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Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Paper Wasps ✔️ Yellowjackets ❌
A paper wasp keeps trying to make a nest in my doorway and we look at each other every time I open the door. Since they’re not aggressive they don’t do anything unless you actively are messing with them (and sometimes even then they don’t attack!)
Anyways, it flies away and I remove the beginnings of the nest every time. Then it comes back overnight and makes another one in the exact same spot. It’s a little game I play with the wasp at this point
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Paper wasps are such bros! A month or two ago I stuck my hand into one of their nests inadvertantly, was greeted with what felt like electrical shocks, and my hand didn’t swell or even hurt after a minute or two.
I will always come to paper wasps’, or wasps in general, defense. I’m sure yellow jackets play an important ecological niche too, but I haven’t run into 'em enough to have an opinion on their temperament.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yellow jackets aren’t aggressive, they’re just annoying because they like the same foods we do, and are super persistent about it.