What value do wasps have, besides being annoying and painful?

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I’ve heard that they pollinate similar to bees so why are wasps so evil compared to bees is this just a conditioning thing “these are cute so they’re great and wasps are ugly so they suck”?

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There are a *lot* of different wasps. That’s kind of like asking “what value do birds have”, there is no one correct answer. Some pollinate, some hunt, some scavenge.

Figs wouldn’t exist without fig wasps, some wasps like hornets are very important predators of pests like caterpillars who could otherwise devastate many tree or crop species, etc.

Edit: there are tens of thousands of described species of wasps, so there are literally tens of thousands of different answers to this question.

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