These insects do nothing but sting nine stings before they die, do they really have a purpose or are they just put on earth to sting ME.
2006-10-20 15:57:16 · 19 answers · asked by Sarah S 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Yep that's their purpose, sting people. I hate wasps, bumble bees and anything else that moves faster than me & stings. Actually I think they are here to be tortured so all the readers should just pull of their wings, cut out their stings, stab them with pins and pour vinnegar on them! Tell ALL your friends their purpose!
2006-10-20 16:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by sonoftheguy 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
OK, let's not get too 'anthropologically challenged', i.e., everything in the universe came into being for the good, or bad, of humans (ultimately me).
It's best not to search for any 'purpose' for the existence of living species, but rather to view them as a natural outcome of the evolutionary process (the blind watchmaker, as Richard Dawkins calls it). All species (even humans) are in a constant struggle to survive in their environment and only the fittest survive. Early flying insects kept changing their forms and functions for millions of years to adapt to a changing Earth and the present ones (including wasps) are the fittest to survive under the present conditions. Their 'nine stings before death' must also be part of this complex task of adaptation -- in what way, I know not !
People living in tropical countries would ask the same question as you have regarding mosquitoes, tse tse flies, locusts and so on.
2006-10-20 16:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by Problem Child 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you got the idea that they "sting nine stings before they die." A wasp produces venom throughout its lifetime, and has no limit to the amount of stings it can inflict. You probably didn't want to hear that...but it's the truth.
Hey, but many wasps kill spiders, so which are you more afraid of? :)
2006-10-20 16:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by The One True Chris 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Basically, wasps form an important part of the eco system. For one thing they prey on other insects. If it wasnt for wasps we would be over run by flys etc.
-plus they build funky paper nests.
-btw-spiders will actually go to the trouble of releasing wasps from their webs since even they are vunerable to their sting.
2006-10-20 16:09:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
bees are a bit stranger, one sting and they are dead - i sometimes think thats why the bees are nicer, i think they know they will die if they sting you so its more of a last resort thing
i geuss they have about the same point as daddy long legs really
an insect with no mouth, born with enough reserves to survive for one day
and destined to be caught by young boys and have his legs and wings pulled off one by one
ouch ;o)
2006-10-20 16:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by tony h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not the only one to be stung. I recently sat on a wasp and did that ever hurt!! And also ran into a mean one in my kitchen one time.
But they are another of God's creatures and part of nature.
PS: The ones that stung me didn't get another chance to sting again!
2006-10-20 16:06:44 · answer #6 · answered by m15 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unlike us they at least strike a natural balance with their fellow animals keeping some insects populations down whilst feeding other animals.. As I understand it wasp pupae is also an important protein source for some rain forest dwelling tribes.
2006-10-21 00:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by blue_cabbage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nine stings ?
Where did you get that story ?
Wasps are predators..
They eat other insects...
2006-10-20 16:07:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They might have been on earth to sting me too, and to eat fruits.
I try not hate them though, they are beautiful little flying thing. (When they don't sting me.)
2006-10-20 16:08:08 · answer #9 · answered by ono 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like any other living thing, their point is to survive and reproduce. And sting people (you're not the only one).
2006-10-20 16:03:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋