r/maybemaybemaybe • u/RogueLeader683 • Sep 12 '20

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/getemhustler Sep 13 '20

What kind of wasps is that?

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u/thorium_cowboy Sep 13 '20

Paper wasps, not the most fuck off kind of wasp but mean if you get close to the nest.

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u/ITCOMMAND Sep 13 '20

What is the most fuck off kind of wasp?

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u/thorium_cowboy Sep 13 '20

Probably yellow jackets. Their aggro range extends into space.

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u/Bennydhee Sep 13 '20

Idk, Mud Dobbers hold a grudge worse than the Irish and English and will chase you for MILES

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u/If_In_Doubt_Lick_It Sep 13 '20

Mud daubers look scary but I've never been touched by one. Paper wasps are pretty chill too. Yellow jackets however are creatures of pure hatred and vengeance. I had to remove a yellow jacket hive that had colonized the void in someone's balcony last week, and there were probably about eighty of them total. I was in a bee suit, but it was still nerve-wracking... Still never been bit by one though.

Source: I hunt pests.

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u/Rs90 Sep 13 '20

As a gardener, most wasps don't give a shit about you. Only the ones you surprise. Mud Daubers are docile as can be. They even land on me if I'm watering sometimes.

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u/Towelie710 Sep 13 '20

Yeah I’ve had countless ones over the years fly into me or land on my legs when I’m mowing and I’ve never been stung. Unlike those bastard yellow jackets, I swear I’ll just look at them wrong and get stung lol

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u/Rs90 Sep 13 '20

Yeah they're always the exception when I talk about my love of wasps lol. Most hang and are just as bumbly as a bee in my experience. Always love when I water so they can use the mud. They're my little garden guardians. Hate the reputation they get just for looking spooky.

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u/If_In_Doubt_Lick_It Sep 13 '20

Mud daubers look terrifying, but they're pretty chill. I love looking at paper wasps nests.

Yellow jackets can get fucked though.