In Praise of Wasps
Wasps kill Daddy Long Legs and for that reason alone I am all in favour of wasps because I can’t stand those big gangly things flapping about.
Members of the wasp family also go after clegs, aphids, spiders, in fact to quote the Wikipedia article on wasps, “almost every pest insect species has a wasp species that is predator or parasite upon it.”
Wasps are great, stop squashing them and burning out their nests!
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I don’t think my Mrs would agree, she got stung by one on Friday and the smell of vinegar and germoline lingered around her for the rest of the day. I was the Wasp Terminator that day.
I consider the ‘collateral damage’ of a mere sting acceptable in the war on the bug axis of evil.
I take it you’ve met the Mrs ;-)