Support for wildlife

Nat · 09-21-2010, 11:48 AM

I was eating my lunch here at a picnic table when I noticed a big red wasp on my sleeve. My first reaction was to shake him off and he then wandered around the picnic table for a while. Then i noticed he is missing a wing. :/

I offered him some okra but he wasn't interested. I offered him a piece of corn, but he looked it over and decided he wasn't interested. I poured some water on the table and he did drink some of that. He seemed most infterested in being near me. I put him on a tree and he crawled all the way back and climbed up the bench I was sitting on. At that point I grabbed some grass, put it in my Tupperware and scooped him into it. Now all he wants to so is get out. But how will he survive with one wing?

Should I let him out? I think wasps eat live bugs so I guess if I kept him, I would have more bugblood on my hands than if I just let him die. It feels cruel to keep him and it feels cruel to release him. What would you do?

Ryobi · 09-21-2010, 11:57 AM

Poor Wasp.
What would I do? I would take it back by the tree, thank it for the opportunity to experience nature up close with no sting, let it go, and be on my way.

Soft*Silver · 09-21-2010, 12:12 PM

did you ask it what it wanted? No, seriously. Sit and just be with it. Let it sit with you. and it might not be what it needs, but what you need...insects are very spiritual beings on this earth...

I once was with a partner, sitting outside on a warm sunny day. He had just experienced a loss of his mother. His eyes were filling with tears as we sat silently when a dragonfly came and perched on his knee. He wiped a tear and said how odd it was for the dragonfly to land on him of all place it could land outside and I pointed out it was praying for him....

we live in this world as tho we are unaffected by it and that we dont affect it either.

what message could a one winged wasp be bringing you?

Nat · 09-21-2010, 12:18 PM

I did let him go - i put him in a bush since he didn't seem to like the tree. I wished him best of luck on his journey. It was weird - he seemed so human somehow - very expressive body language. I didn't ask him what he wanted but it was clear he was stressed and didn't want to live in a Tupperware dish. Poor wasp. Thank y'all.

09-21-2010, 11:48 AM	#1
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender Preferred Pronoun?: whatevs Relationship Status: in a relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tx Posts: 3,535 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,042 Thanked 13,967 Times in 2,590 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Support for wildlife I was eating my lunch here at a picnic table when I noticed a big red wasp on my sleeve. My first reaction was to shake him off and he then wandered around the picnic table for a while. Then i noticed he is missing a wing. :/ I offered him some okra but he wasn't interested. I offered him a piece of corn, but he looked it over and decided he wasn't interested. I poured some water on the table and he did drink some of that. He seemed most infterested in being near me. I put him on a tree and he crawled all the way back and climbed up the bench I was sitting on. At that point I grabbed some grass, put it in my Tupperware and scooped him into it. Now all he wants to so is get out. But how will he survive with one wing? Should I let him out? I think wasps eat live bugs so I guess if I kept him, I would have more bugblood on my hands than if I just let him die. It feels cruel to keep him and it feels cruel to release him. What would you do? __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

09-21-2010, 11:57 AM	#2
Ryobi Member How Do You Identify?: TG Stone Butch. Over all, I identify by living my life. Preferred Pronoun?: He/His Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Upper Midwest Posts: 633 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 683 Thanked 1,238 Times in 357 Posts Rep Power: 12468328	Poor Wasp. What would I do? I would take it back by the tree, thank it for the opportunity to experience nature up close with no sting, let it go, and be on my way. __________________ "If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way" Napoleon Hill. "To choose a word is to choose a world" Anonymous

09-21-2010, 12:12 PM	#3
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,911 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	did you ask it what it wanted? No, seriously. Sit and just be with it. Let it sit with you. and it might not be what it needs, but what you need...insects are very spiritual beings on this earth... I once was with a partner, sitting outside on a warm sunny day. He had just experienced a loss of his mother. His eyes were filling with tears as we sat silently when a dragonfly came and perched on his knee. He wiped a tear and said how odd it was for the dragonfly to land on him of all place it could land outside and I pointed out it was praying for him.... we live in this world as tho we are unaffected by it and that we dont affect it either. what message could a one winged wasp be bringing you? __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

09-21-2010, 12:18 PM	#4
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender Preferred Pronoun?: whatevs Relationship Status: in a relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tx Posts: 3,535 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,042 Thanked 13,967 Times in 2,590 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I did let him go - i put him in a bush since he didn't seem to like the tree. I wished him best of luck on his journey. It was weird - he seemed so human somehow - very expressive body language. I didn't ask him what he wanted but it was clear he was stressed and didn't want to live in a Tupperware dish. Poor wasp. Thank y'all. __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl