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Despite their bad reputation and tendency to disrupt picnics, wasps are an important part of our ecosystem.

During this time of year, it can seem like most outdoor activities are plagued by the flying insects... but they appear to have lacked their usual numbers in 2024.

Colder and wetter weather and climate change have had a global impact on the invertebrates.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If getting rid of wasps means the collapse of our entire ecosystem, so be it. At least we took those fuckers down with us.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Aren't bees and ants basically wasps? They all come from a common ancestor. Just differently specialized.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They specialized in to not being little fucking assholes so I'm okay with them

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

honestly it's more like yellowjackets specialized in being assholes, most wasps don't interact with us at all and just lay eggs in spiders or some shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Parasitoid wasps and mud daubers are dope little homies with coevolved viral injectors.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, give me a pile of fluffy cubes with wings over the angry stingy fuckers any day.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I'm OK with this plan, so long as they take out mosquitos and all their ilk.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Points at bees "Why can't you be more like your cousin?"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

To hell, I hope

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where's this colder and wetter weather? I thought the earth was breaking one heat record after another this year?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I thought the earth was breaking one heat record after another this year?

On average, it is. But the other effect of climate change, and a big part of the reason it isn't generally referred to as "global warming" anymore, is an increase in weather extremes worldwide. Rainstorms are wetter, droughts are drier, cold snaps are colder, and heat waves are hotter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plant some native plants and invite the swarm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They are all here around my house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I know this is a BBC article so it might not apply to America, but they are in my yard. All the wasps are hanging around in my backyard waiting to be dicks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Basically Homeless will have a word.