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[–] protist@mander.xyz 167 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

There are thousands of wasp species and the overwhelming majority don't even have the ability to sting humans. You probably don't ever even notice them, despite being the most important group of pollinators in the world, because you might mistake them for bees or flies. Also, bees are wasps (and so are ants). For more wasp facts, please like and subscribe.

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 298 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is the only correct reply. In case you do not already have the tick version, here you go:

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 21 points 1 month ago

This fucker coined the phrase "touch grass"

[–] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Love it! Do you have one that comes in Spider? Or perhaps House Centipede?

[–] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 month ago

Oh that’s brilliant

[–] avg@lemmy.zip 46 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Whenever you see posts like this assume that the op is referencing yellow jacket waps, after I started gardening ive learned more about wasps and their part to play in my garden, yellow jacks can suck a dick though. They can go from 0 to 100 real quick and little provocation, I will choose to protect my kids over them.

[–] Maiq@piefed.social 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Paper wasps are complete dicks too but I hold a specific grudge for bald faced hornets!

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[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yellow jacks can suck a dick though

I already liked wasps before, you don't have to sell to me. Different topic though: How do you make them do that?

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[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 40 points 1 month ago

When you squash a wasp it releases a chemical from the wasp that attracts people who tell you facts about wasps.

[–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

While Ants, Bees, Wasps and Hornets are all in the family Hymenoptera, it is incredibly wrong to suggest that Bees and Ants are Wasps.

They are distinct species that are related to each other.

Sincerely — a pest control technician who is incredibly tired of helping solve "bee" problems, when 99% of the time, they have a Wasp problem.

[–] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Yup! Was about to type out a similar reply. To further clarify:

Hymenoptera - order of Insecta - ants, bees, wasps, hornets
Aculeata - infraorder of Hymenoptera - bees, wasps, hornets
Apidae - family of Aculeata - bees (also bumblebees)
Vespidae - family of Aculeata - wasps, hornets Formicidae - family of Hymenoptera - ants

edit20260227: forgot ants belong to aculeata

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The motherfuckers that set up shop inside my car definitely had the ability to sting humans.

About the only time I can drop an unironic "source: my ass."

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[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I will not like, or subscribe.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Asian Giant Hornet: I am death destroyer of worlds.
Me: Weeping uncontrollably

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus that's almost going from swatting to a fist fight

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're big for sure, but there's some forced perspective in that photo. They're typically substantially smaller than your little finger.

[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah it is a majorly warped perspective, look at the size of the thumb.

Still they are big girls, here's a photo and wiki says...

The hornet has a body length of 45 mm (1+3⁄4 in), a wingspan around 75 mm (3 in), and a stinger 6 mm (1⁄4 in) long, which injects a large amount of potent venom.

Asian giant hornet

[–] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

TWO INCHES IS BIG ENOUGH FOR THE HIGH YIELD EXPLOSIVES

[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@piefed.ca 23 points 1 month ago

That person would totally win in a thumb war. Don’t even try

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ugh, i saw one of those fuckers buzzing about in south of England. Sounded like a mini military helicopter buzzing about looking for bees to fuck up.

Reported it

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Reported it

The Neighbourhood Watch will get it sorted!

(I kid -- for the unaware reader, they're invasive, they threaten native bees, and you can report sightings to the government).

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

They look like they threaten native everything.

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

Every non-aggressive wasp species:

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Not wasps, but yellowjackets specifically. Irrational anger with wings, little bastards.

Love me some chill time with a mud dauber though.

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah I learned that besides yellow jackets, wasps can actually help a garden by keeping away pests and won't hurt anybody if you don't bother them. Really surprising seeing a wasp just totally ignore me.

[–] sadie_sorceress@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We get yellow jackets in our yard every summer and I used to destroy them all on sight but I always felt so bad about taking out entire families with chemical warfare so I've switched to a live and let live strategy the last few years. They are chill and we've only had one sting in those years and I think that was just an unfortunate accident with my youngest stepping on one and pissing it off. I still have several cans of spray so if they break the treaty then I'm ready to go to war, but for now we're able to cohabitate.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I once bought a house with two mature, fruiting pear trees. I learned to quickly pick up any pears that fell to the ground, because if I didn't, the pear juice would ferment under the skin, and become slightly alcoholic.

Then wasps would pierce the skin, drink the juice, get drunk, and then chase around anyone who entered the yard. Apparently wasps are mean drunks.

Didn't know that previously, but not surprised. Wasps are dickheads on a good day.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 month ago

The less popular bee movie part 2; it's actually about wasps, who are asshole alcoholics, and instead of asking girls if they like the jazz, they start negging and groping them

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Many wasp species are generally non-aggressive, and great pollinators! If they don't fuck with you, then don't fuck with them!

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep, surprisingly some of the biggest like the “Cicada Killer” and Bald Faced Hornets (as long as you’re not messing with their nest) are very chill around humans as long as you don’t mess with them. Yellowjackets OTOH can get fucked. Fearless and they’ll chase you in numbers if you even just step by the nest or go by it with a mower.

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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree! The mud daubers and digger wasps can look quite scary with their nipped waists, but they are quite docile. I have a bird bath, and when it’s empty they sit on the edge patiently while I fill it, then gently crawl into the periphery. They have never bothered me in the slightest

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[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mr.Gardener or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wasp.

I'm irrationally fearful of wasps, like I absolutely freak out when one is near me, but I learned they eat some of the annoying fuckers that ruin my vegetables/lettuce so I learned to tolerate them lol

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah fuck em

-this comment came from 🤌🤙Spider Gang👌👈

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[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And then the first time you see a cicada wasp...
The sight of one of those will make you want to find a brick to drop on it, until you find out that they're completely harmless. (unless you're a cicada)

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[–] BottleCaptain@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bumble bee? More like stumble bee.

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[–] KenOh@feddit.online 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What I want to know is if the bumble bee is called that because of the word bumble, or if the word bumble got that meaning because of the bee......ok, so a visit to wiktionary tells me the word bumble came first, then was applied to the bee.

EDIT: Wait, it may be the other way around. bumblebee came from humbul-be and merged with Middle English bombeln humble meaning to buzz. Man, I still don't really even know.

[–] Gerblat@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honey, wake up, a new question just dropped:

Which came first, the bumble or the bee?

[–] KenOh@feddit.online 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The bumble bee part is so accurate. They’re basically the golden retrievers of the insect world—super fuzzy, very friendly, and zero motor skills.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 13 points 1 month ago

Carpenter bees: don't worry about these little holes in your wood framing, I'm justdestroying your home.

Me: back at you!

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Wasps are the F-16s of the bee world.

[–] Urist@leminal.space 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My local wasps don't bother me and I don't bother them. Long as you aren't close to the nest, most wasps are chill.

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[–] LoremIpsumGenerator@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

*Mason bee gets headache and sees numbers

Mason bee: the numbers, arrrgghhh what do they mean?

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