ChromaticAngel posted...
ForestLogic posted...
They're actually not really. The vast majority of wasps are small and/or non-stinging pollinators on the same level as bees. They also do a lot of pest control for us that goes unrecognized.
Kill all the wasps, enjoy your influx of invasive beetles, aphids, caterpillars and worms, among others.
While Wasps do kill a lot of those things, they also kill bees, which we could probably use more of. in addition to bees being a main staple of wasp diet, they also go after other "pest management" type of critters like spiders.
Nope. There's so many fucking wasps you don't even know exist, because they don't look like the cartoon black and yellow stripes archetype. Very few of them actually prey on bees, and many feed almost exclusively on nectar, making them pollinators.
Hornets and yellow-jackets are the ones you're thinking of that suck. But they make up an incredibly small percent of their entire order. Hell even paper wasps are very non-aggressive and are great to have in your yard. Most wasps you're actively hating are hornets, which are notoriously shitty. All hornets are wasps, but not all wasps are hornets.
