Black Majik
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Hairspray and lighter.
Best gun for Red Wasps
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WHOLESALE EXTERMINATION
Here it's yellow jackets rather than wasps.
Forget WD-40. The new formula is non-flammable aerosal.
Generic carb cleaner or brake cleaner in the big cans is half the cost of brand name pesticides and is very effective with little remaining residue to contaminate the area.
Do carry a spare. Running out of ammo in mid attack is a bad thing.
Here it's yellow jackets rather than wasps.
Forget WD-40. The new formula is non-flammable aerosal.
Generic carb cleaner or brake cleaner in the big cans is half the cost of brand name pesticides and is very effective with little remaining residue to contaminate the area.
Do carry a spare. Running out of ammo in mid attack is a bad thing.
Stand_Watie
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If they're like the red wasps we have in east texas they're pretty docile. My house is covered in loofah vines in the summer (for shade) and we have a bajillion of red wasps, dirt daubers, honeybees and bumblebees and I leave them alone. It's the paper wasps, yellow jackets and the fire ants that I don't like. My daughter is frightened by the wasps too, but I tell her she might as well get over it, she's not spending her life hiding indoors.
Keep your garden hose handy if you make use of any of the suggestions that involve fire and flammable aerosols
Keep your garden hose handy if you make use of any of the suggestions that involve fire and flammable aerosols
12-34hom
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Leave em bee..
Putting a naked flame in front of ANY aerosol can and spraying the contents out is a VERY BAD idea.
Most stinging insects will leave you alone if not aggravated. Some of the ideas posted are a definite form of aggravation.
12-34hom.
Putting a naked flame in front of ANY aerosol can and spraying the contents out is a VERY BAD idea.
Most stinging insects will leave you alone if not aggravated. Some of the ideas posted are a definite form of aggravation.
12-34hom.
Hutch
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12-34hom, you could take the fun out of a parade!
Will Fennell
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TORAH TORAH TORAH!
I have a terrible problem with wasp's around my home also......while commercial pesticide sprays work best, one day I ran out of RAID in the middle of a wasp killing fest, and starting looking in the basement for a substitute...
One quick squirt of GUN SCRUBBER completely degreases a wasp! They just die immediately.......they turn kinda opaque off white, and become very brittle
I have a terrible problem with wasp's around my home also......while commercial pesticide sprays work best, one day I ran out of RAID in the middle of a wasp killing fest, and starting looking in the basement for a substitute...
One quick squirt of GUN SCRUBBER completely degreases a wasp! They just die immediately.......they turn kinda opaque off white, and become very brittle
Bravo11
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Stand Watie, I looked on the internet and the Red Wasps they showed in some areas look different than what I'm talking about. These things are larger than paper wasps and are a light copper color.
They are very agressive and seem to go after certain bright colored clothing. I seem to be very prone to attack as they will sting me if I go within 10 feet of a nest.
It seems like Raid, Black Flag, etc used to kill on contact but for the past couple of years that stuff has been -shoot the nest and run like heck. I dont know if the formula has been toned down or the wasps are mutating.
I try to knock down every nest I see but their population stays about the same. My pest control guy is clueless. Is there a type of bird I could build houses for that eat wasps, simular to Martins that control mosquitos?
Oh, and one other thing, the wasp trap I bought from the hardware store has a large nest in it, they love it.
Thanks all.
They are very agressive and seem to go after certain bright colored clothing. I seem to be very prone to attack as they will sting me if I go within 10 feet of a nest.
It seems like Raid, Black Flag, etc used to kill on contact but for the past couple of years that stuff has been -shoot the nest and run like heck. I dont know if the formula has been toned down or the wasps are mutating.
I try to knock down every nest I see but their population stays about the same. My pest control guy is clueless. Is there a type of bird I could build houses for that eat wasps, simular to Martins that control mosquitos?
Oh, and one other thing, the wasp trap I bought from the hardware store has a large nest in it, they love it.
Thanks all.
When the Killier bees invaded my hometown in C.A. the local wannabe marine nut (the loon used to go around town in a fake USMC Generals uniform, Korea/Vietnam Era Helmet & jeep) took em out with a flamethrower he had just rebuilt...
to keep it gun related the guy had a Sherman Tank in his back yard that he was rebuilding with fully functioning weaponry (Turret & .50 MG...).
The only reason I classed the guy as a Loon was his Behavior & Dress code, He'd never been in the millitary, but tried to pretend that he was somekind of General in Nam or Korea most of the time.
to keep it gun related the guy had a Sherman Tank in his back yard that he was rebuilding with fully functioning weaponry (Turret & .50 MG...).
The only reason I classed the guy as a Loon was his Behavior & Dress code, He'd never been in the millitary, but tried to pretend that he was somekind of General in Nam or Korea most of the time.
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When I was a kid, you could still buy wasp and hornet spray that promised an accurate 25' oil-based hornet-killing stream. The stuff worked great, but if you took a match to that stream, you had an honest-to-goodness mini flamethrower. Nothing beats a 25' arc of continuous fire to destroy a hornet's nest.
You can still buy the stuff, but I guess it's all water-based now.
If you fail at all your attempts, there's no shame in hiring the professionals.
Hornets don't stand a chance.... Roma Victor!
You can still buy the stuff, but I guess it's all water-based now.
If you fail at all your attempts, there's no shame in hiring the professionals.
Hornets don't stand a chance.... Roma Victor!
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Harry Tuttle
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the Victor Yellow jacket traps work really well and they are 2 for 8 bucks at Home depot
Whatever is in the lure mixture draws wasps like a magnet
i kinda like this list:
http://www.santarosa.edu/lifesciences/victrap.htm
Offense: Eradication Methods
There are four basic types of offensive tactics that can be taken to eradicate Yellow Jackets:
1. trap workers
2. trap queens
3. nest destruction
4. smash them one by one
Suggested Program
Begin by setting apple juice traps in March and April to capture queens.
NOTE!! Yellow Jackets seem to be in very low abundance._ However, every one you see in March is a queen._ For every queen eradicated, there will be 5000 less workers in August!_ Set traps 100 feet apart in a perimeter around the area; 5 feet above the ground.
Rebait traps every two weeks with fresh apple juice.
Continue trapping until May 15.
If you are very careful, set out some poison bait dispensers every 100 feet.
Use canned mackerel (3 ounces of bait to 1/2 teaspoon of Knoxout poison).
NOTE!! Keep poison away from children, pets and wildlife!! Traps must be suspended at least 5 feet above ground._ Use only approved, ecologically safe dispensers.These dispensers can be set fresh every 4 days through June and July.
At height of Yellow Jacket season, August through October, use apple juice traps again. Change juice every week until November.
Whatever is in the lure mixture draws wasps like a magnet
i kinda like this list:
http://www.santarosa.edu/lifesciences/victrap.htm
Offense: Eradication Methods
There are four basic types of offensive tactics that can be taken to eradicate Yellow Jackets:
1. trap workers
2. trap queens
3. nest destruction
4. smash them one by one
Suggested Program
Begin by setting apple juice traps in March and April to capture queens.
NOTE!! Yellow Jackets seem to be in very low abundance._ However, every one you see in March is a queen._ For every queen eradicated, there will be 5000 less workers in August!_ Set traps 100 feet apart in a perimeter around the area; 5 feet above the ground.
Rebait traps every two weeks with fresh apple juice.
Continue trapping until May 15.
If you are very careful, set out some poison bait dispensers every 100 feet.
Use canned mackerel (3 ounces of bait to 1/2 teaspoon of Knoxout poison).
NOTE!! Keep poison away from children, pets and wildlife!! Traps must be suspended at least 5 feet above ground._ Use only approved, ecologically safe dispensers.These dispensers can be set fresh every 4 days through June and July.
At height of Yellow Jacket season, August through October, use apple juice traps again. Change juice every week until November.
Moparmike
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If you are in a pinch, use Formula 409. A couple were in the house and it was the first thing handy. Just douse them, and they get real slow then die. And they are clean to boot.
Pappy John
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But, if I kill them all, what will I do with the badmitten raquet kept handy out on the deck. Dicing wasps is a favorite summer sport, though it usually winds down around August unless I leave a few go as breeding stock.
KaceCoyote
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yaknow a redrider would probably do the job if you had the patience to just peg the entrance over and over..
My brother and I found a nest of some kind of wasp behind this wood plank covering the top of the door jam on a sliding glass door. We used a nice high-pressure spray to ice the ones flying around outside in hopes that the others would get the message and leave town, but to no avail. So, at high moon, we went outside, stuck the little sprayer tube right behind the plank, and let loose. The wasps came out by the zillions, flew about 8 feet, and dropped dead. We had this arc of dead insects around the door. Pretty gross, actually. It wasn't some fancy expensive spray, just the $1.95 can of spray from home depot. We would have prefered some kind of flamethrower, but the parents weren't too hot about us burning down the house. Pansies.
Dad used to fill a plastic (I cannot emphasize PLASTIC enough) pressure sprayer with a water/gasoline mixture. We didn't light it up, but the gasolione seemed to kill hornets pretty effectively.
I would also like to try a WP shell on them. Find a nice big nest hanging from a tree somewhere, and pop off a 90mm round at it. That would be REALLY funny to watch.
Dad used to fill a plastic (I cannot emphasize PLASTIC enough) pressure sprayer with a water/gasoline mixture. We didn't light it up, but the gasolione seemed to kill hornets pretty effectively.
I would also like to try a WP shell on them. Find a nice big nest hanging from a tree somewhere, and pop off a 90mm round at it. That would be REALLY funny to watch.
Sydwaiz
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Supersoaker+propane torch+duct tape. (sorry, don't have a pic but imagine the flame thrower from Aliens)
Fill with diesel.
Ignite torch, pump, burn!
Fill with diesel.
Ignite torch, pump, burn!
The vodka's not a bad idea....forget the lighter though. Dropping the body temp of a wasp with alcohol will usually kill it. There is an aerosol product called "Wasp Freeze" that will drop them in a heartbeat.
http://www.pestproducts.com/wasp_freeze.htm
http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1354.html
Signed, The Former Man from Orkin
http://www.pestproducts.com/wasp_freeze.htm
http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1354.html
Signed, The Former Man from Orkin
dustind
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I have used a paintball gun. Unscrew the barrel, just air, no paint. The cuncussion will kill all of the bugs in a small radius. I would not suggest this for wasps though.
Phyphor
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I SO hate wasps. I'm quite allergic to the fricking things, so anything short of a LAWS doesn't seem like overkill to me....
Seriously, I HAVE found that brake cleaner / carb cleaner works alright....
I SO hate wasps. I'm quite allergic to the fricking things, so anything short of a LAWS doesn't seem like overkill to me....
Seriously, I HAVE found that brake cleaner / carb cleaner works alright....
12-34hom
{Most stinging insects will leave you alone if not aggravated. Some of the ideas posted are a definite form of aggravation.}
It's pretty obvious that you're not allergic to bees.
I am and they scare me to death.
But the worst part is, I can stand in a crowd of a thousand people, and if you p*ss off one single bee, he will track me down in that crowd and proceed to make my anatomy swell unlike anything you have ever seen.
I once had to go without a shoe for 2 weeks because a honey bee got between my toes while walkin barefoot. LOL
By the way guys, they can be killed with a ballbat and give you a great workout at the same time. You'll also learn to watch your swing...or else
Don't ask how I know this.
{Most stinging insects will leave you alone if not aggravated. Some of the ideas posted are a definite form of aggravation.}
It's pretty obvious that you're not allergic to bees.
I am and they scare me to death.
But the worst part is, I can stand in a crowd of a thousand people, and if you p*ss off one single bee, he will track me down in that crowd and proceed to make my anatomy swell unlike anything you have ever seen.
I once had to go without a shoe for 2 weeks because a honey bee got between my toes while walkin barefoot. LOL
By the way guys, they can be killed with a ballbat and give you a great workout at the same time. You'll also learn to watch your swing...or else
Don't ask how I know this.
We had a wasp infestation at my friends a few years back, and his mom dispatched us to clear out the nest. Being the forward-thinking, responsible young men we were, we decided to take the best route possible- dump 500 paintballs on the nest.
We learned two things:
1. There's more than 500 wasps in a nest, assuming we had the superhuman aim we bragged about, and nailed every single shot.
2. Wasp stings make your face swell. Bad.
Later that week, while stroking our swollen cheeks and contemplating the fate of the free world that was his backyard, he had a genius idea. Foolproof. We ought to use fireworks.
Again, we failed, and inadvertently sent out invitation for the hive to have a poison-planting party in our flesh. But this time, we were wise. We were veterans of the hell known as Tyler's porch. It was time for the big guns. Raid.
Boy, does that stuff work wonders. Kills 'em quick, and little risk of kamikaze buggers piling into you. Unless you like pain, use this stuff.
We learned two things:
1. There's more than 500 wasps in a nest, assuming we had the superhuman aim we bragged about, and nailed every single shot.
2. Wasp stings make your face swell. Bad.
Later that week, while stroking our swollen cheeks and contemplating the fate of the free world that was his backyard, he had a genius idea. Foolproof. We ought to use fireworks.
Again, we failed, and inadvertently sent out invitation for the hive to have a poison-planting party in our flesh. But this time, we were wise. We were veterans of the hell known as Tyler's porch. It was time for the big guns. Raid.
Boy, does that stuff work wonders. Kills 'em quick, and little risk of kamikaze buggers piling into you. Unless you like pain, use this stuff.
Treylis
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Haha, yes. The next time I burn something, I'll be sure to use that fantasy.
Joe Demko
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Saw a guy on TV who used a shop vac. Sucked 'em right up. He then froze them and sold them to a company that extracted the stingers to use the venom for various medical research purposes. Sounds like a plan to me. Suck up and destroy the workers. Off to the burning barrel with the nest. No more problem.
Or you could just use a can of Raid.
Or you could just use a can of Raid.
I'm surrounded by cowards...
-Has anyone seen "BLind Fury". Remember the blind fella with the sword cane/staff thingy. Remember the wasp scene and what happened to the wasp? And that was a BLIND guy with a sword! Imagine what you could do with one, or even TWO working eyes and a sword! That is how a man confronts his enemies: head on with a blade!
...and a back-up .357snubby
-Blind Paco
-Has anyone seen "BLind Fury". Remember the blind fella with the sword cane/staff thingy. Remember the wasp scene and what happened to the wasp? And that was a BLIND guy with a sword! Imagine what you could do with one, or even TWO working eyes and a sword! That is how a man confronts his enemies: head on with a blade!
...and a back-up .357snubby
-Blind Paco
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