flying terrorists worthwhile.
Solitary wasps are cool, though, they can stay.
fireweed@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Basically, wasps aren’t just useless enemies.
True if most wasps, yeah, but not yellowjackets. They can fuck right off.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Yellowjackets are definitely bastards. As far as I can tell they don’t provide any benefit to society whatsoever.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
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