I removed a small nest from my door frame a few months ago and one larva fell out. It landed on the hot concrete in the summer sun. I empathized and picked it up. I kept it in a jar with a paper towel under a lamp. I checked on it everyday and I thought that someday I'd set it free in my yard. I even daydreamed that it would immediately sting me when I let it go and that just made me laugh a bit. It eventually died and I put it on my bird feeder. I didn't watch and ai felt sad but it's gone now.

There are thousands of species, and almost all are either critical pollinators or predators on other insects, including mosquitoes and other flies. Only a few species are known to sting people when threatened, but they're some of the biggest and most visible wasps, so they're what people think about

Beautiful insects with some fascinating behaviour. Just don't disturb them and you are fine

Outside: we cool Inside: good god no!

hate those little fuckers

The species I'm familiar with, Polistes dominula, is cool: they hang out around noon looking for water sometimes, I splash some and they oblige. Sometimes they hang out where I'm doing stuff and they're calm and move if I gently shove them. They complain a bit when I trim leaves where they happen to be chilling, but fly away. Never stung. They are surprisingly polite and aware of you, plus they eat some pests and polinate stuff. Some other species are assholes, though :/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_paper_wasp

I have no quarrel with them.

Hate em

We talking hornets too? Fucking fuck the bald face shit heads.

They give me the hair raising creeps but I leave them alone unless they invade my house.

Meh. All of New England is Meh.

They escaped from hell to fuck with our outdoor meals.

"AAAAHHH! FUCK!"

Ok until they have to fly into my ear

I think you mean "assholes with wings."

We talking hornets too? Fucking fuck the bald face shit heads.