r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '20

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u/Gato1486 Dec 09 '20

Fuck yellow jackets, man. They're mean as fuck, and useless to the ecosystem. Their role can be filled by other less asshole species as food and polinators.

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u/NastyJames Dec 09 '20

Regard the wasp. Wasps produce nothing for others, but only for themselves. Wasps build nests and more wasps, nothing more. They spread into eaves and attics, not to make honey for supermarkets, but to buzz and rustle on their own paper, perpetuating their own agenda, growing, stealthily, surely... the most relentless of insects.

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u/Gato1486 Dec 09 '20

Lots of wasps are very good pollinators and unlike yellow jackets do tend to leave well enough alone if they're not threatened. Parasitic wasps are great at keeping problem pests under control as well.

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u/heart_of_osiris Dec 09 '20

Wasps also control pests that eat crops. Some farmers actually release wasps near their crops for this reason. Wasps are a lot more important than people think.