Buzz-sting out.

[Iggy]

I have just been stung by a wasp, which was subsequently dispatched in a cruel and inhumane way. I never liked the little blighters.

In this world most life seems to serve a purpose; however I am wondering what benefit to the planet is the wasp? Would there be any effect if the wasp became extinct?

 

[Thadlerian]

I believe they pollinate flowers. If they became extinct, bees would certainly be able to do the same job, though perhaps not all of it.

You didn't start this thread because you've discovered a way to efficently annihilate large numbers of wasps, did you? Because, if you did, I would like to know.

 

[Iggy]

You didn't start this thread because you've discovered a way to efficently annihilate large numbers of wasps, did you? Because, if you did, I would like to know.

Alas no, but I am in revenge mode and like you would welcome any ideas for global annihilation of wasp kind.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I disagree on the whole "life serves a purpose" thing, so I don't think I'll contribute valuably to this threat.

I'd like to note, however, that I hate the little blighters. Am oversensitive to them, so I really hate it when they turn up.

 

[North King]

I think the only thing they do is raid bee hives for honey, stining them to death. They're nasty parasites that sting you for no better reason than that you are there. If you find a way to kill them all, then by all means, do.

 

[Iggy]

I disagree on the whole "life serves a purpose" thing, so I don't think I'll contribute valuably to this threat.

I'd like to note, however, that I hate the little blighters. Am oversensitive to them, so I really hate it when they turn up.

TLC, all your contributions to any thread are valuable. (TLC send me the $10 you promised me for saying that). I have a slight phobia about wasps which to date has resulted spontanious reactions causing numerous broken windows and one bust lip.

 

[Silverflame]

I have never found the purpose of wasps/yellow-jackets. I think that wasps could be eliminated from this world and still have the balance of life intact. I've been waging a long war full of skirmishes against those things myself, I can kill one readily enough if the thing could just stay still for a second. One time those blighters invaded my house too.

 

[The Last Conformist]

TLC, all your contributions to any thread are valuable. (TLC send me the $10 you promised me for saying that).

* TLC sends Iggy $10 *

 

[IglooDame]

Perhaps we could get the world's ants to attack them?

(I'm starting to think that "massed ant attack" will someday achieve Radioactive Monkey status in OT, and I'll do my part to help.)


And yes, I hunt down and kill wasps wherever I run across them.

 

[Serutan]

Some wasps are quite beneficial; they hunt down pests, and
lay eggs in them. The larvae then eat the pest from the inside out.

 

[IglooDame]

Some wasps are quite beneficial; they hunt down pests, and
lay eggs in them. The larvae then eat the pest from the inside out.

Unless one of the pests is the guy across the street that insists on firing up his Harley at 5:30AM, I am not sure that the hunting of pests will be enough to get them off the hook.

 

[Serutan]

@Igloo Dude - Yes, it would be nice to genetically engineer a
tarantula hawk or cicada killer to go after those types...

 

[andrewgprv]

My boyfriend has quite the garden going in our backyard. We try to avoid using any pestidices since we eat the food. We had a bad catepiller problem for a while, but then the wasps arrived, ate the catepillers and now they are not a problem. Same thing with aphids and ladybugs.

 

[~Corsair#01~]

I like wasps- killing them en masse is a great source of entertainment.
Has anyone ever used a makeshift flamethrower made from a cig lighter and a deodorant spray to attack a nest at close range?
It would interesting to find out what the results would be...

 

[The Last Conformist]

My boyfriend has quite the garden going in our backyard. We try to avoid using any pestidices since we eat the food. We had a bad catepiller problem for a while, but then the wasps arrived, ate the catepillers and now they are not a problem. Same thing with aphids and ladybugs.

Ouch. Some years ago, my mother discovered a hornets nest in the compost, and had me kill them off.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Just say thanks it wasn't a bee.

 

[IglooDame]

The bees are obviously reading CFC. At a bullseye match I competed in this weekend, I was stung by a bee from a small hive that had made its nest immediately under where my 25-yd target was located...

 

[Iggy]

Another CFCer has been stung. Hmmm, perhaps this calls for an investigation by the conspiracy theorists.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

I'm getting a feeling they are kind of mechanically engineered bees that can travel all over the world in search of their arch-enemies: Thunderfall and his gang

 

[Perfection]

The purpose is to sting the sinners for thier misdeeds. God made them to punish us!