Had the same problem.. used a kitchen butane torch to get rid of them. They came back again the next week and had to repeat.. will see if they think 3rd time is the charm. Hopefully they will find some other place instead.thedealhunter2000 wrote: ↑ Anyone spot any in the GTA at this price? Need a couple bottles to deal with some wasps that have decided to take up residence near the front door. >__<;;;
It's OUR house now, a mere timeshare if you will. See you next week.hot_potato wrote: ↑ Had the same problem.. used a kitchen butane torch to get rid of them. They came back again the next week and had to repeat.. will see if they think 3rd time is the charm. Hopefully they will find some other place instead.
Cokenrumholdtherum wrote: ↑ It's OUR house now, a mere timeshare if you will. See you next week.
Sincerely,
The Wasps
I clearly ID'ed the wasps I've had to be yellow-jacket wasps. Heck I remember when it was like -35C outside in the dead of winter I had a yellow jacket wasp come out of no where flying inside the house. I ould not trace where it came from as it was like every few days another one would come out of no where. I think I killed like 12 that winter.schmeerskahoven wrote: ↑ Please, please do not kill these european wasps, they eat the european gypsy moth caterpillar, and the latter is a greater inconvenience for me.
Really? Got a source on that? I can;t remember but I think they have permetherin in the wasp sprays.
My understanding is that the wasps change thier locations year after year. Some years I don't have that problem with the wasps at the front doors but then a few years later ( no set time just random it seems) they take up residence up front again. I can't use a butante torch as it's up near the porch inside the stone wall/aluminum porch cieling cover.hot_potato wrote: ↑ Had the same problem.. used a kitchen butane torch to get rid of them. They came back again the next week and had to repeat.. will see if they think 3rd time is the charm. Hopefully they will find some other place instead.
Yeah, myself. I've destroyed nests with it when I didn't have anything else on hand and was too lazy to go buy wasp spray. Wasps won't go anywhere near the nest again after you soak it in that stuff and it dies off. Specific poison is better, but poison is still poison. I'm sure other stuff like oven cleaner, brake parts cleaner etc. would also work fine.thedealhunter2000 wrote: ↑ Really? Got a source on that? I can;t remember but I think they have permetherin in the wasp sprays.
Second this. Dawn soap and water works impressively well also. Kills them almost instantly.
WD 40 works great for ants nets as well.BinaryJay wrote: ↑ Yeah, myself. I've destroyed nests with it when I didn't have anything else on hand and was too lazy to go buy wasp spray. Wasps won't go anywhere near the nest again after you soak it in that stuff and it dies off. Specific poison is better, but poison is still poison. I'm sure other stuff like oven cleaner, brake parts cleaner etc. would also work fine.
Apparently a preemptive spray of WD40 to an area where wasps tend to like to make nests also discourages them from even starting.
