Today I had the pleasure of prepping a seldom seen part of our house for painting, aptly nicknamed "where the wild things are", and had the deep and lasting pleasure of finding a wasp nest. I would not usually dispose of any insect. Not because I necessarily like them, but because I understand and respect their place in the food chain. Not wasps though. Wasps can go to buggery in a hand basket for all I care, bunch of bastards.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
psssst these are paper wasps , its the german ones you are supposed to kill....you can come and do mine i n, they are all over the pussy willow trees at the moment, I dont know where the nest is though to douse it and such....
Paper wasps are a threat to natural ecosystems because they prey on invertebrates, predominantly caterpillars, and also collect nectar in late summer/autumn. Densities of more than 200 nests and 6300 wasps per ha have been recorded in the far north of the North Island.” I stand corrected, its ok to kill the bastards...
This shot brought to mind that phrase from Corinthians " Oh death, where is thy sting?" Not really applicable to this shot but hey, I can't help where my mind goes.
Haha I relate to this completely, all of it - I ensure the spiders and bees are sent back outside unscathed, but wasps and centipedes are not so lucky... Great shot - and love the nickname for that room you all seldom see - as well as that tag :) :)
I was also stung several times as a child - all while minding my own business - and can't stand wasps. I used to scream round the garden trying to get away while my own kids would sit calmly and say 'They won't hurt you if you sit still' - which of course is deluded. I particularly enjoy murdering queen wasps when I find them in the house in the spring. Otherwise I rescue bees, spiders etc and am a reasonably gentle soul - though possibly the same can't be said of you ;) It's a great capture anyway
@kwind Thank you very much :) @jack4john They are the barbarians of the insect world @taffy Thank you very much :) @pistache Thanks very much - they're just savages, pure and simple @cocobella Thank you very much :) @pinkpaintpot Excellent ;) @kerosene Thank you kindly, these guys are just bastards. @lynbonn Thanks very much - and likewise, they just go for you no matter what @gardencat I can't help where mine goes either...but thank you ;) @maree_sanderson None whatsoever - they're just pricks ;) @kali66 Excellent - to be honest though, it wouldn't matter to me what kind they were. Having been senselessly attacked so many times for minding my own business... @dianen I think I'm coming down with something... @juleshoogstraanderson It would be about the only point...
@radiogirl Thanks very much :) @dianeburns Thanks very much - so far so good! @kategoring Thank you very much :) @northy Everywhere I go... @hermann Not really, I just dumped them into the lightbox... @dyanstevens I wish I had that power... ;) @shepherdmanswife There were many more but I haven't been back on to the roof yet... @pistache@jack4john A wasp can sting you as many times as they like...bastards (not you, the wasps) @gamelee You'd be surprised by how many things drop dead around me...insects, door to door salespeople, hopes, dreams...
@annied Likewise, they're just aggressive little bum holes.
@jack4john They are the barbarians of the insect world
@taffy Thank you very much :)
@pistache Thanks very much - they're just savages, pure and simple
@cocobella Thank you very much :)
@pinkpaintpot Excellent ;)
@kerosene Thank you kindly, these guys are just bastards.
@lynbonn Thanks very much - and likewise, they just go for you no matter what
@gardencat I can't help where mine goes either...but thank you ;)
@maree_sanderson None whatsoever - they're just pricks ;)
@kali66 Excellent - to be honest though, it wouldn't matter to me what kind they were. Having been senselessly attacked so many times for minding my own business...
@dianen I think I'm coming down with something...
@juleshoogstraanderson It would be about the only point...
@dianeburns Thanks very much - so far so good!
@kategoring Thank you very much :)
@northy Everywhere I go...
@hermann Not really, I just dumped them into the lightbox...
@dyanstevens I wish I had that power... ;)
@shepherdmanswife There were many more but I haven't been back on to the roof yet...
@pistache @jack4john A wasp can sting you as many times as they like...bastards (not you, the wasps)
@gamelee You'd be surprised by how many things drop dead around me...insects, door to door salespeople, hopes, dreams...
@888rachel Good lord no, I like to inhale ;)
@noko411 Thank you and I couldn't agree more!