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advice re wasps

id-to-post-anything — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:11:54 GMT

Wondering if anyone has any useful advice re wasps

We have a metal, curved roof/awning on our verandah, and they seem to like to build their nests under it. It is very annoying to have to keep removing the nests.

Does anyone know of a way to discourage them? 🙂

thanks

Re: advice re wasps

catsnknots — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:08:18 GMT

Surface spray... and don't remove the nests, keep them there and every now and then give them a spray. It seems to deter them from coming back.

I just sprayed a big nest under the meter box... maybe I should have left it there... ]:)

Re: advice re wasps

id-to-post-anything — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:21:41 GMT

thanks

will try that

Re: advice re wasps

happyroo_bunji — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:03:49 GMT

are they european wasps?

If they aren't the native ones are pretty harmless (so i've been told)

Re: advice re wasps

id-to-post-anything — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:01:11 GMT

not sure what type they are

they are pretty big and mean looking ;\

and build those cone shaped honey comb looking nests

Re: advice re wasps

daydream**believer — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:07:22 GMT

are they european wasps?

If they aren't the native ones are pretty harmless (so i've been told)

Not a risk im willing to take. I just knock the nests down as soon as i see them

Re: advice re wasps

j*oono — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:09:52 GMT

They all really hurt when they sting.

If you are going to spray the nest, do it at dusk when they come home and use a proper wasp spray that will kill them dead instantly, not normal insect spray.

Re: advice re wasps

id-to-post-anything — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:28:15 GMT

yeah, we've done that bit

ie after dark, sprayed with wasp spray and they all just die and fall out, and you can easily get rid of them

Just dont want them coming back,it enough already!

Re: advice re wasps

happyroo_bunji — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:34:10 GMT

They all really hurt when they sting.

Didn't know that j*oono.

OP if you are a pyromaniac you could always set fire to them ]:)

Re: advice re wasps

catsnknots — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:50:14 GMT

They are paper wasps... and OMG do they hurt when they sting... and they repeatedly sting.. over and over again.

Just imagine someone really big and strong punching you over and over again with a giant sharp pin in their fist...

I have been got three times and it hurts for hours after... and they will attack en masse.

they even managed to sting me on my feet through little holes in my shoes... I still don't know how they managed that...

Re: advice re wasps

darksideofthemoon — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:32:53 GMT

If they are paper wasps as cats-back has suggested then you can put a firelighter on the end of a long stick, light it and wave it under the nest...

It's not the kindest thing to do, but it does disarm them and makes it possible to destroy the nest.

Re: advice re wasps

id-to-post-anything — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:51:34 GMT

ah yes, I googled and it seems they are paper wasps. Clever little things:)

Got the "getting rid of" under control. No, I'm not a piromaniac. Wasps spray does the trick

Now lets see if surface spray stops them coming back

Thanks everyone for your help

Re: advice re wasps

daydream**believer — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:53:32 GMT

Ive always just knocked the nest down in late afternoon and sprayed surface spray in the area it was being built

Re: advice re wasps

twyngwyn — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:14:51 GMT

They hate WD40...and won't return to nest

Re: advice re wasps

id-to-post-anything — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:05:43 GMT

LOL :^O