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[UltraValican]

Wasps are aggressive. Shooing them away might result in getting stung. Repeatedly. Destroy any nests on sight, destroy any wasp on sight.

Nests are easy, but how the hell do you kill a wasp unless you're carrying an electrified fly swatter with you 24/7?

[MaximumZero]

Wasps are aggressive. Shooing them away might result in getting stung. Repeatedly. Destroy any nests on sight, destroy any wasp on sight.

Nests are easy, but how the hell do you kill a wasp unless you're carrying an electrified fly swatter with you 24/7?

Hairspray? Alcohol? Summon Doomtrain?

[penguinofhonor]

Heavy shoe?

[Scelly9]

Summon Bigger Wasp?

[Tabbyman]

Wasps are aggressive. Shooing them away might result in getting stung. Repeatedly. Destroy any nests on sight, destroy any wasp on sight.

Nests are easy, but how the hell do you kill a wasp unless you're carrying an electrified fly swatter with you 24/7?

Torch lighter. The kind that doesn't flicker in the wind. Trust me... A second under that and they won't fly ever again.

I started shooing for the sake of karma. Never been stung shooing before but apparently some areas have more aggressive wasps. But my wasps were always like "Eff this I give up" after a few swats. Why not go look somewhere else instead of dealing with a big swatting animal?

And hey, despite my karma, once in a while you get a good solid contact and you feel the impact of the wasp on your hand, and you get the satisfaction of knowing that wasp's probably pretty sorry for getting in your personal space.

Oh and I've also never been stung on impact swatting them with my hand.

Speaking of swatting... A good hit with a fly swatter will stun them enough for you to finish them off before they regain their senses. Used to kill wasps frequently with swatters.

[Svarte Troner]

I think this has officially become the "How and why we detest insects" thread.

Spoiler: Warning! Possibly NSFW (click to show/hide)

If that last image does not cause you to run from your computer screen in abject terror, then frankly, I don't know what will. Here in eastern rural suburban Pennsylvania, from about July through September-ish, those monsters rape and pillage your lawn, much like their Viking ancestors. Not to mention they scare the shit out of me while I'm cutting (the remnants) of said lawn. And I just saw one today. Return to your wasp conversations. I'll be manning the tennis racket.

[Hanslanda]

Why do wasps exist? Wasps, like centipedes, eat smaller insects that would be more troublesome than themselves. Most wasps eat mainly bees and spiders, AFAIK. I'm allergic to wasps, btw, I go into anaphylactic shock if I get stung. So I attack them with shoes and swatters on sight inside the house.

[Frumple]

I'd be fine with wasps/hornets (it's one of those two, anyway), if it weren't for how they breed. It's flat out facehugger-esk nightmare fuel, and one of the various things people point to to prove that a hypothetical creator deity cannot be kind or loving. Bedbugs and their entire slice of propagation method fits in that latter category, too. Otherwise wasps're pretty okay from the human perspective.

[MaximumZero]

There seems to be a lot of wtf when looking at insect breeding. Mantises are a good example.

[Tabbyman]

Why do wasps exist? Wasps, like centipedes, eat smaller insects that would be more troublesome than themselves. Most wasps eat mainly bees and spiders, AFAIK. I'm allergic to wasps, btw, I go into anaphylactic shock if I get stung. So I attack them with shoes and swatters on sight inside the house.

I like leaving a spider in the house to catch all the bugs... I wouldn't want a wasp nest in the house though.

I used to drop ants on spider webs to watch the spider come out and end the sorry existence of the poor creature I sacrificed...

I also used to have dreams where I couldn't move and a spider was coming to get me. This is why I believe in karma. lol

There used to be a very scary wasp picture I used to stare at as a kid. I wish I could remember the name of the species but I think it was big and purplish with a very nasty looking stinger... And just looked viscious in general. I'll see if I can come up with it...

Edit: oh and wasps that lay eggs inside their victims... reminds me of that sci-fi movie scene with the alien coming out of that man's body.

[Tabbyman]

I found it!

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/pepsis/Interesting

Look at those horrifying creatures!! They kill tarantulas!

[DJ]

Wasps are al nice and scary, but if there's one creature that convinces me there is no benevolent Creator, it's the common mosquito.

[Moghjubar]

mosquito.

BURN THEM! BURN THEM ALL!

I wish to go on a genetic extinction rampage.  I actually contemplated something like this before, trying to figure out ways to genetically doom all variations of mosquitos.  If I had my own lab and several billion dollars....


As far as wasps go, they typically leave people alone here... until you mess with them... then, they declare vengeance upon you. Or if something random happens and one blows into the back of your neck during high winds... have been stung a few times due to random stuff.  They seem to like my pear trees.  I built a wasp trap last year to catch em... then of course the drought happened and the birds ate all the pears/everything else and the trap disintegrated so couldn't test it... sigh.

Brother always wanted them around so they would kill spiders (he is terrified of spiders for some reason.  I had a few dozen tiny ones crawling on my bedcover the other day, but I just smushed em or shooed em off, meh).   

[Frumple]

Totally wish we could exterminate mosquitos... without collapsing like a dozen ecosystems in the process. Bloody bastards are the primary food source for too many things, bleh. I think they saw it coming, and somehow set it up so their continued existence is too important to undermine.

But yeah, northern Floridian here. During parts of the year, the air is almost as much mosquito as it is water. We just... stay inside, mostly. T'hell with summer, late spring, and early fall.

[Leafsnail]

Just wiping them out near population centres would be sufficient.