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Need Help With Suburban Yard Wasps! (UPDATED WITH PICS: TARGET ELIMATED)
Posted on 9/8/23 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 9/8/23 at 6:48 pm
My yard is infested with wasps. I'm not sure what kind these are, but a single sting fricked my ankle up pretty good. Never felt a wasp sting or had a reaction like that. They don't appear to be yellow jackets even though they hang out in the weeds near the ground. (They seem to favor bahiagrass). I can't find where the nest is. It doesn't appear to be attached to the house. I can see them all over the yard, though. I've tried spot wasp spraying them, but it doesn't seem to have diminished their numbers. Starting to get a little hairy as I haven't been able to mow my backyard in a couple of weeks. Any suggestions? Dish soap and water doesn't do crap to them, and I'm hesitant about spraying down the entire yard with serious insecticide so as not to kill all the other insects.
UPDATE: So I woke up this morning at 0700 hours and planned my mission. I decided on a two-pronged attack. I'd spot shot throughout the day with a better brand of wasp spray (Raid Wasp & Hornet). Then, if they were still observable tomorrow, I'd go nuclear with Demon WP over my entire backyard. It was an extreme tactic I hoped not to take as much collateral damage to friendlies could be expected.
After securing my artillery, I scanned the yard for any insurgents. After a few minutes of surveillance, I realized that the wasps weren't active yet. I re-evaluated my plan and drafted my wife to surve as sniper fire while I attempted to blitzkrieg my grass with a lawnmower to eliminate any cover and food source.
I successfully razed 90% of the yard when my wife began to engage her first insurgents here and there. I slowed my mowing to a cautious pace while surveying the area.
Finally, without warning, my wife leapt into action having spotted their nest! It was expertly hidden on the underside of the lowest fence brace near the ground. She began picking off their infantry one by one. I re-directed her fire toward the nest itself. After a concentrated assault on the nest, we retreated to the safety of the garage (and to put together a new weedeater and blower I purchased).
After a few minutes, we made our way back to the nest, picking off the occasional insurgant separated from its company. We made positive ID that the nest was, in fact, hit and that there were casualties around the area. I seized the opportunity to successfully mow the final 10% of the yard, then completely cleared and destroyed the nest. I took pictures (warning: graphic photos of dead wasps below) to document the mission result. I hope to postively ID the combatants very soon.
UPDATE #2: ID confirmed. Looks to be a paper wasp variation: LINK
UPDATE: So I woke up this morning at 0700 hours and planned my mission. I decided on a two-pronged attack. I'd spot shot throughout the day with a better brand of wasp spray (Raid Wasp & Hornet). Then, if they were still observable tomorrow, I'd go nuclear with Demon WP over my entire backyard. It was an extreme tactic I hoped not to take as much collateral damage to friendlies could be expected.
After securing my artillery, I scanned the yard for any insurgents. After a few minutes of surveillance, I realized that the wasps weren't active yet. I re-evaluated my plan and drafted my wife to surve as sniper fire while I attempted to blitzkrieg my grass with a lawnmower to eliminate any cover and food source.
I successfully razed 90% of the yard when my wife began to engage her first insurgents here and there. I slowed my mowing to a cautious pace while surveying the area.
Finally, without warning, my wife leapt into action having spotted their nest! It was expertly hidden on the underside of the lowest fence brace near the ground. She began picking off their infantry one by one. I re-directed her fire toward the nest itself. After a concentrated assault on the nest, we retreated to the safety of the garage (and to put together a new weedeater and blower I purchased).
After a few minutes, we made our way back to the nest, picking off the occasional insurgant separated from its company. We made positive ID that the nest was, in fact, hit and that there were casualties around the area. I seized the opportunity to successfully mow the final 10% of the yard, then completely cleared and destroyed the nest. I took pictures (warning: graphic photos of dead wasps below) to document the mission result. I hope to postively ID the combatants very soon.
UPDATE #2: ID confirmed. Looks to be a paper wasp variation: LINK
This post was edited on 9/9/23 at 10:50 am
Posted on 9/8/23 at 7:11 pm to shutterspeed
If you have a regular pest control guy, I would ask him to come deal with it. Are they always aggressive though? Certain times of the year they just troll the grass, no idea if they are eating or doing other things. I just let them do their thing.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 7:20 pm to shutterspeed
quote:
My yard is infested with wasps.
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I'm hesitant about spraying down the entire yard with serious insecticide so as not to kill all the other insects.
Hate that it kills bees, but screw the other insects. If I’m you, I’m going to kill everything. Can’t have wasps prohibiting me enjoying my yard, much less stinging the kids.
Cypermethrin
Posted on 9/8/23 at 7:30 pm to calcotron
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Are they always aggressive though?
Not 100% sure. They're mostly in the backyard, but one got me as I was finishing the front yard. Had been mowing for at least 15 minutes, so it's not like I snuck up on it. Based off that one encounter, I'm going to guess the little bastards are aggressive.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 8:34 pm to shutterspeed
Sounds like you have a yellow jacket nest in your bushes. Go find it and report back for instructions.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 10:35 pm to ItzMe1972
Probably a nest in the ground somewhere. I had to hire a bee guy to come out and he took out a nest the size of a basketball out of the ground. These were very aggressive.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 11:39 pm to ItzMe1972
What I’m seeing aren’t yellow jackets though.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 12:19 am to shutterspeed
Could you post a pic?
Raid Wasp & Hornet works real good...
Raid Wasp & Hornet works real good...
Posted on 9/9/23 at 7:23 am to shutterspeed
ground hornets yellow jackets nest in the ground...I had some in a flower bed that had over grown with some weeds...
was doing clean up to replant when I got hit...
put some SEVIN dust 5% on the bed and they were totally gone in 24/48 hours...
sevin dust for ground hornets
was doing clean up to replant when I got hit...
put some SEVIN dust 5% on the bed and they were totally gone in 24/48 hours...
sevin dust for ground hornets
Posted on 9/9/23 at 10:33 am to shutterspeed
Nice work taking those bastards out.
The many predators for red paper wasps include spiders, badgers, and other arthropods. Get yourself a badger, and problem solved.
The many predators for red paper wasps include spiders, badgers, and other arthropods. Get yourself a badger, and problem solved.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 10:42 am to shutterspeed
When you found the nest:
When you eradicated it:
When you eradicated it:
Posted on 9/9/23 at 10:46 am to Twenty 49
I don't think I've encountered this variant of wasp before. I'm intimately familiar with red wasps and yellow jackets, which I've been stung by on many occasion. These little frickers are twice as nasty as the red variety.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 1:42 pm to shutterspeed
quote:
I don't think I've encountered this variant of wasp before. I'm intimately familiar with red wasps and yellow jackets, which I've been stung by on many occasion. These little frickers are twice as nasty as the red variety.
We had a problem with that exact variety of wasp a couple of summers ago.
The little bastards are extremely aggressive, and will leave the nest to attack if you just walk up too close to it. They are the only wasp/yellow jacket/hornet variety I have ever encountered that would launch an unprovoked attack.
Well done sir. Hopefully there were no survivors.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 7:34 pm to shutterspeed
That looks like what we call “Guinea Wasps” where I’m from. Smaller than red wasps but builds a similar type nest.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 7:35 pm to shutterspeed
Looks like guinea wasps.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 8:45 pm to shutterspeed
I hate these demon spawn and am happy to see them decimated. But I mainly wanted to comment on your story telling skills - I was on the edge of my seat all the way to the end of that perfect outcome. Well done!
Posted on 9/9/23 at 10:48 pm to shutterspeed
Awesome story telling, bro.
Guinea wasps. Those mf ers will hit you for no reason. Just being in their proximity is enough to get hit.
Guinea wasps. Those mf ers will hit you for no reason. Just being in their proximity is enough to get hit.
Posted on 9/10/23 at 7:30 am to 9rocket
I found a nest of those bastards at my farm y-day on some chairs we have out there.
Luckily didn’t get stung or anything.
ETA: when I found them, I immediately ran back to my tractor (with cab).
Luckily didn’t get stung or anything.
ETA: when I found them, I immediately ran back to my tractor (with cab).
This post was edited on 9/10/23 at 7:31 am
Posted on 9/10/23 at 2:27 pm to shutterspeed
I had those same suckers! PSA they love to nest in artificial plants. They chewed fake magnolia leaves in a wall basket I have and made a YUGE nest. In my ignorance I put my hand in the nest while arranging the leaves. ONE singular sting on my finger had my entire arm to the elbow swollen. Pain and itching for 5-6 days. I went on a killing campaign for a couple weeks after. I think I killed a few dozen and found about 10 other nests around my home. They were so aggressive any time I got close. I’ve never had that experience before. I USED to be a lot less afraid of wasps, but these guys are built different.
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