Mixed emotions

[pawl]

Mixed emotions here....
Just saved a wasp from drowning in the water bowl on the bird feeder..

I bet it'll be the same ungrateful little stripey f***er that finds it's way through the vents in my bike helmet and stabs me in the head with its a*se dagger!!

Ladybirds can give you a it of a nip.

 

[PeteXXX]

Ladybirds can give you a it of a nip.

I've never had a problem with ladybirds. Ladies, yes, but not the spotty flying kind...

 

[Fnaar]

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[EltonFrog]

I got stung by two dead wasps that were in my gardening gloves, one in each, my hands came up like balloons. I'll kill every feckin wasp I see now.

 

[Julia9054]

Ladybirds can give you a it of a nip.

Apparently - according to a big book of poisonous wildlife my son had when he was about five - it is their knees that are poisonous

 

[marknotgeorge]

All these creatures are here for a reason, and I am sure the wasps do their bit towards the ecosystem just like everything else. Quite what they do I don't know, but they must have some role in nature.

Parasitoid wasps have quite a horrible role in nature.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I saved a wasp from drowning in a swimming pool while i was on holiday. I cupped my hands then threw the wasp up into the air to set it free. I also saved one from a spider's web by freeing it with a pencil. I did it to save the spider as well, as i'm sure the wasp would've stung the spider when it approached it.

 

[AndyRM]

 

[slowmotion]

How about bluebottles? I'll shoo a wasp out of the window or lift one out of the bath, but big flies leave me with a problem.

BTW, wasps are pretty good at pollinating plants so they do have a use other than being nasty vehicles for arse-daggering.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I heard that wasps are attracted to yellow.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Parasitoid wasps have quite a horrible role in nature.

Aye, in Costa Rica, not our normal domestic wasps, I'm sure.

How about bluebottles? I'll shoo a wasp out of the window or lift one out of the bath, but big flies leave me with a problem.

BTW, wasps are pretty good at pollinating plants so they do have a use other than being nasty vehicles for arse-daggering.

That's what I had heard too.

 

[classic33]

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How'd they send livestock through the post?

 

[waspyfecker]

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Fkin right order.

Squashed jam butty and a glass of stale coke to the man in the corner.

 

[ayceejay]

I've never had a problem with ladybirds. Ladies, yes, but not the spotty flying kind...

When I saw the title of this thread I was sure this was the emotional mixture in question.

Over here we have Asian ladybugs that look just like the real thing only these are brown (sit down at the back) they swarm into the house in their hundreds and are impervious to any form of chemical warfare, they bite or sting too. The only way you can get rid of them is to suck them up with a vacuum cleaner. My good lady does this making sure the reverse switch has been disabled.

 

[Tin Pot]

You're not the only one with mixed emotions