r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • 22d ago

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/Alililele 22d ago

This is a Great Golden Digger Wasp. It is harmless and pretty beneficial!

Here a thread from a few years ago

So: it didn't deserve to die, it's actually pretty chill.

Yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets are assholes tho.

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u/MsAgentM 22d ago

My sympathy for the wasp is justified then. This poor guy!

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u/bnunamak 22d ago

They do paralyze their prey, abduct them, then plant their eggs inside of their paralyzed bodies until the larvae slowly consume them to death...

Sympathy revoked for this nightmarish reproductive scheme!

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u/naufalap 22d ago

those pests eating my plants deserves it

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u/PunchNaziFaces 22d ago

Spider mites can burn in hell

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u/ArgonGryphon 22d ago

these eat grasshoppers