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Yellow Jackets in my house brick
Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:10 am
Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:10 am
I was blowing off my front porch that's runs the width of my house Saturday and got bit on the ankle by a yellow jacket that came out of one of the weep holes where the brick meets the slab. I spayed an entire can of wasp spray in the hole and got a couple more that tried to fly out. Now this morning I see they're back. Is there something other than wasp spray I should use, and are yellow jackets like bees in that they build a nest in the wall? I don't know if there are 4 or 5 left in there or 100! Should I call an exterminator or can I kill them myself somehow? Don't want my kids to get stung one morning waiting on the school bus on the porch.
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Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:16 am to Slim Chance
Id keep spraying. Seems like you would get them all eventually.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:37 am to Slim Chance
Just plug the hole. They will all die.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:41 am to Slim Chance
Did some googling and saw the pics of nests in walls. Holy shite! I'm going to go to Lowe's today and try to find something I can mix in a sprayer to soak the hole down. I have some plumbers putty I can plug the hole with but I'd think they'll just use another weep hole if need be. I read they leave once it gets cold, but at this rate it'll be 85 degrees on Christmas and they'll never leave!
Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:50 am to Slim Chance
go to your local brick store and buy weep vents
your problem will be solved
your problem will be solved
This post was edited on 11/2/16 at 7:51 am
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:03 am to Slim Chance
Cut your gas line behind the water heater. When it hits the pilot light on the stove it'll kill them all pretty good.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:12 am to Slim Chance
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:44 am to Slim Chance
quote:Get the kind that says Foam or Foaming on the can. Go at night and make sure to get the whole can in there.
I spayed an entire can of wasp spray in the hole and got a couple more that tried to fly out. Now this morning I see they're back. Is there something other than wasp spray I should use, and are yellow jackets like bees in that they build a nest in the wall?
Posted on 11/2/16 at 10:56 am to Slim Chance
Same thing happened to me a few years ago. Yellow jackets were entering my walls where the A/C lines enter my brick. Used several cans of bug bombs, but I finally got rid of them all. I must have killed 500 of those bastards before the queen finally came crawling out. I haven't had a problem with them since.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 4:03 pm to Slim Chance
Bit you or stung you?
Posted on 11/2/16 at 6:24 pm to Slim Chance
I think they actually crawl in and out of the weep hole. I remember a powder of some type that would stick to their legs and be brought into the nest. I don't recall the name of it. It may be as simple as Sevin. I'll search.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 6:46 pm to Slim Chance
Had the same thing myself, I sprayed them and they ate through the window sill. wife calls freaking out had to shut the door and wait for me to get home.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 12:18 am to Slim Chance
Put on a rubber glove, pop a can of indoor fogger and hold it to the hole. I did this with wasps and bees outside of the house.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 5:19 am to Slim Chance
I'm not sure why but people saying they got bit by a stinging insect is about like somebody saying they caught a bunch of catfish on a troutline. It's really terrible. Good luck with the yellow jackets.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 9:35 am to Slim Chance
quote:they dont "bite"
got bit
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