Someone said to me that wasps are good for nothing, and if we got rid of them nothing in the natural world - as in wasp predators/prey - would miss them. Is this true?
2007-09-18 02:26:29 · 17 answers · asked by ravens.wing 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
i wish they would all go away for good!! x
2007-09-18 02:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by tinkypinkles 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think everything has its place, maybe it will not affect us directly but it surely will somehow. Is there a difference between wasps of different nationalities? I don't see why British wasps precisely would be useless.Anyway, just try, insects are impossible to eliminate completely. There will always be a missing pair.
2007-09-18 02:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by Der weiße Hexenmeister 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasps are critically important in natural biocontrol. Almost every pest insect species has a wasp species that is a predator or parasite upon it.
Source - wiki
2007-09-18 02:40:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
why BRITISH wasps? doesn't anywhere else in the world have them? America does have killer bees and japan has hornets the size of baby birds, but the wasp isn't just a british inhabitant , surely? This is not sarcasm, BTW, I genuinely don't know. I always thought they were widespraed across the continents.
And yes, they're good for nothing.
2007-09-18 02:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This common wasp collects insects including caterpillars to feed to its larvae, and is therefore generally beneficial to humans. The adults feed on nectar and sweet fruit, pollenating the flowers in the process.
They are preyed upon by Honey Buzzards, toads, spiders and a manifest of other insectivores.
We would all miss them.
Like everything else in Nature, there is no waste; if something exists then it has a purpose, even if that purpose is intangible or distasteful to us humans, who, in our conceit, believe that everything is on Earth is for our benefit.
2007-09-18 02:41:14 · answer #5 · answered by 75 C 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is true. Wasps have no predators, for no animal can eat them, and no prey, they dont eat other creatures. And unlike bees, they dont pollinate plants, so dont even help them.
2007-09-18 02:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by mattmatt39 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They eat all kinds of things, mostly other insects and their larvae, try this site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/427.shtml
mind you I can't stand the little blighters, we've just had a nest killed by the local exterminator that had been made in an airbrick in our home. The nest was huge and actually a thing of great beauty, shame the owners aren't better natured!
2007-09-18 02:38:29 · answer #7 · answered by Kathy S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, what about the feelings of the wasps?
2007-09-18 02:33:26 · answer #8 · answered by XL HaHa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wasps- good for nothing
bees- no honey and it would change the food chain
2007-09-18 02:33:14 · answer #9 · answered by call the owls 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It disrupts the foodchain, leading to a population explosion somewhere else, which leads to the endangerment of other species.
2007-09-18 02:35:18 · answer #10 · answered by Freddon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well they help pollinate our flowers and trees, they are really important! Now ants though, theres something I won't miss!
2007-09-19 12:13:18 · answer #11 · answered by floppity 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋