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Interests => Around the House & In the Garage => Topic started by: IassaFTots on April 20, 2010, 09:18:26 AM
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It is that time of year again, and the wasps are trying to start a home on my front patio. It is completely walled in, with a ceiling, about 5 feet from the edge of the house, so it makes a perfect place for wasps. I have cleaned the whole patio, and have been quite diligent, but I see a little waspy has decided on a home.
I will spray the bajayzus out of it this evening, when I get home, well, probably when it gets dark, so they don't get so riled up. This morning I only saw one, but you know how those things grow.
Does anyone have any idea of any successful ways to deter them from even coming around?
I am highly allergic, so I don't need em anywhere near me.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/input.
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I have no idea how to keep the litte buggers away. I do the same thing you do, NUKE EM (Home Depot sells a arosol wasp killer).
You do not want to step on a meat bee nest (yellow jackets).......................trust me. :bawl:
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I do the same as you....just watch for them and try to zap the nest as soon as I see it.... :(
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I HATE those buggers.... When I bought the house, last year...the previous owners had birdhouses nailed to the patio walls. Yup. That's right. I had nesting birds less than 4 feet from my front door.
The wasps hid behind them. I was "hoping" this year, since I got rid of all of those houses (3 too many) that they wouldn't find a happy place. I even bought a new lamp that is all enclosed, and flush with the ceiling, so they wouldn't get any crazy ideas.
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wasps are bad... but I postively hate, HATE, June Bugs
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wasps are bad... but I postively hate, HATE, June Bugs
Wasps can send me to the hospital. June Bugs make a nice crunchy sound under my shoe. :-)
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RAID makes an outdoor Wasp specific fogger. Use it, run away, later, sweep up the remains.
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Wasps? This time of year? Not around here, they ain't.
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Something like this might be highly effective.
(http://www.crainium.net/jdjArchives/DIYFlameThrower.jpg)
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Something like this might be highly effective.
(http://www.crainium.net/jdjArchives/DIYFlameThrower.jpg)
Dude. If they weren't ON my house, oh hell yeah.
I sprayed em but good, but what I was looking for was any advice on deterring them from even setting up shop. I will slay them if they enter my zone. I do wasp patrol, get em when there is only one building a nest.
I hate those effers.
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Spray the nest either very early in the morning or late at night! Knock the nest down and step on it to kill all of the eggs and larvae. Spray the area with a mixture of joy dish soap and water{this will remove the pheromone that they are attracted to thus they will not rebuild the nest with that pheromone not present} :cheersmate:
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Spray the nest either very early in the morning or late at night! Knock the nest down and step on it to kill all of the eggs and larvae. Spray the area with a mixture of joy dish soap and water{this will remove the pheromone that they are attracted to thus they will not rebuild the nest with that pheromone not present} :cheersmate:
Thanks! I sprayed it but good last night, it was just a One-Wasper. I didn't know about the soap, but I will definately be doing that tonight. Does it have to be Joy?
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What kind of wasps?? We have red wasps up here and it's next to impossible to get rid of them. They build wherever they can find some shelter. I HATE yellow jackets (even though the high school's mascot is the yellow jacket). I got stung by an entire nest of them when I was young. The yellow jackets up in MN seem docile compared to the Texas ones. Up there, I'd just spray the hell out of the nests and they wouldn't rebuild where I sprayed. I never heard of the dish soap "cure".
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I was watching Billy the Exterminator and he used a natural pesticide called Pyrethrum made out of Chrysanthemums to kill a bunch of wasps that were living IN this woman's house.
Here is what a site said when I looked it up:
How do insects react to Pyrethrum? Mosquitoes and other insects will adapt a zigzagging pattern and will fly erratically from their hiding places. Within seconds they will be knocked to the ground and paralyzed. Paralysis of the insect is almost always followed by death.
How does Pyrethrum kill insects? Pyrethrum reacts with the central nervous system of the insect. It causes ion channels in the nerve cells to be open for too long. The negatively charged ions flow out causing the nerve cells to permanently loose their electric charge. In a functioning nerve cell, the electric charge is the signal for muscle actions. The loss of this charge means that nerve cells can no longer communicate with the muscles and the mosquito cannot control its actions. The mosquito quickly looses complete control of all life-sustaining functions and dies.
By the way, why does he dress the way he does. He looks ridiculous. Did he use a bedazzler on his t-shirt or something?
(http://dammitfreehaven.com/sechs/src/126948485010.jpg)
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What kind of wasps?? We have red wasps up here and it's next to impossible to get rid of them. They build wherever they can find some shelter. I HATE yellow jackets (even though the high school's mascot is the yellow jacket). I got stung by an entire nest of them when I was young. The yellow jackets up in MN seem docile compared to the Texas ones. Up there, I'd just spray the hell out of the nests and they wouldn't rebuild where I sprayed. I never heard of the dish soap "cure".
Dude, I couldn't tell you. Probably Red ones. I read somewhere that they like enclosed spaces, and if you want to deter them, paint the ceiling light blue, like the sky. Who knows? I got stung up by a whole nest of hornets, or maybe it was yellow jackets, and I don't like them either.
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I was watching Billy the Exterminator and he used a natural pesticide called Pyrethrum made out of Chrysanthemums to kill a bunch of wasps that were living IN this woman's house.
Here is what a site said when I looked it up:
By the way, why does he dress the way he does. He looks ridiculous. Did he use a bedazzler on his t-shirt or something?
Maybe he inhaled too much bug spray? I didn't think about pyretherin. That is what I use to dip my dog. Guess he won't have any wasps building nests on him. :whatever:
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Thanks! I sprayed it but good last night, it was just a One-Wasper. I didn't know about the soap, but I will definately be doing that tonight. Does it have to be Joy?
I have had better luck with Joy so i would say yes!