Kill It With Fire!!

[SckizoBoy]

Spoiler: Cuteness within...

I will now proceed not to have any pity on anyone's bandwidth:

Article 1: Honey bee

Article 2: Bumblebee

Article 3: Paper wasp

Article 4: Spider-hunting wasp

&

Article 5: European beewolf

So, I'm a tad confused as to why (most) people's reactions to most of the creatures displayed therein is "KILL IT!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!" even as a joke. Now, granted I realise that it's generally in good humour, but sometimes it's genuine. And considering the necessities of bees for ecological balance and the usefulness of wasps as pest control, I really wonder why.

I'll make no secret for my fascination for insects and find myself trying to stop myself squeeing with glee when I see honey-bee drones tromping along looking appropriately lethargic and fuzzy. Even wasps receive more fear/hate than I feel is justified, particularly social wasps. Most have much the same diet as bees. Paper wasps, aside from the lack of hairs and not producing honey, are basically a pallet swap for honey bees (smaller hives but point still stands). And spider-hunters go around picking fights with spiders for shits & giggles (and nutrition, obviously).

So why kill them with fire, when they just want to be petted & fed?!

 

[BathorysGraveland]

I like bees and wasps, and even flies if you can imagine that. I always saw them as extremely innocent little creatures just going about their short lives. I enjoy watching them when they're not flying as well, just moving around, doing that cute little thing with their front legs over their faces. The hatred for those little flying things is mostly undeserved I think.

Except for those wasps that paralyze tarantulas, and then lay their eggs inside to hatch and eat their way out. That is fucking brutal.

 

[Rawne1980]

I don't mind bees and wasps.

I don't mind most insects/bugs/creepy crawlers.

Spiders can all be launched into the sun though. Freaky little bastards they are.

 

[Sassafrass]

...Excuse me, I need to run away, arms flailing like a little girl.
I hate wasps. One enters a room, I leave the room.

Spoiler: Now, this is cuteness.

He just wants a hug too...

 

[DoPo]

So, I'm a tad confused as to why (most) people's reactions to most of the creatures displayed therein is "KILL IT!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!" even as a joke.

Really? I haven't noticed that. Not even jokingly. I don't mind bees at all, they are only slightly annoying if they get inside a room - the buzzing is too loud, and they fly slowly, which for some reason bothers me. But I like them when they are outside.

The wasps are dicks, though. mostly I try not to be bothered by them, but if I find a wasp's nest, and I'll not just randomly go looking for one, I'll find it if I stumble upon it, then I'll really kill them with fire.

CAPTCHA: be my friend
Really? Are you a wasp?

 

[Jonluw]

So, I'm a tad confused as to why (most) people's reactions to most of the creatures displayed therein is "KILL IT!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!" even as a joke.

Okay, how about this:
Maybe... just maybe... it might have something to do with the venomous spikes?
Never trust a creature that has a venomous ovipositor.

Or that they insist on eating our food when we're eating outside?
Or that they just have to go buzzing around our heads, annoying us, when we know we can't smack them on account of said venomous spikes?

 

[manic_depressive13]

I'm quite fond of insects and arachnids. The only insects I deign to kill are mosquitoes simply because they actively seek out my blood whereas a wasp, bee or a spider will leave me alone as long as I don't provoke it.

 

[Keoul]

I do not like bees.
When you have tonnes of bees migrate into the wall right next to your bed leaving you paranoid for weeks on end whether they've broken through the wall or not gives you a burning passion for hating them.

I do like honey though so I guess that counters it :L

 

[Jackalb]

Bees/Wasps are fine for me. So are most animals/insects to be honest because I leave them alone if they leave me alone.

However given the chance I would do ungodly things to flies. I fucking hate flies.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[=y]

Bees I can deal with. Wasps in the forest or countryside? Stay away from me and I'll stay away from you.

Wasps on the side of my house or in my shed?

I am not a friend of Wasps. Go be a valuable part of the ecosystem far away from me.

 

[Catfood220]

Insects make my skin crawl, I can just about deal with bees, butterflies and ladybirds (I would include spiders but we all know they're not insects) but flies, especially small flies and almost every other insect on the face of the planet can go die in a fire. Or in the case of slugs, die covered in salt.

 

[game-lover]

Because if they sting you, it'll be quite agonizing. So most people are of the mindset of screw the ecological deal as that's not worth the risk of suffering so.

To put it simply, it's less hatred I think and more gut clenching fear. I have it.

...Excuse me, I need to run away, arms flailing like a little girl.
I hate wasps. One enters a room, I leave the room.

Spoiler: Now, this is cuteness.

He just wants a hug too...

*HYSTERICAL SHRIEKING*

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Have you ever been stung by those flying fucks? I DO NOT PLAN TO AGAIN
I got stung on the damn lip while hunting
The sound of a mere mosquito sends me into near panic because of my nervousness
I like watching bumblebees though