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Gardening

leftieNanner

(15,744 posts)

4. Waspy knew

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 04:09 PM

Jun 2021

That you had to cook those delicious Italian sausages for dinner tonight and didn't want to injure your chef's fingers!

(I read your What's for Dinner post.)

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I picked up a wasp with my fingers and [View all] NJCher Jun 2021 OP

I think they try to keep their stinger if possible. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #1

Wasps don't lose their stinger when they sting. It's smooth, not Arkansas Granny Jun 2021 #10

Fascinating. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #2

I guess that's worse than what I took off myself today. Croney Jun 2021 #3

I pulled a tick off the back of my neck today Freddie Jun 2021 #8

Waspy knew leftieNanner Jun 2021 #4

You did much better than me when I was a kid woodsprite Jun 2021 #5

-- NJCher Jun 2021 #6

I'm 67 years old Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #7

They're all out there bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #9

wasps may or may not sting Kali Jun 2021 #11

Wasps are beneficial, they are pollinators, they control garden "pests," they almost never... Botany Jun 2021 #12

Some kind of wasps are pollinating my pepper plants right now. Mariana Jun 2021 #14

wasp color NJCher Jul 2021 #16

I plant native plants and it is amazing how close you can Botany Jul 2021 #17

with you 100% on that NJCher Jul 2021 #18

Any questions let me know Botany Jul 2021 #19

Some species are more eager to sting than others. Mariana Jun 2021 #13

Only females sting iirc Lars39 Jul 2021 #15