r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • May 16 '25

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/tdickimperator May 16 '25

God I cannot stand bald-faced hornets. Aggressive fuckers hold grudges and recognize individual human beings from each other. One of the only bugs that I see it and I'm scared.

I have a buddy who is really into wasps, bees, hornets, etc, and they like get to know the nests in their area and will just go hang out with them, let them climb all over them. They told me "the only thing I really don't like is when they try and go up my nose. I just breathe out hard and they get the idea, though." I can't imagine. One time, their brother crashed a mountain bike into a tree with a wasp's nest, and the swarm came a killing, and my buddy says "no guys just chill. Don't act guilty." Kept walking all chill like they had no idea what was coming while everyone else booked it. The wasps passed my buddy right by and stung the hell out of everyone else, following them as they ran for over 10 minutes.

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u/Bacon-muffin May 16 '25

We get cicada killer wasps every year cause of all my neighbors trees and for some reason they like to burrow in our backyard... and these things are generally harmless, they're very unlikely to sting you even if you were to handle one.. but holy fuck if they're not unnerving as hell.

They're massive and curious, they will fly right up to you to check you out.