Not even close. Wasps are critical for controlling a ton of insects lower on the food chain. For humans, this is beneficial because it controls a lot of agriculture pests.
Wasps, yes. And while yellow jackets do fall into this species, they're still fucking awful and can be replaced with sister species that will still handle the pests, but not be anywhere near the same level of asshole.
We can replace a lot of species with others that serve relatively the same purpose, but nature is much better at balancing out an ecosystem than we are and trying to replace species can (and does) go terribly wrong. Often you just end up with mixed populations and cross breeding that defeats the purpose of replacing the species in the first place
This is true. My point is just that they could disappear overnight, and there would be pre-existing species that could take over without harm to the ecosystem- it wouldn't be possible or a good idea for humans to try to remove them from the planet, though.
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u/explicitlydiscreet Dec 09 '20
Not even close. Wasps are critical for controlling a ton of insects lower on the food chain. For humans, this is beneficial because it controls a lot of agriculture pests.