It is so buckwild to me how people view hating wasps as like....some kind of edgy personality trait?? as an aspiring entomologist as soon as i bring up wasps to a normie non bug person their IMMEDIATE response, 9 times out of 10, is "wasps are evil heartless creatures who do absolutely nothing for the environment" and then I ask them what they know about wasps and there's absolute silence. i tell them many wasps are pollinators, many wasps are parasitic and control pest insect populations to keep our gardens healthy, many wasps contribute to seed dispersal and decomposition and some are being studied for the antibiotic properties of their venom, and there's absolute silence.
And then I think about how Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind's message still holds up because people fear what they don't understand instead of holding a healthy respect for it.
