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  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    djohn2002uk wrote: »
    I think wasps are useless. What do they do for us that something else doesn't already do?

    Clean the car. I've seen a wasp come and remove a bug squished on the windscreen. Never seen anything else do that! :p
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    djohn2002uk wrote: »
    I think wasps are useless. What do they do for us that something else doesn't already do?
    Eat caterpillars
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • djohn2002uk
    djohn2002uk Posts: 2,323 Forumite
    1. You should have washed the windscreen and
    2. See how they save your brassicas then.
  • emiff6
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    djohn2002uk wrote: »
    I think wasps are useless. What do they do for us that something else doesn't already do?

    I had quite a few wasps last summer furtling among my cabbages picking off the caterpillars. :A
    If I'm over the hill, where was the top?
  • emiff6
    emiff6 Posts: 794 Forumite
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    Speckled wood butterfly larvae love couch grass.

    (So not all caterpillars are bad news :) )
    If I'm over the hill, where was the top?
  • Lotus-eater
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    djohn2002uk wrote: »
    2. See how they save your brassicas then.
    They do, what's your point?
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • djohn2002uk
    djohn2002uk Posts: 2,323 Forumite
    Lotus-eater wrote: »
    They do, what's your point?
    I have read more comments on here about peoples brassicas being devastated by cabbage white caterpillars than I have about them being saved by wasps eating them. Why is it that you get many suggestions to overcome caterpillars but I've never seen one that suggests you leave it to the wasps.
  • mrbadexample
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    You'd need an awful lot of wasps for it to work. I'm not sure gardening would stay fun. :p
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Lotus-eater
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    djohn2002uk wrote: »
    I have read more comments on here about peoples brassicas being devastated by cabbage white caterpillars than I have about them being saved by wasps eating them. Why is it that you get many suggestions to overcome caterpillars but I've never seen one that suggests you leave it to the wasps.
    I don't think I'm on here to defend the wasp as a cure all for cabbage white caterpillar attacks. I was merely replying to your post that wasps did no good. I suggested they did do good sometimes.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • inamegajam
    inamegajam Posts: 62 Forumite
    You could always try a small frog pond, had one in the greenhouse once, did the job for me.
    Never play with your Bellybutton your Bum could fall off.:rotfl:
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