• Shifty Eyes@leminal.space
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    • Wasps not bees.
    • The wasps probably won’t be able to emerge if the concrete dust sets.
    • Imagine being entombed by your parents. Born in an inescapable coffin.
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      Full of spiders.

      I hate cleaning these up because they’re fucking spider piñatas. Yeah the spiders are dead by then, but just, fucking eww.

      So there are 2 on my porch that desperately need to be cleaned up, anyone?

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      Yeah, never heard them called mud bees. Only ever heard them as dirt / mud daubers, and they’re very obviously wasps.

      They don’t hurt as much as you’d think, but you’ll still feel it for a day or two

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        My grandma used to tell me they don’t sting so I wouldn’t freak out when one was near me. Little kid me was a gullible fool.

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          I’m ngl I also been told that and believed it. I don’t really feel very gullible since I’ve never actually been stung by one? Even destroying their nests doesn’t seem to make them aggressive.

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          They can sting, but they (anecdotally) sting less readily than some other species of wasps. I’ve been around them all my life and never have been stung. But, I’ve never intentionally messed with them. On the other hand, I’ve been stung by a couple other species that were far less patient with my presence in their general area.