# What the fuck kind of little bastid is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582 "2007-09-09T16:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/21 "2007-09-10T14:13:22Z")
[QUOTE=Fetchund] I’m not a fan of chemicals, and I usually let bugs do their own thing - but I keep a can of Raid Wasp and Hornet killer around just for these buggers. [/QUOTE] They make a RAID that is just plant extracts but kills things just as dead… ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/22 "2007-09-10T15:28:42Z")
Nice language. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/23 "2007-09-10T15:58:19Z")
In defense of hornets, they generally just do their own thing. They don’t need anything from people, and don’t stoop to stealing pie and lemonade. Once I saw a hornet land in flight on a butterfly. Within seconds, the hornet had ripped off left wings, right wings, given it a lethal bite and hauled the butterfly body off to it’s nest. That is the stuff they live on, and they can look after themselves just fine, thankyouvery much. They are really fearless, courageous little buggers, with well-organized, clean nests with appointed watch-hornets on the lookout. But they are also just \*not afraid \* of people. They generally leave us alone, But _if_ humans go after them, they fight, and I sometimes imagine them all wearing little japanese headbands and going “banzai!” as they take off, death and glory-kamikaze-style, for their final attack. Gotta admire them, in a way. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/24 "2007-09-10T17:04:20Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Nice language. [/QUOTE] What…I should have called them _Mister_ little fuckin’ fucker-bastids? ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/25 "2007-09-10T20:07:58Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Yeah, because it worked so well for **Hal Briston**. [/QUOTE] Did you miss my disclaimer? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/26 "2007-09-10T20:13:56Z")
Here’s how honeybees deal with the hornet problem. YouTube video with audio. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwYysvPGWjk) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/27 "2007-09-10T22:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Here’s how honeybees deal with the hornet problem. YouTube video with audio. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DwYysvPGWjk/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/DwYysvPGWjk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [/QUOTE] That was too cool! I’d do that if I wasn’t such a scaredy-cat. ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/28 "2007-09-10T23:50:51Z")
wow, weird ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/29 "2007-09-11T02:59:22Z")
[QUOTE=ExTank] Did you miss my disclaimer? [/QUOTE] No, but apparently you missed the joke. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/30 "2007-09-11T23:00:14Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] No, but apparently you missed the joke. [/QUOTE] Do tell. It’s been that kinda day. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/31 "2007-09-11T23:13:37Z")
Check this out. [http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes\_hornets.shtml](http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes_hornets.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582/32 "2007-09-11T23:36:45Z")
[QUOTE=ltfire] Check this out. [http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes\_hornets.shtml](http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes_hornets.shtml) [/QUOTE] Mean lookin’ little bastid. He looks somewhat different from my deceased little friends. Way scary looking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-kind-of-little-bastid-is-this/418582.md?page=1)