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RavenousDrake In reply to GamziMakr [2012-07-21 22:21:38 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes. See, mud wasps are a lot more docile than their wood-chewing counterparts. They don't necessarily like being messed with and they can sting, but they usually don't. In fact, I've never been stung by a mud wasp, but I've been stung by too many paper wasps to count. One stung me just for rescuing it from my swimming pool. How's that for gratitude!

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GamziMakr In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-22 01:01:28 +0000 UTC]

You certainly sound well-read on this matter. I'm too paranoid of a person to get anywhere near wasps. Do you go out and find these bugs to photograph?

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RavenousDrake In reply to GamziMakr [2012-07-22 14:16:35 +0000 UTC]

Most of my knowledge actually comes from personal experience. I live out in the country, away from the city, so they're just part of my every day environment. They're never hard to find, especially since we have flower bushes around our house.

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GamziMakr In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-22 20:26:47 +0000 UTC]

Ooooooo. Find any scorpions?

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RavenousDrake In reply to GamziMakr [2012-07-22 22:03:27 +0000 UTC]

That's one thing I've never been able to find. I've only seen one wild scorpion, and it was about 20 years ago in Nevada.

God, that makes me feel old...

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GamziMakr In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-25 22:39:42 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Have you tried looking under rocks? XD

Jeez, how old are you?

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RavenousDrake In reply to GamziMakr [2012-07-27 01:14:31 +0000 UTC]

25.

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GamziMakr In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-27 15:39:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Have you tried using that blue light thing that shines them up?

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RavenousDrake In reply to GamziMakr [2012-07-30 23:54:39 +0000 UTC]

A black light? Nope, I don't have one of those...
Hmm... this comment chain has gotten pretty long. Maybe I should put a shoutbox on my homepage.

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GamziMakr In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-08-03 20:31:53 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps so.

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W0nderbolts In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-22 00:05:41 +0000 UTC]

seems like it would be fun for them to crawl on you then (not the paper wasp obviously) cause i would let them

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RavenousDrake In reply to W0nderbolts [2012-07-21 22:19:42 +0000 UTC]

Yep, it's the same wasp.

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W0nderbolts In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-22 00:00:07 +0000 UTC]

dawww it healed i bet, right?

the insects around your place are awesome (and some are cute )

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RavenousDrake In reply to W0nderbolts [2012-07-22 22:04:59 +0000 UTC]

I don't know. The insect kingdom is a harsh world. The deformed or weak oftentimes don't survive.

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W0nderbolts In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-23 00:24:56 +0000 UTC]

D: harsh sad truth, hope it survives at least

while looking at your images, it made me think of this question: is it possible to get insects to trust you like with many other animals?

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RavenousDrake In reply to W0nderbolts [2012-07-25 00:50:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm... not sure. Their intelligence is mostly limited to survival/reproduction, so there's not a whole lot of room in their brains for much else. It's possible to keep some as pets (the longer-lived ones, anyway), but I don't think they'd ever be as friendly or trusting as a small mammal.

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W0nderbolts In reply to RavenousDrake [2012-07-25 01:37:10 +0000 UTC]

well if anything, they can probably figure it out eventually if you kept getting near them at spots where they live and didnt bother them. thats my idea.

its a bad comparison probably but with things like birds around where people eat. being near people basically all the time makes them not as scared of us and they just move out of the way if you are walking in their direction. if this can work with insects, that would be kinda epic.

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