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Wasp Help!
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:29 pm
Ok so every summer my backyard gets overrun with these devil things. I kill them and even leave their bodies scattered about to scare their buddies from choosing my yard, but it never works.
Are there ANY preventative measures I can take??
All I do now is hunt for their nests and wait till night time to spray the hell out of them. But they must have hidden nests in my balcony or along my fence or...who freaking knows.
Advice on how to keep them from growing in numbers before summer time gets here?
Are there ANY preventative measures I can take??
All I do now is hunt for their nests and wait till night time to spray the hell out of them. But they must have hidden nests in my balcony or along my fence or...who freaking knows.
Advice on how to keep them from growing in numbers before summer time gets here?
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Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:32 pm to PrettyBird
If there is a few places where they always make nests each year, I would spray it now. Then again in a month.
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:32 pm to PrettyBird
Just keep nukin em I guess.
Not sure if this matters, but as the gekko numbers at my house have gone up, the wasp numbers seem to have gone down. Maybe you could inport some gekkos???
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:35 pm to PrettyBird
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Ok so every summer my backyard gets overrun with these devil things. I kill them and even leave their bodies scattered about to scare their buddies from choosing my yard, but it never works.
You have to behead them, and leave their heads around the yard Vlad style, on toothpicks.
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:39 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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You have to behead them, and leave their heads around the yard Vlad style, on toothpicks.
Will remember to do this...
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If there is a few places where they always make nests each year, I would spray it now. Then again in a month.
So just spray empty space now? Wouldnt rain wash away any poison, thus defeating that purpose?
I'm already seeing a few flying around. I dont get it, it's like something in my yard attracks them.
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:40 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:40 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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but as the gekko numbers at my house have gone up, the wasp numbers seem to have gone down
you may be on to something. Growing up I would get stung almost everytime I cut my parents yard and I never saw gekkos. Now that Im all growed up and have my own house I have noticed that I have hundreds of gekkos but hardly any wasp
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:41 pm to PrettyBird
Spiders kill wasps FWIW
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:41 pm to PrettyBird
Any exposed steel? Wasps seem to love steel for some reason.
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:43 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
and freshly painted houses
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:45 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Any exposed steel
Not really....They get up on the ceiling of my balcony, under the overhang of the balcony (wood), under the fence posts that keeps all the boards up (wood- and sorry for terminology), up in my patio umbrella, and inside my outdoor light fixtures (plastic)
I do have gekkos...and I don't mind them. Maybe ill go on a gekko hunt one night in the neighborhood and put them all in my yard
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:45 pm to PrettyBird
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So just spray empty space now? Wouldnt rain wash away any poison, thus defeating that purpose?
Yeah if it is in the wide open and will be hit with alot of rain then yes it will wash off. If it only gets damp when it rains like an over hang or something that is pretty much out of the direct rain then no. Most Wasps dont build nest in places where they will get drenched every time it rains. Also most of those sprays have an oily residue and not easily washed away.
This post was edited on 3/7/12 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:45 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
A damn flatbed trailer is wasp heaven. Standard procedure at work in the summer. Going hook up to the gooseneck? Make sure you bring the soap and water backpack sprayer. You got a war to fight first
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:46 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
I would call Billy the Exterminator and his magic powder/spray/smoke stuff.
I used to have the things all over my yard in La, and there isn't much you can do but start to kill them once you see them. It's a maintenance issue and you have to be vigilant in keeping the bastards out, or they seem to attract more. Not much you can do to prevent them from showing up
I used to have the things all over my yard in La, and there isn't much you can do but start to kill them once you see them. It's a maintenance issue and you have to be vigilant in keeping the bastards out, or they seem to attract more. Not much you can do to prevent them from showing up
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:46 pm to Boats n Hose
Spiders
I'll take wasps over spiders.
I'll take wasps over spiders.
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:47 pm to PrettyBird
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They get up on the ceiling of my balcony, under the overhang of the balcony (wood), under the fence posts that keeps all the boards up (wood- and sorry for terminology), up in my patio umbrella, and inside my outdoor light fixtures (plastic)
Nuke all of that stuff right now like whoever that was said you should do.
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Maybe ill go on a gekko hunt one night in the neighborhood and put them all in my yard
Idk if they help the wasps, but they are cool to watch on the window at night either way.
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:48 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Not much you can do to prevent them from showing up
I was afraid of this. But I do get all excited after I've gone on a killing spree and wiped out like 10 at a time. I get all pumped up and my adrenaline kicks in.
I'll also try spraying where they normally nest.
Thanks guys
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:50 pm to PrettyBird
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I'll take wasps over spiders.
Spiders don't sting you though
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:51 pm to Boats n Hose
I agree with her. frick a spider. I'll take 5 wasp stings to having a banana spider crawling on my face.
Posted on 3/7/12 at 5:51 pm to PrettyBird
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But I do get all excited
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