As a youth of about 10-11 years old I was stung over my entire exposed skin, including my scalp, face, and in my nose and ears, by hundreds of paper wasps. I passed out and woke in the family doctor's office (it was the 70s and hospitals weren't everywhere.) My family's horse had bit some of a branch while I was riding him to the corral from the barnyard. I let him have too much reign and he misbehaved. My fault. The wasp nest fell and broke right on the pommel of the saddle, and that's all I remember. Well, besides falling out of the saddle and screaming down the road until I passed out. My face looked alien to me, but after a day all I had to show were a million tiny cuts where they stung me. The good news is I was never afraid of bees or wasps after that and I have tried to teach my children how important wasps and bees are, and to not fear them.
I learned recently that wasps and a lot of other insects can recognize and remember human faces and scents. And they will act differently around people who swat vs those who don't! This past summer I fed a nest of yellow jackets some old apple butter- they swarmed me, would crawl on me, buzzed at my face, but never tried to sting me. Not once. And the rest of the summer when I went out I'd have some follow me around!!!
that's such a heartwarming story!!! I had a small family of red paper wasps near my car and directly above the gate to enter my house. I passed them by every morning and evening and not once was I stung. they always looked over at me but I just made sure to walk calmly by (fun fact, don't run from wasps, that just makes you seem more threatening to them). they were all such lovely and peaceful ladies and I was so glad to have them around. before my asshole uncle sprayed them down with aerosol for no reason
Ya at my work we throw out a bunch of sugar and corn syrup for various reasons and they swarm our dumpster but only a few people have been stung. I threw out the bags once and a swarm rose up and it almost had a "oh he's the sugar guy we cool" and ignored me
They've proven that to be false. They recognize humans in general, not individuals. They don't "talk" to each other to pass along news of the giant biped that frequents the yard.
@@feartheoldblood bees mostly communicate thru pheromones. That's why after 1 stings you they all will try to because they smell it. Hypothetically if a bee landed on you and marked you with a pheromone they take as non threatening then the entire hive would respond accordingly. Now I can't say this is what happens but it is well within the realm of possibility that they would recognize non threatening individuals in this manner.
I used to be terrified of wasps, but one day, I just wasn't anymore. I would calmly catch them and put them outside; and if one flew nearby, I didn't mind.
Also props to you for feeling the fear and still doing right by these little guys!! It's sad to see so many people let their fear dictate how they treat bugs.
This year wasps were the most active pollinator in my garden and ate the cabbage moths that got too close. Even the kids never got stung so I have a new appreciation for these work horses.
Wasps are like any other animal. If you keep away from their home, their young and if you don't aggressively wave around to scare them, they don't sting.
I had wasps fly around me and even crawl on me several times without being stung. Wasps simply don't bother me by their mere presence and I try to not anger them too much. I even figuered out how to push and slowly wave wasps to the side without issue. One funny story, I was out with my siblings eating burgers at a burger place, not a fast food chain and it was out in the open, and there were alot of wasps, probably because of the scent of food in the air. They were happily chewing down on leftovers and some few of them, not many probably in the single digit number for the entire place, were even daring enought to land on food that was still being eaten by people. They were ofcourse not on the food when the person took a bite out of it, but they landed on it when the person was currently chewing, drinking, cahtting or otherwise not interacting with their plate. I happen to notice one trying to rip out a chunk from the meat of my burger, but it didn't manage to bite a piece off. So in response I pull off a piece a bit bigger than the wasp's head from the burger and kinda present it to the wasp. The wasp notice that and crawled over to the piece, took it and slowly flew off. The wasp definetly had to struggle flying with such a big piece, it was comical and cute to watch I have to admit. I even laughed abit. My siblings all saw that aswell and also laughed with me. We remember that event to this day and occasionally mention it whenever we eat burgers or see a wasp.
I love wasps so much. I find that once you get used to them, their temperament are kind of sweet. I interact with every species in my garden, I counted over 30 separate hymenoptera ( excluding thr 4 species of ants) last summer and didn't get stung once. I'm really excited to see what my revamped flower garden and maintained queen annes lace will bring. I even set up little trays of honey water, just in case the ladies find it too crowded amongst the canopy of flowers, and they need that extra bump of energy :)
@@AnimalFactFiles I just reeeally love wasps. I spent a chunk of my life being afraid of them, because other people were. It wasn't my fear, so I sought to understand. The more I did, the more I became enamored and realized just how special they actually are.. Now that's turned into full-blown glee whenever they come say hey. Much to all my friends dismay lol
that's so fucking sweet oh my god. my story is kinda similar, I was scared of bugs, seemed to understand my fear, and here I am now trying to look for colleges with entomology degrees so I can make studying/educating about insects my entire job. I sadly don't have a garden but I have had a few wasps making homes around my house! I got particularly close with a small colony of red paper wasps. they were such lovely little ladies and very sweet and docile :)
@@phoenixnoire2435 what about the care they feel for their hive and larvae? their motive is to protect their hive, not to hunt you down. even if protecting the hive often means attacking people who get too close to the hive. they aren't angry at humans, they just care for their family
Fun fact about me: when I was 12 and a looser in middle school who was completely alone, I sat by a door no one went to because some yellow jackets liked to hang there. And as I was sitting there I had two of these wasps crawling on my hand just chilling, and they even let me pet them. I never got bit or stung or anything, but I did gently pet a yellow jacket wasp for about 5 minutes of recess.
fun fact, you have shown multiple flies disguised as wasps in this video! -a soon to be entomologist also thank you for helping to clear wasps names! they really aren't the bloodthirsty insects we think they are. I have been near multiple wasps, even had an nest of red paper wasps near my car where I passed them every morning and evening, and I haven't really got stung. only once when I was a child because I stupidly ran my hand along the wood railing on a bridge on a nature pathway walk. and even then it was my fault because I was the one that disturbed their nest. wasps are great creatures who are only just a little bit protective of their family at times
@@AnimalFactFiles that's so wonderful, every single animal on this earth has its use and is wonderful! have you done an episode on mosquitoes or roaches? the majority of mosquito and roach species don't care about humans and don't bother them, so I'd like for people to see that side of them! I also this aphids would make a really good episode! not only do they have a hive like structure like bees, with queens and defenders and such, but they are also incredibly fascinating! a few fun facts about aphids: some species of ants take care if aphids and farm them like cows for their honeydew. they can also do something called parthenogenesis, which is when a female can reproduce without males. many aphids are also literally pregnant while inside if the other aphids womb, so they're literally born pregnant. and scientists aren't sure yet, but there's a lot of evidence to suggest the pea aphid is literally capable of photosynthesis! here's the article www.wired.com/2012/08/green-aphid-photosynthesis/amp (although the title is misleading, there are two other animals that can perform photosynthesis, elysia chlorotica and ambystoma maculatum, although these two get their ability from algae while pea aphids can do it on their own) and that's alright, that means these sneaky flies are doing their job well! that means they can truck a lot of other animals into thinking they are dangerous hehe!
wasps are the reason i have a strong panic response to flying insects but i love what they do for the world!! i also very vividly remember this gorgeous blue mud dauber that paid a visit to my house years ago, so iridescent and pretty
I do pest control, 1 week I got hit by a bald face hornet, the next week the same thing, I was legit fine. A few weeks later a yellow jacket got me and I was out for 4 days and my joint locked up
I really like wasps. I make sure they aren't killed on my 4 acres. I've actually had them swarm me before. Only alive because of a jacket I was wearing, that I was able to pull over my entire body. Only got stung 3 times, but my wife saw, and said there were over 100 trying to sting me. Still, I like them.
I’ve had my fair share of wasp stings as a kid... it wasn’t fun at all! But I’ve come to appreciate them as I’ve become more knowledgeable about wildlife and what role each individual can play.
I love wasps! Some varieties are absolutely stunning colour-wise. They're like the 'salty detective architype' of the insect world. People hate them and call them pests- but without them we'd be overrun with ACTUAL pest invertibrates, and our crops wouldn't last two minutes lol.
I’ve never had issues with any bees, I even used to walk barefoot in shorts through fields of them, but hornets and yellow jackets absolutely despise me. I always get stung when one is around! Luckily I’m not allergic. That being said, it really is only Yellowjackets and Hornets. I’ve had great interactions with tarantula hawk wasps and I help my mud daubers! They’re very friendly.
You forgot to add how wasps will go after people if their nests have been disturbed. Getting stung by a wasp is one of the painful events in a person's life.
There are hundreds of thousands of wasp species, not merely tens of thousands. Parasitic wasps in particular are the most diverse group, having evolved mechanisms to hijack very specific hosts, like a key to a lock.
@@BaldguyWifi _"The parasitoid wasps include some very large groups, some estimates giving the Chalcidoidea as many as 500,000 species, the Ichneumonidae 100,000 species, and the Braconidae up to 50,000 species."_
@@BaldguyWifi It makes sense if you think about how diverse parasite wasps are, and how specialized they must be. There are species that hijack plants to grow specialized parts that protect their eggs (gall wasps), some that mind control caterpillars into defending their larvae (cotesia glomerata) and some as small as single-celled organisms (fairy flies). There are some wasps that help farmers by hunting aphids in which to lay their eggs, but then other species of wasps which prefer to hunt aphids already carrying the eggs of the first wasp move in on their territory, naturally limiting their population (and usefulness to farmers). With that much specialization, the number of subspecies would have to be staggering.
Y'know, I used to hate wasps like everyone else as well, but I had this experience One day I was just chillin' on my friend's porch, looking at all the scenery and such cuz they live in the forest Then, a yellow jacket flew by and I thought this was my last moments on earth, because he landed on me. Turns out they're pretty chill guys when u aren't near their nest. Me and that wasp just hung out for like... 5 minutes and then he flew away. Now wasps are actually one of my favorite insects because I took some time to read more about them!!! :) All thanks to that one I just vibed with for a while. Ty random yellow jacket!!
I am very happy to read this. And have many similar experiences with them. Usually they just fly by and sniff if I have some food on me, they can "steal". Or they just land on me and start to clean themselves for a few minutes before flying away. Worst thing happening with them are those sticky pollen spots they leave on my clothes, when they land on me to groom themselves xD But when someone stays calm and just let them do their thing, they are pretty chill. Sometimes they happen to fly in through the kitchen window and panic, not finding a way out. I learned when I place a little plate with some food for them, they just go there, calm down and start munching. Letting me carry them on the plate to put them outside. Funnily same thing works with the occational hornet as well. But hornets are pretty chill here in general. Just big and loud but usually pretty calm.
Fun fact, wasps can be really tame & docile of you stop freaking out about how frightened you are. If you calm down and respect them & their space and are calm around them, they are calm around you. Basic animal psychology.
I’ve never had a bad time with any type of wasps. I’ve handled many, and they have never threatened me as I have never threatened them. I’m quick to pick them up if someone else is threatening them, and that always seems to give a sort of allied calmness to the wasp. One time a wasp was being drowned by the garden hose by one of my friends. I stopped the flow and reached into the grass and picked up the wasp. It was kind of windy and as the wasp was wet it needed to dry before flying. It remained on my hand working the water off of itself until a gust of wind blew it off my hand and on to the ground. I reached back down to pick it up and as I reached for it, it reached back at me as if it wanted me to pick it back up. It climbed around my hand and arm for a moment and then flew away. wasn’t my first pleasant wasp experience.
That's great. I remember picking a wasp up when it was swimming in some dirty water in a pot. It didn't sting me, just dried its wings and flew away. I also often feed wasps and on a summer camp, I kept letting wasps free when they were caught in a trap. I often just put my finger in sugar water and then let wasps lick it. They get used to it and land on my hands fearless. When I need to go somewhere I leave the sugar somewhere on the ground, on a stick etc. so they can eat when I'm away. They really love me when I feed them, one was buzzing around my ear and it didn't annoy me, it was cute. They always fly around my head when they're hungry. The wasps seem to know how to draw my attention just like "I'm hungry, will you give me some sugar plz?" Well, wild (not tame) wasps that are annoying for most people. But when you compare a wild and a tame wasp it's just like: Wild wasp: Bz? Tame wasp: *BZZZZUZZZZ* sits on your ear and cleans itself *BUZZZZZZZ!* flies near your eyes. Annoying but I find it cute. I recommend trying handfeeding with workers on your own when you love wasps. They're incredibly tame.
Essence Knight Well as the video said some species are more aggressive than others. Paper wasps typically don’t like anyone or anything getting near their nests, so if you’re trying to befriend them and you’re near their hive, it’s probably a bad idea. Generally speaking from experience as well, if a wasp has yellow banded coloration it’s probably not as friendly. I have a lot of thin-waisted wasps and digger wasps near my home, they’re usually more orange and/or black in color. They’re a lot friendlier and won’t both you even if you accidentally step right on their burrows. It really just comes down to knowing which species you’re trying to handle, knowing where their nest is (if any), and being gentle and passive in your approach. Don’t run right up to the wasp and try to scoop it up. Try sitting near one for a few minutes and just observe it. Try to slowly put your hand out and let it walk onto you instead of trying to force it to move. Personally I’ve never tried handling wasps as even the more peaceful ones give me the heebie-jeebies, but those are just some tips I’ve heard from people who handle them. Hope it helps :)
My brother, my cousin, and my self were the ages of 5-7 throwing dirt clods at a huge wasp nest in my cousin’s backyard. When we hit them a few times we ran like crazy to get back inside the house. We made it…. But, as we went in through the door… my mother was stepping out. She got stung right beneath her eye and it swole shut. She couldn’t see through that eye for like a week. She got a couple other stings on her face but that was the worst. Damn I still feel bad
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I remember I was trying to make one of the most hardcore looking insects ever like just imagining it and then my camp counselor like took out his cell phone looked up a photograph and it was literally the exact thing I was imagine change my perspective on the phrase nightmare fuel
I put my hand on the top of a carpet my grandparents had draped over one of their porch chairs when I was in 3rd grade. My fingers went beyond to the back of it where I can't see. This is the day wasps became my most hated insect. I still get uncomfortable just thinking back to that day, it was the longest most intensely painful experience of my life (so far).
I had a few paper wasp nests at my last job and I consider them mildly tempered compared with hornets. Just give them space and they will return the favor back
Hornets are laid back and much less threatening than smaller wasps once you get used to the size. They don't keep bumping into glass panes like yellowjackets do.
I took 47 stings in about 10 seconds.. yes my wife counted them. I was pretty screwed up for a bit. Those things are mean as hell. I was just mowing the damn lawn. I hate these bastards.
There are "yellow-jacket" hornets too. There the ones that make there hives in underground burrows and attack you when you try to cut the grass. Very common in the US.
My grandma’s garden has tons of wasps every year. I do her yardwork while the wasps buzz around, they’ve never stung me or anything. One even landed on my hand once, crawled around a little bit then flew away.
Hi there from Bohemia. First thing to say. Social wasps don't have so many species but in (bio-)mass, they're comparable with solitary ones. The main thing, I feed wasps (including European hornets and yellowjackets) on hands and I must tame them every year again, but even if I catch them and then put them on my hand they don't sting. When they get used to me, they land on my hands and drink some sugar water I have on them. They're cute to me. One more thing, yellow jackets are one of the most important wasps at all. They kill many pests and have large colonies. I like our European yellow jackets and they aren't as aggressive as you think. European hornets are chill the most, this year I hand-fed a queen on her nest entrance and she didn't mind it. They're misunderstood and not that dangerous you say, but I guess you can't imagine a wasp being so chill and calm as the European hornet really is.
I have been stung by Bees, Paper Wasp, Yellow Jackets, and some big black wasp thing while in Hungary. Yellow Jackets hurt the most and are the most frequent. Assholes. Paper Wasp surprisingly feel like someone flicking you, though swelled the most. Also, the outside of my house is swarming with Tarantula Hawks some months out of the year. Never been tagged but I kinda like them hanging out
Oh god this is reminding me of how a big fucking wasp wound up in my room and I panicked and used up an entire can of spray deodorant to kill it. And then I cried because I felt bad.
some people are terrified of spider, i am terrified of wasps, one day a wasp got into the kitchen at my apartment, i hid in my room on the second floor all day until my roommate came home to deal with it. I respect that they are important, but ill do my respecting AS FAR AWAY FROM THEM AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE
Tarantula hawks are the coolest followed by Cicada killers, it's that big hornet looking fellow with tan, black and yellow colors. They tackle the cicada stinging it in midair and once stung it falls to the ground. The female hovers over Cicada and landing on it drags to a tree only to climb it. From there she flies to her hole where she places the paralyzed cicada in the hole and lays her egg on the cicada. Cicada Killers are.......you may have already covered the subject.
I keep reading comments about people getting along with wasp. I have the opposite reaction. Red Paper Wasp are everywhere around me. They also love to hang around pools and lakes. My dad is allergic to them, and he gets stung atleast twice a year for just not noticing he is near them.
Ive never had a problem with yellow jacket wasps, usually they buzz around me curiously and sometimes land on me. Usually if I happen to be sitting, normally more interested in licking my sweat. It was a different sort that stung my ankle with no warning, only remember they were black with a touch of red? Either way those were aholes.
The only time I was stung by a wasp was when I didn't see it and I though it was a fly landing on my hand. They are pretty chill usually but I've experienced them being up in my face also.
I got stung twice one when I was a kid and chased it so I got what I deserved the second is similar to your incident but instead the wasp hid in a piece of clothing I was about to put on, I wasnt alert of its presence whatsoever and that is how I can usually avoid getting stung
90% of the wasps on my property are Yellow Jackets, Hornets, and Red Wasps. They love to sting the shit out of you when brush cutting, getting the mail,.etc.
@@AnimalFactFiles lol, yep. The yellow jackets best move thus far was to construct a sweet little nest under our mailbox which is nearly 80yards from the nearest tree. I heard my son howling and saw him sprinting down the drive way. He found the nest. Hahaha Thanks for creating this content, we have really enjoyed the series in our spare time. Many of the insects in your videos are abundant in the Southeastern United States where we live. Cheers, and keep up the great work!
This summer in was driving down the motorway with my window down and a wasp bounced off the wing mirror and landed all dazed on my leg. Omg, there could have been an accident but I kept calm. I managed to get it out before it got upset with me. I also missed my junction off the motorway and had to drive over a toll bridge and back. Its was an expensive day too.
Good vid! Always had a bit of a soft spot for Wasps, think they're just a little bit misunderstood :P Also, fun fact, wasps like yellowjackets and the european wasp have five eyes!
What’s misunderstood? Everyone’s been stung by one, so we aren’t thrilled when they’re hanging around, especially when we’re eating and they’re harassing us
Is it possible that wasps don't bother people when they're used to them? Had an immense hive that somehow got into my wall and grew huge. They were right next to my back door, and they were always active, but they would never bother me or my pets. Still had to fumigate them because I wasn't sure if it was because they were still a small hive or not.
Pretty much all Wasp can sting tho the majority of solitary Wasp arnt nearly as Aggressive as Social Wasp, Some wont sting you even if you are purposely Aggitating them and trying to get them to sting(Which I dont see anyone doing anyway unless your either a Masochist or your name is Coyote Peterson)
All solitary wasps are still stingers. The "stinger" is an ovipositor, and whether the wasp uses caterpillar corpses, live aphids, or an oak leaf for an egg incubator, that's the "point" of it all: host for its young. If you check out the wasp at 4:19 you can see that's precisely what she's doing in that shot: injecting eggs into the bark of a tree.
I feel the same about spiders... But it's not my place to pillage them so I just throw them out of my house if they come in, but leave them to do their thing elsewhere. I like 'pokey' though. Makes me think of the ichneumon wasp with its 'pokey' ovipositor.
This big wasp was flying around me at work, making me nervous, until it disappeared behind this metal name plate standing like an upside-down v ---> ^. After awhile of not seeing her Iooked where I last seen it and saw it laying down with its head to the side. I thought it was dead until I saw it readjust and then lay its head back down. IT WAS SLEEPING, I didn't know they sleep. Well, sleep like humans in that they get comfy and than pass out. So cute, I recorded it. However, it was on an old phone and backed up in a hard drive that I have to find. Lol
I've always been uneasy as when I was a pretty innocent child, my mom saw something she thought to be an ant drowning in the pool. Given the video I'm commenting on, you can assume it wasn't. I just went in and scooped it up onto a finger, and it stung me after getting its bearings and was then left to drown consequently as I dealt with the swelling. But as with a lot of critters I've just been trying to keep my distance and respect them as best I can, their nests are all over my garage, and currently as it's very cold theres some chilly dudes crawling around the floor in there. I hope that this is enough to make my fear of them slowly dissolve.
that was probably a tarantula hawk Coyote Peterson from Brave Wilderness made a video about "spider murdering wasps" which are the tarantula hawks and I believe those are the ones he said that would float on the surface of a pool to drink if it is, then they are not be feared of cause they dont care about us humans and want to be left alone, they're more interested in hunting tarantulas which is where they get their name
I was in Florida at the time. So that's a high probability. Then hopefully it was still alive when I left it there, it had just gotten to sting me. That's some long time closure if that's the case.
I fish Edisto river here in south Carolina pretty often. I've had several incidents where I mess up a turn in the river and end up less than arms length from a red wasp nest the size of a shower head on a low hanging branch. Only been stung once, and it was on my face. I ran through the woods like will Ferrell in Talladega nights. Lost my glasses. My uncle said I looked 5years younger on half my face😂
@@AnimalFactFiles at one point, my cousin and I were less than six inches from a nest. I had to grab the paddle and push the boat away from the branch. They had their wings pointing up, warning us too. I've always been ables to keep pretty calm in those types of situations. I told my cousin to breathe through his nose and stay calm. Crisis averted. We caught like 90 catfish that night too
Less than one minute in, two flies (Diptera) seen. 0:35 Soldier fly, 0:40 Syrphid bee mimic fly Plus seeing a wasp eating a Queen larva (Danaus gillipus) 2:15 would be heartbreaking.
lmao yea I immediately noticed all the little sneaky dipterans in the video. the ones I caught were at 0:46 and 4:08 I'm not as familiar with dipterans as I am with other orders (hopefully gonna change that soon) and I'm too lazy to go on a goose hunt on google or bug guide trying to ID these guys. I recognize that cute lil dumb face anywhere tho, aswell as the distinct wing shape to allow for haltere movement
@@kinglyzard aww thank you, you have a good eye for detail aswell! I didn't even notice the soldier fly myself. I found the way it moves and it's familiar grooming behavior to be suspicious but I just figured that it was one of those slightly more strange solitary wasps. I'm not used to seeing dipterans fold their wings like that, I've always seen them with their wings kinda outward do you study insects or are you a hobbyist?
Ants : Hello, my cousins Bee : Hi broo, can you pull more seed on the soil and drit Because we need more flowers Yellow jacket Wasp : Hi bro, i am gonna eat you Ant and bee : huh ?
I got stung by a wasp when I was little. It hurt like crazy and my parents were freaked out because many of my family members are severely allergic to wasps, bees, etc. I remember just wanting a bandaid and a trip to the library and my parents being all like, “Yeah but we’re allergic and your uncles are allergic and this cousin you barely know is allergic and we just don’t want to lose you now how is your chest how is your throat is your ankle turning blue oh my goodness oh ok that’s just that bruise you had for a week”. After hours of laying on the couch (or, in my case, rolling around on the couch because I didn’t want to be on the couch) I did finally get my bandaid and trip to the library, but my mom was asking me more questions the whole time. I still have a scar from my wasp sting but I am decidedly very alive.
Also, shout out to my parents for caring (maybe a little too much, but that’s love, am I right?) and for instilling a love of knowledge in me at a young age. Oh yeah and putting up with me screaming, crying, and rolling around.
I read on a lot of places that the bees and the wasps are the ones with the clear definitions, and the ants are everything that's left within the family. Am I wrong or did I misunderstand something here?
Basically wasps are everything in their genetic group that isn’t a bee or ant, so technically (or rather literally) bees and ants are wasps since they descended from wasps.
I listened to this in my car at 1am full blast and heard the last two buzzing noises I actually jumped 😂 needles to say I’m wife away on my 3 hour drive
I actually really like wasps except for some yellow jackets. I remember once going to a donut shop that must’ve had hundreds of wasps inside and they were all just chilling, not bothering anyone.
I threw my sandals to a newly built wasp's nest in my rooftop lol ... I dont mind them visiting my rooftop garden but just dont build nest in my house hahaha
What I learned: 1. Most are not social, so less likely I'd get swarmed lol 2. They come in a beautiful array of colors Still shuddered when the nest (2:44) came into view, but they have their place as pollinators and pest control.
I prefer wasps to German cockroaches or headlice or ticks, or deerflies, or biting knats. Lice and ticks are not insects but they are highly irratating.
You somehow missed out on the fact that most of those solitary wasps are parasitic, making everyone from spiders to catterpillars suffer the worst fate imaginable. Real-life Xenomorphs, but even worse. Actually, one species of wasp lays it's eggs in the host in the EXACT same way as Xenomorphs.. It forces open a mouth of an antlion and lays an egg down the throat which later hatches & kills the host.
Compared to me the narrator likes wasps. Around the Shuswap lake in BC, Canada they have huge, killer kung fu hornets about 4 to 6cm long. I use Raid Wasp and Hornet killer that usually knocks down flying insects within a second or so of the wasp being sprayed. From a houseboat I watched one fly about 50 yards to shore. Pretty bullet proof IMO.
As a youth of about 10-11 years old I was stung over my entire exposed skin, including my scalp, face, and in my nose and ears, by hundreds of paper wasps. I passed out and woke in the family doctor's office (it was the 70s and hospitals weren't everywhere.) My family's horse had bit some of a branch while I was riding him to the corral from the barnyard. I let him have too much reign and he misbehaved. My fault. The wasp nest fell and broke right on the pommel of the saddle, and that's all I remember. Well, besides falling out of the saddle and screaming down the road until I passed out. My face looked alien to me, but after a day all I had to show were a million tiny cuts where they stung me. The good news is I was never afraid of bees or wasps after that and I have tried to teach my children how important wasps and bees are, and to not fear them.
Damn that's my biggest fear
I learned recently that wasps and a lot of other insects can recognize and remember human faces and scents. And they will act differently around people who swat vs those who don't! This past summer I fed a nest of yellow jackets some old apple butter- they swarmed me, would crawl on me, buzzed at my face, but never tried to sting me. Not once. And the rest of the summer when I went out I'd have some follow me around!!!
that's such a heartwarming story!!! I had a small family of red paper wasps near my car and directly above the gate to enter my house. I passed them by every morning and evening and not once was I stung. they always looked over at me but I just made sure to walk calmly by (fun fact, don't run from wasps, that just makes you seem more threatening to them). they were all such lovely and peaceful ladies and I was so glad to have them around. before my asshole uncle sprayed them down with aerosol for no reason
Ya at my work we throw out a bunch of sugar and corn syrup for various reasons and they swarm our dumpster but only a few people have been stung. I threw out the bags once and a swarm rose up and it almost had a "oh he's the sugar guy we cool" and ignored me
Those were most likely paper wasps. Mud wasps will fight you on principle. They're highly aggressive.
They've proven that to be false. They recognize humans in general, not individuals. They don't "talk" to each other to pass along news of the giant biped that frequents the yard.
@@feartheoldblood bees mostly communicate thru pheromones. That's why after 1 stings you they all will try to because they smell it. Hypothetically if a bee landed on you and marked you with a pheromone they take as non threatening then the entire hive would respond accordingly. Now I can't say this is what happens but it is well within the realm of possibility that they would recognize non threatening individuals in this manner.
a wasp let me handfeed it sugarwater once, it kept coming back each day for more, loved the lil dude
Oh wow! I would be so nervous to try something like this!
@@phoenixnoire2435 this guy
That takes some major balls
liar
@@htxsportzmedia7804 how?
I used to be terrified of wasps, but one day, I just wasn't anymore. I would calmly catch them and put them outside; and if one flew nearby, I didn't mind.
I am too scared of wasps, especially common wasps while in French Pass, at school camp
Me too! And I also live in Whorelando! Well, Altamonte.
Also props to you for feeling the fear and still doing right by these little guys!! It's sad to see so many people let their fear dictate how they treat bugs.
I always try to give everything a chance.
I just hate them
I'm fine with the social and eusocial wasps. What I'm not okay with are the parasitoid wasps. Which are like 98% of all wasp species.
Smash bugs
Wasps are fucking assholes. Bees=cool
Wasps=scumbags. They stung me so many times for no goddamn reason. They deserve death.
This year wasps were the most active pollinator in my garden and ate the cabbage moths that got too close.
Even the kids never got stung so I have a new appreciation for these work horses.
Interesting, I too am less than 10% social.
I guess your pretty important too
Wasps are like any other animal. If you keep away from their home, their young and if you don't aggressively wave around to scare them, they don't sting.
I had wasps fly around me and even crawl on me several times without being stung. Wasps simply don't bother me by their mere presence and I try to not anger them too much. I even figuered out how to push and slowly wave wasps to the side without issue.
One funny story, I was out with my siblings eating burgers at a burger place, not a fast food chain and it was out in the open, and there were alot of wasps, probably because of the scent of food in the air. They were happily chewing down on leftovers and some few of them, not many probably in the single digit number for the entire place, were even daring enought to land on food that was still being eaten by people. They were ofcourse not on the food when the person took a bite out of it, but they landed on it when the person was currently chewing, drinking, cahtting or otherwise not interacting with their plate. I happen to notice one trying to rip out a chunk from the meat of my burger, but it didn't manage to bite a piece off. So in response I pull off a piece a bit bigger than the wasp's head from the burger and kinda present it to the wasp. The wasp notice that and crawled over to the piece, took it and slowly flew off. The wasp definetly had to struggle flying with such a big piece, it was comical and cute to watch I have to admit. I even laughed abit. My siblings all saw that aswell and also laughed with me. We remember that event to this day and occasionally mention it whenever we eat burgers or see a wasp.
I love wasps so much. I find that once you get used to them, their temperament are kind of sweet. I interact with every species in my garden, I counted over 30 separate hymenoptera ( excluding thr 4 species of ants) last summer and didn't get stung once. I'm really excited to see what my revamped flower garden and maintained queen annes lace will bring. I even set up little trays of honey water, just in case the ladies find it too crowded amongst the canopy of flowers, and they need that extra bump of energy :)
This is so wholesome
@@AnimalFactFiles I just reeeally love wasps. I spent a chunk of my life being afraid of them, because other people were. It wasn't my fear, so I sought to understand. The more I did, the more I became enamored and realized just how special they actually are.. Now that's turned into full-blown glee whenever they come say hey. Much to all my friends dismay lol
go marry one lmao
that's so fucking sweet oh my god. my story is kinda similar, I was scared of bugs, seemed to understand my fear, and here I am now trying to look for colleges with entomology degrees so I can make studying/educating about insects my entire job. I sadly don't have a garden but I have had a few wasps making homes around my house! I got particularly close with a small colony of red paper wasps. they were such lovely little ladies and very sweet and docile :)
@@phoenixnoire2435 what about the care they feel for their hive and larvae? their motive is to protect their hive, not to hunt you down. even if protecting the hive often means attacking people who get too close to the hive. they aren't angry at humans, they just care for their family
Fun fact about me: when I was 12 and a looser in middle school who was completely alone, I sat by a door no one went to because some yellow jackets liked to hang there. And as I was sitting there I had two of these wasps crawling on my hand just chilling, and they even let me pet them. I never got bit or stung or anything, but I did gently pet a yellow jacket wasp for about 5 minutes of recess.
That's wholesome
fun fact, you have shown multiple flies disguised as wasps in this video! -a soon to be entomologist
also thank you for helping to clear wasps names! they really aren't the bloodthirsty insects we think they are. I have been near multiple wasps, even had an nest of red paper wasps near my car where I passed them every morning and evening, and I haven't really got stung. only once when I was a child because I stupidly ran my hand along the wood railing on a bridge on a nature pathway walk. and even then it was my fault because I was the one that disturbed their nest. wasps are great creatures who are only just a little bit protective of their family at times
We try and make sure we avoid antagonistic descriptions of animals here. And oop! I didn't realize we had accidently put some flies in!
@@AnimalFactFiles that's so wonderful, every single animal on this earth has its use and is wonderful!
have you done an episode on mosquitoes or roaches? the majority of mosquito and roach species don't care about humans and don't bother them, so I'd like for people to see that side of them!
I also this aphids would make a really good episode! not only do they have a hive like structure like bees, with queens and defenders and such, but they are also incredibly fascinating! a few fun facts about aphids: some species of ants take care if aphids and farm them like cows for their honeydew. they can also do something called parthenogenesis, which is when a female can reproduce without males. many aphids are also literally pregnant while inside if the other aphids womb, so they're literally born pregnant. and scientists aren't sure yet, but there's a lot of evidence to suggest the pea aphid is literally capable of photosynthesis! here's the article www.wired.com/2012/08/green-aphid-photosynthesis/amp (although the title is misleading, there are two other animals that can perform photosynthesis, elysia chlorotica and ambystoma maculatum, although these two get their ability from algae while pea aphids can do it on their own)
and that's alright, that means these sneaky flies are doing their job well! that means they can truck a lot of other animals into thinking they are dangerous hehe!
wasps are the reason i have a strong panic response to flying insects but i love what they do for the world!! i also very vividly remember this gorgeous blue mud dauber that paid a visit to my house years ago, so iridescent and pretty
The colorful ones always fascinate me too!
I do pest control, 1 week I got hit by a bald face hornet, the next week the same thing, I was legit fine. A few weeks later a yellow jacket got me and I was out for 4 days and my joint locked up
Oof that sounds awful 💀
I really like wasps. I make sure they aren't killed on my 4 acres. I've actually had them swarm me before. Only alive because of a jacket I was wearing, that I was able to pull over my entire body. Only got stung 3 times, but my wife saw, and said there were over 100 trying to sting me. Still, I like them.
I’ve had my fair share of wasp stings as a kid... it wasn’t fun at all! But I’ve come to appreciate them as I’ve become more knowledgeable about wildlife and what role each individual can play.
Ouch 😓 they hurt so bad
I actually don't mind them so much. I leave them alone and they leave me alone.
I love wasps! Some varieties are absolutely stunning colour-wise.
They're like the 'salty detective architype' of the insect world. People hate them and call them pests- but without them we'd be overrun with ACTUAL pest invertibrates, and our crops wouldn't last two minutes lol.
Yes! Wasps are so important!! Love seeing arthropod love in the comments. 😄😄
They also coming to the BBQs but nobody inviting them.
“Oh sorry, were you eating that food on your plate?”
I’ve never had issues with any bees, I even used to walk barefoot in shorts through fields of them, but hornets and yellow jackets absolutely despise me. I always get stung when one is around! Luckily I’m not allergic. That being said, it really is only Yellowjackets and Hornets. I’ve had great interactions with tarantula hawk wasps and I help my mud daubers! They’re very friendly.
European hornets are ok. At least they typically avoid conflict unless someone grabs one.
You forgot to add how wasps will go after people if their nests have been disturbed. Getting stung by a wasp is one of the painful events in a person's life.
There are hundreds of thousands of wasp species, not merely tens of thousands. Parasitic wasps in particular are the most diverse group, having evolved mechanisms to hijack very specific hosts, like a key to a lock.
There are 30,000 species of wasps. A simple google search would tell you that
@@BaldguyWifi _"The parasitoid wasps include some very large groups, some estimates giving the Chalcidoidea as many as 500,000 species, the Ichneumonidae 100,000 species, and the Braconidae up to 50,000 species."_
@@GreyKnight7777 is that one scientists estimate? There isn’t a single source I can find that says that, I wouldn’t mind if you showed it
@@GreyKnight7777 never mind, I found one you’re right. Must be 30000 social species
@@BaldguyWifi It makes sense if you think about how diverse parasite wasps are, and how specialized they must be.
There are species that hijack plants to grow specialized parts that protect their eggs (gall wasps), some that mind control caterpillars into defending their larvae (cotesia glomerata) and some as small as single-celled organisms (fairy flies). There are some wasps that help farmers by hunting aphids in which to lay their eggs, but then other species of wasps which prefer to hunt aphids already carrying the eggs of the first wasp move in on their territory, naturally limiting their population (and usefulness to farmers).
With that much specialization, the number of subspecies would have to be staggering.
Y'know, I used to hate wasps like everyone else as well, but I had this experience
One day I was just chillin' on my friend's porch, looking at all the scenery and such cuz they live in the forest
Then, a yellow jacket flew by and I thought this was my last moments on earth, because he landed on me. Turns out they're pretty chill guys when u aren't near their nest. Me and that wasp just hung out for like... 5 minutes and then he flew away.
Now wasps are actually one of my favorite insects because I took some time to read more about them!!! :)
All thanks to that one I just vibed with for a while.
Ty random yellow jacket!!
That's such a wonderful experience!
I am very happy to read this. And have many similar experiences with them.
Usually they just fly by and sniff if I have some food on me, they can "steal". Or they just land on me and start to clean themselves for a few minutes before flying away.
Worst thing happening with them are those sticky pollen spots they leave on my clothes, when they land on me to groom themselves xD
But when someone stays calm and just let them do their thing, they are pretty chill.
Sometimes they happen to fly in through the kitchen window and panic, not finding a way out. I learned when I place a little plate with some food for them, they just go there, calm down and start munching. Letting me carry them on the plate to put them outside.
Funnily same thing works with the occational hornet as well. But hornets are pretty chill here in general. Just big and loud but usually pretty calm.
Awwww
Fun fact, wasps can be really tame & docile of you stop freaking out about how frightened you are. If you calm down and respect them & their space and are calm around them, they are calm around you. Basic animal psychology.
I’ve never had a bad time with any type of wasps. I’ve handled many, and they have never threatened me as I have never threatened them. I’m quick to pick them up if someone else is threatening them, and that always seems to give a sort of allied calmness to the wasp. One time a wasp was being drowned by the garden hose by one of my friends. I stopped the flow and reached into the grass and picked up the wasp. It was kind of windy and as the wasp was wet it needed to dry before flying. It remained on my hand working the water off of itself until a gust of wind blew it off my hand and on to the ground. I reached back down to pick it up and as I reached for it, it reached back at me as if it wanted me to pick it back up. It climbed around my hand and arm for a moment and then flew away. wasn’t my first pleasant wasp experience.
That's so awesome! You're the wasp hero!!
That's great. I remember picking a wasp up when it was swimming in some dirty water in a pot. It didn't sting me, just dried its wings and flew away. I also often feed wasps and on a summer camp, I kept letting wasps free when they were caught in a trap. I often just put my finger in sugar water and then let wasps lick it. They get used to it and land on my hands fearless. When I need to go somewhere I leave the sugar somewhere on the ground, on a stick etc. so they can eat when I'm away. They really love me when I feed them, one was buzzing around my ear and it didn't annoy me, it was cute. They always fly around my head when they're hungry. The wasps seem to know how to draw my attention just like "I'm hungry, will you give me some sugar plz?" Well, wild (not tame) wasps that are annoying for most people. But when you compare a wild and a tame wasp it's just like:
Wild wasp: Bz?
Tame wasp: *BZZZZUZZZZ* sits on your ear and cleans itself *BUZZZZZZZ!* flies near your eyes.
Annoying but I find it cute.
I recommend trying handfeeding with workers on your own when you love wasps. They're incredibly tame.
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Well as the video said some species are more aggressive than others. Paper wasps typically don’t like anyone or anything getting near their nests, so if you’re trying to befriend them and you’re near their hive, it’s probably a bad idea.
Generally speaking from experience as well, if a wasp has yellow banded coloration it’s probably not as friendly. I have a lot of thin-waisted wasps and digger wasps near my home, they’re usually more orange and/or black in color. They’re a lot friendlier and won’t both you even if you accidentally step right on their burrows.
It really just comes down to knowing which species you’re trying to handle, knowing where their nest is (if any), and being gentle and passive in your approach. Don’t run right up to the wasp and try to scoop it up. Try sitting near one for a few minutes and just observe it. Try to slowly put your hand out and let it walk onto you instead of trying to force it to move.
Personally I’ve never tried handling wasps as even the more peaceful ones give me the heebie-jeebies, but those are just some tips I’ve heard from people who handle them. Hope it helps :)
My brother, my cousin, and my self were the ages of 5-7 throwing dirt clods at a huge wasp nest in my cousin’s backyard. When we hit them a few times we ran like crazy to get back inside the house. We made it…. But, as we went in through the door… my mother was stepping out. She got stung right beneath her eye and it swole shut. She couldn’t see through that eye for like a week. She got a couple other stings on her face but that was the worst. Damn I still feel bad
I got attacked by yellow jackets three weeks ago while mowing my lawn, had me full panic mode
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I remember I was trying to make one of the most hardcore looking insects ever like just imagining it and then my camp counselor like took out his cell phone looked up a photograph and it was literally the exact thing I was imagine change my perspective on the phrase nightmare fuel
I put my hand on the top of a carpet my grandparents had draped over one of their porch chairs when I was in 3rd grade. My fingers went beyond to the back of it where I can't see. This is the day wasps became my most hated insect. I still get uncomfortable just thinking back to that day, it was the longest most intensely painful experience of my life (so far).
Oof this sounds awful. Stink you had to deal with that
I had a few paper wasp nests at my last job and I consider them mildly tempered compared with hornets. Just give them space and they will return the favor back
Hornets are laid back and much less threatening than smaller wasps once you get used to the size. They don't keep bumping into glass panes like yellowjackets do.
I took 47 stings in about 10 seconds.. yes my wife counted them. I was pretty screwed up for a bit. Those things are mean as hell. I was just mowing the damn lawn. I hate these bastards.
There are "yellow-jacket" hornets too. There the ones that make there hives in underground burrows and attack you when you try to cut the grass. Very common in the US.
My grandma’s garden has tons of wasps every year. I do her yardwork while the wasps buzz around, they’ve never stung me or anything. One even landed on my hand once, crawled around a little bit then flew away.
I feel you completely on those yellow jackets...they like putting their nests where you almost have no chance to not step on/in them....
Oof right? And like I know they're not doing it on purpose but daaaaaang
3:41 that’s a tarantula Hawk!!
Hi there from Bohemia. First thing to say. Social wasps don't have so many species but in (bio-)mass, they're comparable with solitary ones.
The main thing, I feed wasps (including European hornets and yellowjackets) on hands and I must tame them every year again, but even if I catch them and then put them on my hand they don't sting. When they get used to me, they land on my hands and drink some sugar water I have on them. They're cute to me.
One more thing, yellow jackets are one of the most important wasps at all. They kill many pests and have large colonies. I like our European yellow jackets and they aren't as aggressive as you think.
European hornets are chill the most, this year I hand-fed a queen on her nest entrance and she didn't mind it. They're misunderstood and not that dangerous you say, but I guess you can't imagine a wasp being so chill and calm as the European hornet really is.
I have been stung by Bees, Paper Wasp, Yellow Jackets, and some big black wasp thing while in Hungary. Yellow Jackets hurt the most and are the most frequent. Assholes. Paper Wasp surprisingly feel like someone flicking you, though swelled the most.
Also, the outside of my house is swarming with Tarantula Hawks some months out of the year. Never been tagged but I kinda like them hanging out
Oh god this is reminding me of how a big fucking wasp wound up in my room and I panicked and used up an entire can of spray deodorant to kill it.
And then I cried because I felt bad.
This is relatable.
some people are terrified of spider, i am terrified of wasps, one day a wasp got into the kitchen at my apartment, i hid in my room on the second floor all day until my roommate came home to deal with it. I respect that they are important, but ill do my respecting AS FAR AWAY FROM THEM AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE
OK just gotta say I really love your absolute horror an verbal yuk over the wasps an tarantula Lol too funny
Mud daubers are pretty docile. But yellow jackets are somewhat aggressive. But giant asian hornets make yellow jackets look like nothing
Tarantula hawks are the coolest followed by Cicada killers, it's that big hornet looking fellow with tan, black and yellow colors. They tackle the cicada stinging it in midair and once stung it falls to the ground. The female hovers over Cicada and landing on it drags to a tree only to climb it. From there she flies to her hole where she places the paralyzed cicada in the hole and lays her egg on the cicada. Cicada Killers are.......you may have already covered the subject.
Me: *breaths*. Wasp: So you wanna square up?
I keep reading comments about people getting along with wasp. I have the opposite reaction. Red Paper Wasp are everywhere around me. They also love to hang around pools and lakes. My dad is allergic to them, and he gets stung atleast twice a year for just not noticing he is near them.
Ive never had a problem with yellow jacket wasps, usually they buzz around me curiously and sometimes land on me. Usually if I happen to be sitting, normally more interested in licking my sweat. It was a different sort that stung my ankle with no warning, only remember they were black with a touch of red? Either way those were aholes.
Strangely enough I'm more scared of bees than wasps
Maybe because bees are off in groups?
I have what is called “Spheksophobia” which is quite literally the fear of wasps.
Perhaps wasps are misunderstood, but I can’t stand being near them.
The only time I was stung by a wasp was when I didn't see it and I though it was a fly landing on my hand. They are pretty chill usually but I've experienced them being up in my face also.
I got stung twice
one when I was a kid and chased it so I got what I deserved
the second is similar to your incident but instead the wasp hid in a piece of clothing I was about to put on, I wasnt alert of its presence whatsoever and that is how I can usually avoid getting stung
90% of the wasps on my property are Yellow Jackets, Hornets, and Red Wasps. They love to sting the shit out of you when brush cutting, getting the mail,.etc.
Ugh yes. Last time we did some yardwork I had one get stuck in my short and flip out all over my skin. Not fun
@@AnimalFactFiles lol, yep. The yellow jackets best move thus far was to construct a sweet little nest under our mailbox which is nearly 80yards from the nearest tree. I heard my son howling and saw him sprinting down the drive way. He found the nest. Hahaha
Thanks for creating this content, we have really enjoyed the series in our spare time. Many of the insects in your videos are abundant in the Southeastern United States where we live. Cheers, and keep up the great work!
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This summer in was driving down the motorway with my window down and a wasp bounced off the wing mirror and landed all dazed on my leg. Omg, there could have been an accident but I kept calm. I managed to get it out before it got upset with me.
I also missed my junction off the motorway and had to drive over a toll bridge and back. Its was an expensive day too.
Never got the hate for wasps. Ive never been stung or bothered by one
Good vid! Always had a bit of a soft spot for Wasps, think they're just a little bit misunderstood :P
Also, fun fact, wasps like yellowjackets and the european wasp have five eyes!
Just make sure they don't sting that soft spot.
Not just a little bit. *A lot* misunderstood.
I get you. I love WASPS
What’s misunderstood? Everyone’s been stung by one, so we aren’t thrilled when they’re hanging around, especially when we’re eating and they’re harassing us
@@seanmatthewking yeah i can never eat a bbq in summer without wasps harassing us and constantly going on the meat
Is it possible that wasps don't bother people when they're used to them? Had an immense hive that somehow got into my wall and grew huge. They were right next to my back door, and they were always active, but they would never bother me or my pets. Still had to fumigate them because I wasn't sure if it was because they were still a small hive or not.
the buzzing @1:43 made me run out my room 😂
Ah sorry about that. We've changed the way we do background audio now 😅
Many solitary wasps are still stingers; the distinction is stinger/ovipositor not solitary/social. Otherwise good video.
Thank you for bringing that up and making that distinction! =)
Yo what does this mean
Pretty much all Wasp can sting tho the majority of solitary Wasp arnt nearly as Aggressive as Social Wasp, Some wont sting you even if you are purposely Aggitating them and trying to get them to sting(Which I dont see anyone doing anyway unless your either a Masochist or your name is Coyote Peterson)
All solitary wasps are still stingers. The "stinger" is an ovipositor, and whether the wasp uses caterpillar corpses, live aphids, or an oak leaf for an egg incubator, that's the "point" of it all: host for its young. If you check out the wasp at 4:19 you can see that's precisely what she's doing in that shot: injecting eggs into the bark of a tree.
@@GreyKnight7777 Stingers are not ovipositors, they inject venom and not eggs. Their structure and purpose is quite different.
I'm a grown man, but I had a hard time finishing this video. I felt paranoid the whole time and started to sweat a little. Screw those pokey bugs.
Finding all of the footage was nearly unbearable. I had to take breaks. My skin was crawling. So I do not blame you!
"I'm a grown man, but..." lol
I feel the same about spiders... But it's not my place to pillage them so I just throw them out of my house if they come in, but leave them to do their thing elsewhere.
I like 'pokey' though. Makes me think of the ichneumon wasp with its 'pokey' ovipositor.
@@AnimalFactFiles …I would normally say shut up when I see a comment insulting wasps. But since this channel did not blame you, I wont
Bruh
I always feel bad after killing bugs that are bigger than one of those fat ants. They just seem ok. The wasps where I live are really docile anyway.
This big wasp was flying around me at work, making me nervous, until it disappeared behind this metal name plate standing like an upside-down v ---> ^. After awhile of not seeing her Iooked where I last seen it and saw it laying down with its head to the side. I thought it was dead until I saw it readjust and then lay its head back down. IT WAS SLEEPING, I didn't know they sleep. Well, sleep like humans in that they get comfy and than pass out. So cute, I recorded it. However, it was on an old phone and backed up in a hard drive that I have to find. Lol
I agree about the yellow jackets with their propensity to sting for no apparent reason.
I've always been uneasy as when I was a pretty innocent child, my mom saw something she thought to be an ant drowning in the pool. Given the video I'm commenting on, you can assume it wasn't. I just went in and scooped it up onto a finger, and it stung me after getting its bearings and was then left to drown consequently as I dealt with the swelling.
But as with a lot of critters I've just been trying to keep my distance and respect them as best I can, their nests are all over my garage, and currently as it's very cold theres some chilly dudes crawling around the floor in there.
I hope that this is enough to make my fear of them slowly dissolve.
that was probably a tarantula hawk
Coyote Peterson from Brave Wilderness made a video about "spider murdering wasps" which are the tarantula hawks and I believe those are the ones he said that would float on the surface of a pool to drink
if it is, then they are not be feared of cause they dont care about us humans and want to be left alone, they're more interested in hunting tarantulas which is where they get their name
I was in Florida at the time. So that's a high probability. Then hopefully it was still alive when I left it there, it had just gotten to sting me. That's some long time closure if that's the case.
I fish Edisto river here in south Carolina pretty often. I've had several incidents where I mess up a turn in the river and end up less than arms length from a red wasp nest the size of a shower head on a low hanging branch. Only been stung once, and it was on my face. I ran through the woods like will Ferrell in Talladega nights. Lost my glasses. My uncle said I looked 5years younger on half my face😂
Oh gosh that sounds awful! It is cool to hear you've only been stung once though!
@@AnimalFactFiles at one point, my cousin and I were less than six inches from a nest. I had to grab the paddle and push the boat away from the branch. They had their wings pointing up, warning us too. I've always been ables to keep pretty calm in those types of situations. I told my cousin to breathe through his nose and stay calm. Crisis averted. We caught like 90 catfish that night too
I would HATE it if all stinging wasps were too small to see and run away from. I have to disagree there
Less than one minute in, two flies (Diptera) seen. 0:35 Soldier fly,
0:40 Syrphid bee mimic fly
Plus seeing a wasp eating a Queen larva (Danaus gillipus) 2:15 would be heartbreaking.
lmao yea I immediately noticed all the little sneaky dipterans in the video. the ones I caught were at 0:46 and 4:08
I'm not as familiar with dipterans as I am with other orders (hopefully gonna change that soon) and I'm too lazy to go on a goose hunt on google or bug guide trying to ID these guys. I recognize that cute lil dumb face anywhere tho, aswell as the distinct wing shape to allow for haltere movement
@@thefluffyaj4119
Damn, you're good. The first two were quite obvious, but that Polistes mimic was a real Easter egg.
Good eye for detail ;-)>
@@kinglyzard aww thank you, you have a good eye for detail aswell! I didn't even notice the soldier fly myself. I found the way it moves and it's familiar grooming behavior to be suspicious but I just figured that it was one of those slightly more strange solitary wasps. I'm not used to seeing dipterans fold their wings like that, I've always seen them with their wings kinda outward
do you study insects or are you a hobbyist?
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Thanx
Im a lifelong hobbyist and insectophile.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the fly at 0:35 a Micropezid (Stilt-legged fly)?
Ants : Hello, my cousins
Bee : Hi broo, can you pull more seed on the soil and drit
Because we need more flowers
Yellow jacket Wasp : Hi bro, i am gonna eat you
Ant and bee : huh ?
I got stung by a wasp when I was little. It hurt like crazy and my parents were freaked out because many of my family members are severely allergic to wasps, bees, etc. I remember just wanting a bandaid and a trip to the library and my parents being all like, “Yeah but we’re allergic and your uncles are allergic and this cousin you barely know is allergic and we just don’t want to lose you now how is your chest how is your throat is your ankle turning blue oh my goodness oh ok that’s just that bruise you had for a week”. After hours of laying on the couch (or, in my case, rolling around on the couch because I didn’t want to be on the couch) I did finally get my bandaid and trip to the library, but my mom was asking me more questions the whole time. I still have a scar from my wasp sting but I am decidedly very alive.
Also, shout out to my parents for caring (maybe a little too much, but that’s love, am I right?) and for instilling a love of knowledge in me at a young age. Oh yeah and putting up with me screaming, crying, and rolling around.
@@Ms3queen Oh wow! I can understand their concern! I'm glad it ended up being okay and that you also got your trip to the library
That wasp at 4:08 is awesome. Looks like a dragon fly. What is it?
I read on a lot of places that the bees and the wasps are the ones with the clear definitions, and the ants are everything that's left within the family. Am I wrong or did I misunderstand something here?
Basically wasps are everything in their genetic group that isn’t a bee or ant, so technically (or rather literally) bees and ants are wasps since they descended from wasps.
Omgg if i see anything flying period. I'm running for my life 😂😂
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I listened to this in my car at 1am full blast and heard the last two buzzing noises I actually jumped 😂 needles to say I’m wife away on my 3 hour drive
Whew glad we could keep you awake!
Am i the only one who finds wasps adorable
I actually really like wasps except for some yellow jackets. I remember once going to a donut shop that must’ve had hundreds of wasps inside and they were all just chilling, not bothering anyone.
Wasps Are basically the Bulls of insects.
The "oh God that's a tarantula" shit made my heart skip a beat.
I threw my sandals to a newly built wasp's nest in my rooftop lol ... I dont mind them visiting my rooftop garden but just dont build nest in my house hahaha
Screw this, I'm still going to Jupiter. (flies away)
A wasp killing a tarantula does NOT help your argument that we should leave them alone.
I read the book "The Nest" and it was nuts
I love wasps!! Parents should check out Willie the Working Wasp by Dominick Smalls to teach their young kids about wasps for a quick bedtime story!!
2:13 what is a type of wasp?
I believe it is from the Scoliidae family.
yes.it remind Scoliid wasp
I got stung for taking a single step on grass on Easter morning. My opinion will differ from that.
I actually dislike bees more than wasps,I've been stung by them a lot more than wasps,bees seem bullying and hot tempered.
Oh no! That's too bad!
I have a severe phobia of wasps (someone disturbed a nest, I paid the price) but I like to learn lol Learning about things you're afraid of can help.
What I learned:
1. Most are not social, so less likely I'd get swarmed lol
2. They come in a beautiful array of colors
Still shuddered when the nest (2:44) came into view, but they have their place as pollinators and pest control.
Glad you gave it a try and learned something new
Informative an enjoyable, few harsh jabs against these wee beauts, but glad you're bonding...very slowly.🐝☘
0:42 Is not a Wasp, its a hoverfly that utilizes Batesian mimicry of a wasp to protect itself.
1:00 explains why its categorized as a wasp
im looking at it and really out of context you could argue that humans are wasps
I'm absolutely loving all the wholesome wasp stories oh my god
If you had the option to erase all of 1 species from earth, I'd still say yellow jackets and damn the consequences.
Thanks miss we love your narration your Great 👍
Thanks so much!
Beneficial to what, the pavement? Wasps and mosquitos are my personal enemies and if I see one that isn't dead, it will be soon.
Got to do one on earwigs I hated those things when I was a kid
We have a video on earwigs! Here you go: th-cam.com/video/mzPyx-Q_MpI/w-d-xo.html
Had some Paper wasps run wild on my noggin a few times.
I prefer wasps to German cockroaches or headlice or ticks, or deerflies, or biting knats. Lice and ticks are not insects but they are highly irratating.
You somehow missed out on the fact that most of those solitary wasps are parasitic, making everyone from spiders to catterpillars suffer the worst fate imaginable. Real-life Xenomorphs, but even worse.
Actually, one species of wasp lays it's eggs in the host in the EXACT same way as Xenomorphs.. It forces open a mouth of an antlion and lays an egg down the throat which later hatches & kills the host.
Compared to me the narrator likes wasps. Around the Shuswap lake in BC, Canada they have huge, killer kung fu hornets about 4 to 6cm long. I use Raid Wasp and Hornet killer that usually knocks down flying insects within a second or so of the wasp being sprayed. From a houseboat I watched one fly about 50 yards to shore. Pretty bullet proof IMO.
Waspssss lol. The way she says it lol. Waspsssss. Lol sounds like she's trying to call my cat. Psspspspsps
I mean I do love me some catssssss
The reason I hate wasp because I'm allgeic, even If I see a bee I'm running lol. I'm also allgeic to bees too. o_O
Oof yeah that's scary!!
She always adds an extra "S" at the end wasps.
Wasps that eat tarantulas, are you kidding me right now?!
No
That would be the tarantula hawk.
I can respect them. I can even appreciate them. But the moment they invade my territory, I gotta take their policies to them. Nothing personal.
Idk who narrates this but this is awesome and I’m subscribed now hahaha
Aww thank you!
@@AnimalFactFiles may your coffee be hot today and your work day short! Cheers
Great video! Pretty funny ... I 'lol'ed a few times! :-)
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
3:41 oh GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!