Wasps!

[EJFan]

This is going to sound silly, but try using a smoke bomb. I'm talking about one of those little colored balls that you light, and it makes colored smoke--the things teenagers like to play practical jokes with.

i like this... but why stop at a smoke bomb???? we all seem to be interesting in flamables and explosives... use a regular fucking bomb. i prefer the bunker busters myself.

now THAT'S an insecticide!

some disassembly required.

 

[Quoll]

i like this... but why stop at a smoke bomb???? we all seem to be interesting in flamables and explosives... use a regular fucking bomb. i prefer the bunker busters myself.

now THAT'S an insecticide!

some disassembly required.

Well you know what they say, "Nothing exceeds like excess."

 

[Qina]

dryer sheets... bounce, snuggle, etc.

Seriously? What do they do, make it smell too good?

Insects don't like the smell of olleander which is apparently used in most dryer sheets.

 

[Pyro Paul]

Nothing lives through a healthy spray of DDT. kills em dead nest queen and all. the next best thing would probly be any type of 'RAID' type brand of insceticide, in my oppinion those tend to be the most reliable.

the First thing you have to do is Find the Nest, wasps will fly out and about and basicly sheet an entier area from a single nest. if you find the first nest and kill the queen the collony dies.

WD-40 is good and in truth any Oil is great (as discribed earlyer), if your a geek you might have coolant or compressed cool air. that instantly kill them on contact.


The Only Way that i have seen that is Extreamly effective in killing Everything and Anything... (small animals included) is burning fiberglass, prefurably some that is a type of powder. It Kills EVERYTHING (some small humans included, keep out of reach of children) Fiber glass is super sharp if its in a powder/sharded form. and it is so small that most everything naturaly breaths it in, the sharp edges of the shards of fiberglass instantly cut and cause irritation and pain, eventutualy are unable to breath. bringing death. 2 scoops of that stuff can clear 50 feet from the fire in all directions.

its Really Really REALLY weird, because it kills EVERYTHING. lol learned that from concret workers. (modern concret has fiberglass in it which helps it set and hold faster) they said, be sure all animals are away from the area when you start breaking up dried up concret, the powder made from the breaking up of it will throw fiber glass into the air, anything breathing it in will have irritation breathing. (even humans)

oh and fiber glass burns hurt like a bitch too. never get it on your skin.

 

[Dhalgren150]

what you used to treat the wasps with had no residual last... they will return... it is home.. you need to use a residual spray... like Premetherin or Bi-fenthrin...

lasts 30 days... and will not harm letter carriers after it has dried...

well less they lick their hands and then it may make them a little dizzy....

you can get a lasting chemical at Lowes but... need a sprayer to apply it with.

 

[Eilan]

We discovered the problem one morning last week when I went down to get the paper and about a dozen (or so--I wasn't exactly counting them) wasps came out of the paper box. I, of course, did the "adult" thing--I screamed and threw the paper into the road, where it scattered. Somehow, I didn't get stung. I did, however, have to put the newspaper back together.

My hubby sprayed with the stuff I already mentioned and removed the nest. A few of them are still hanging about, but we haven't found another nest. Yet.

How quickly can their nests spring up? We're down there every day to get the mail and the paper and never noticed anything until recently; the nest seemed to show up overnight. I know that can't have been the case.

We didn't notice anything out of the ordinary this morning, but we're going to keep an eye on things for a few days. If it continues to be a problem, then we'll be using some of the most excellent suggestions posted here!

Thanks for the advice, everyone! I'll let you know what happens.

 

[Pyro Paul]

if you wanna buy crap, just get a Power washer then Hose down the area of your house. if you get jet stream of those against a bugger it tears em to shreads... poor devils... it will basicly destroy any nest.


Wasps (diffrent from wasp to wasp species) a single queen can build a nest in about 1 to 2 days, with help from other wasps, it would be possible for a wasp to rebuild a nest in half a day to a day. (again depending on the wasp)

 

[Eilan]

if you wanna buy crap, just get a Power washer then Hose down the area of your house. if you get jet stream of those against a bugger it tears em to shreads... poor devils... it will basicly destroy any nest.

Fortunately, they're at the end of our driveway, which is nowhere near our house, so that's not an issue. We do have a power washer, though.

Wasps (diffrent from wasp to wasp species) a single queen can build a nest in about 1 to 2 days, with help from other wasps, it would be possible for a wasp to rebuild a nest in half a day to a day. (again depending on the wasp)

That would explain why the nest seemed to appear out of nowhere.

 

[yannipondman]

wasps!

Hi Guys!,,Just My 2 cents,,,I live in rural arkansas in a log cabin. I have used cedar shake shinglres as siding on the house and these GREAT BIG RED wasps love nesting behind the shingles. i have tried EVERYTHING to kill these painful suckers ,,all the chemicals and everything that has been mentioned here,,,,to no avail. One day i was outof wasp and hornet spray and desparate for a solution,,,so i made my own,,,,,,,Dawn dishwashing liquid i/4 cup in a spray bottle that shoots a stream, fill the reast of the bottle with water. Wait for one to land and blast it.. this soloution knocks em dowm faster than a 5 dollar can of spray and will not stain siding or glass.they cant breathe when coated with soap or oil. then spray the area with Diazanon liqidin a pump sprayer . Voila !!! we have been wasp free for 5 yrs now, and it used to be like an airport here,,,,,good luck

 

[human_male]

If their nest is in the ground you can just pour petrol (gas) down the hole then block it up. You don't light it, the fumes kill them. If you can't do that then perhapse it would be best to call a pro, I can just imagine what might go wrong trying to set fire to it.

Once I stuck my hand into my mail box to get the mail and when I brought it out there was a weta latched onto my finger. I always wondered if they could bite, and apparently they can.

If you don't know what a weta is they're huge bugs that can bite a man's leg clean off and have been known to carry small children away.

This one took a shot gun blast full in the face and just kept coming.

 

[Eilan]

Hi Guys!,,Just My 2 cents,,,I live in rural arkansas in a log cabin. I have used cedar shake shinglres as siding on the house and these GREAT BIG RED wasps love nesting behind the shingles. i have tried EVERYTHING to kill these painful suckers ,,all the chemicals and everything that has been mentioned here,,,,to no avail.

We have a log home and we get those bees that bore into the wood. They don't bother us, though. They also don't like it when we stain the house; it keeps them away for at least a couple of years.

When I was a kid, my mom got stung by some wasps when she was cleaning the windows. She disturbed one of the shutters, which happened to have a wasp's nest under it, and a couple of wasps ended up getting up underneath her glasses and stinging her just under her eye. Nasty. Fortunately our kids don't play anywhere near where our wasps have decided to take up residence.

Haven't seen any wasps for the past two days, though. I'm not sure where they went, but I'm not complaining.

 

[Dstorage]

You can also trap them. Best way to make a trap is take a 2 liter bottle and about half way up cut 4 dime sized holes. Round or square doesn't seem to matter. Put 1-2 inches of water in the bottom and about a half teaspoon of honey or molasses (if you have both use both!) now add just 1 drop of dish soap. If you use it like this, especially in the fall, it will catch an incredible amount of yellow jackets. To catch wasps you need to get some canned cat food, put some on your finger and smear it on the inside of each hole. These things look like hell but make 3 or 4 of them and they will catch most all the wasps. You can set them on the ground or hang them with a string, hanging with a string seems to work better but then they are really hard to ignore, swaying in the breeze.

Like others have mentioned, the best way is to just kill the nest and do it at night when they are all there. If you eradicate the nest during the day you'll have pissed off wasps bussing around for a day or two. How I like to find the nests is when you see 2-4 wasps just stop what you are doing and look at them for about a minute. Pretty soon you will see where they are heading to or from. You may have to reposition yourself a time or two but eventually you'll be able to figure it out, and from a safe distance. I used to like fire too, but I have found that sometimes it just burns the outside of the nest then the bastards all escape. A better way is to dose the nest with gas and just leave it, as was mentioned earlier.

Good luck!

 

[Quoll]

Could try a few moth balls wraped in some fine mesh. Not sure if they work on wasps, but if they do, the moth balls will last a while and will not leave any liquid chemical residue.

This really works?
I can't see how it would work on wasps, but I imagine it would be quite painful for the moths.

 

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[Quoll]

Can't say I've actually tried it for wasps, but i've used moth balls to keep mice, chipmonks and squirrels out of things, and noticed NO bugs or insects at the same time. I don't know of anything that could tolerate the scent....maybe Keith Richards.

Yes I understand that, but how do you collect the balls off the moths?

 

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[glynndah]

Yes I understand that, but how do you collect the balls off the moths?

A common misconception. The balls do not have to be removed from the moths. Lepidoptrists are divided into 2 factions as to how moth balls actually repel wasps. One theory is that the personal hygiene of the average male moth is woefully lacking and the wasps retreat from the horrendous stench of the the gonads, some wasps apparently collapsing from the smell. The other group insists that, just like in their human counterpart, the male wasp is incessantly concerned about the size of his own genitalia and how it compares to others. The male moth displays his massive (compared to wasp balls) balls and the wasps flee, ducking their little heads in shame. Alas, this question may only be answered by the real authority on moth balls...Female moths. They are all to busy laughing and pointing to make any coherent comments at this time.

 

[EJFan]

isn't moth balls the dreaded final stage of wire nuts?

 

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[Quoll]

A common misconception. The balls do not have to be removed from the moths. Lepidoptrists are divided into 2 factions as to how moth balls actually repel wasps. One theory is that the personal hygiene of the average male moth is woefully lacking and the wasps retreat from the horrendous stench of the the gonads, some wasps apparently collapsing from the smell. The other group insists that, just like in their human counterpart, the male wasp is incessantly concerned about the size of his own genitalia and how it compares to others. The male moth displays his massive (compared to wasp balls) balls and the wasps flee, ducking their little heads in shame. Alas, this question may only be answered by the real authority on moth balls...Female moths. They are all to busy laughing and pointing to make any coherent comments at this time.

I kneel corrected.

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