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Wonderful Wasps - STOP SWATTING WASPS

Buglife is asking the public to learn to appreciate Wasps, and to stop swatting them! In a new campaign launched this week, Buglife is challenging common-held beliefs that wasps are dangerous, aggressive and of no use. Buglife is asking people to take a new look at wasps and to sign up to the Stop-swatting pledge.

TV wildlife presenter and Buglife Vice-president, Nick Baker is among one of the first people to sign the pledge. Nick says “People don’t realize that wasps are great recyclers, pollinators, pest control agents and above all they carry out their services in a vibrant buzz of colour and energy - wasps are among my favorite creatures”.

This is what Nick says about swating wasps "I never have ..... at most a little puff usually gets them to adjust their course if not their activities!"

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Stop Swatting Wasps logo - wasp image Polistes dominulus © Ben Hamers

Sign the STOP SWATTING WASPS pledge today and show your support and understanding for these amazing creatures.

Please complete the form below and don’t forget to enter the reason why you have decided to give wasps a break this summer. The top entry, judged by Nick Baker will receive a special prize.

STOP SWATTING WASPS PLEDGE