advice re wasps

[id-to-post-anything]

Hi

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

[darksideofthemoon]

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.

[id-to-post-anything]

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

[daydream**believer]

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

[twyngwyn]

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

[id-to-post-anything]

LOL :^O