The resurgence of Agent Orange in the food supply.

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They're kind of small, black, and orange. My pawpaw says they're dirt daubers, which the Internet calls mud daubers for some reason. It'd make sense if they were fake wasps, since it don't seem like they're tryn'o sting me; they just fly circles around my head. Either way, I'm happy they're killin the other bugs for me!

I've also seen normal dirt daubers (blueish-black) in the garden, but I think they're comin from one of the houses my grandparents own (it's right by the squash garden), since I saw one of them carry an inch-worm behind one of those panels on the outside of the house that came a little bit loose.

Now, there were some huge wasps that were also black and orange in one of our chicken houses. My grandparents' chicken business shut down in 2008, and they ain't used the buildings for anything other than storage ever since, so spiders are everywhere (the slats are covered in webs, it's crazy), which is why these wasps showed up; they're spider wasps! They're actually pretty docile for wasps. They left a long time ago, and the chicken houses are pretty far away from the squash garden, though.

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Yeah, my family calls 'em mud divers. I've witnessed many turf wars between the local crawdads and the mud diver population. Crawdads tend to vacate their holes if mud divers try to move in while they are away. I think mud divers are simply more brave due to their wasp-like appearance. I've never had a problem with them. They get into our house a lot through our windows, and they've never done a damned thing to me.

I hate wasps though. I will kill a wasp.

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Yeah, my family calls 'em mud divers.

Interesting. "Divers" is probably a corruption of "daubers." Do all Scots call em that or just your family?

I've witnessed many turf wars between the local crawdads and the mud diver population

That's funny :P

Crawdads tend to vacate their holes if mud divers try to move in while they are away.

I don't blame em... I vacate my bedroom every time a wasp shows up! (Which, living in Dixie, is much more common than I'd like it to be.)

They get into our house a lot through our windows, and they've never done a damned thing to me.

Yeah, that's the experience I tend to have. They ain't aggressive, and only sting in self-defense.

I hate wasps though. I will kill a wasp.

Dirt daubers are wasps, though! They're just a more docile breed than, say, red paper wasps — which are the spawn of Satan and will hunt you down. I don't think they're found in Europe, but they're the most common type of wasp in Dixie (at least from my experience).

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The only Scots thing my family has held onto is related to family, not culture. Same with the Romani side, my great-grandparents on both sides tried really hard to assimilate and make it as entrepreneurs in America, and if not for my parents, it would've worked completely and they'd be suit and tie landowners. Now they are reaching back to their roots with animal breeding and ministering to the poor and refused.

I think the "diver" thing comes from my specific mid-west area. I'm not sure, because I've heard them called "daubers" and such before by fellow humans here.

This should settle it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_dauber

Seems as though they are called "daubers" and sometimes "dirt divers" so my region seems to just be confused on which one it was, and they mixed it.

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Oh, okay. That all makes sense.