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Does anyone else feel bad when an overly ambitious little spider starts to build an impressive web somewhere they shouldn't, and you have to tear it all down? 🕷️

Sorry!

Tim Kellogg

@mekkaokereke i’ve been trying to do more to negotiate between the needs of critters and my squeamish daughters. i try my best to relocate bees, wasps and spiders without killing them

@kellogh

Spiders yes! Bees yes, especially from pools! Wasps... I'm trying to get there. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Bees don't want to sting me! Because they're nice, friendly little fuzzies!♥️ Wasps want to sting me. Because fundamentally, they are armored, vindictive, mean like tanks of a creature, and they don't like me*. If my rescue mission goes wrong, that wasp will get active and light up my whole face.

(*Don't ask me to explain any of this. I have been stung by bees. I have never been stung by a wasp.🤷🏿‍♂️)

@mekkaokereke @kellogh Wasps are actually a lot less aggressive earlier in the year; their fearsome reputation as summer pests is due to behavioral changes that happen when they eat meat (BBQ leavings). When they're still eating just fruit they're much more docile.

@klausfiend @mekkaokereke funny…i’m more docile after eating meat

@klausfiend @mekkaokereke @kellogh wasps don’t eat meat, they collect it to feed larvae. They’re more aggressive then because they need it to feed their family.