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I swear that stingy Boi looked straight at me.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

How I perceive Aussie photos of "normal everyday" critters

"Crikey that is a big one!" - Australian posting photo they took of critter

me thinking "Is that a pickup next to that?"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Crikey that is a big one!"

That’s what she said

"Is that a pickup next to that?"

No it’s a ute

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yes ute 'Murican Man like ute

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Haha. That's awesome, thanks for the added fun.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Paper wasp, nice photo. These guys are honestly fairly chill as long as you're not close to their nest (like inside 1m), and they're important pollinators and great pest removal experts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_humilis

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Oh thanks. I didn't know what it was.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this a small deadly stingy boi or a big painful but maybe less deadly stingy boi

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I really don't know I'm afraid.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Fuck me look at the size of him

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Adorable fella :)

His front legs look like how mine feel getting up in the morning. We're here for you bud.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I'd be more scared of that than all the spiders and snakes combined

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You passed stingy bois ocular patdown.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That’s a big boi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With banana for scale! (Banana is too small to see)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ha. That's yellow paint on a scaffold.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

"These guys are honestly fairly chill as long as you’re not close to their nest (like inside 1m), and they’re important pollinators and great pest removal experts."

Save the flamethrower for the real scary bugs.