Comments on: We have a serious AYYYYY! situation here

By: Twistie

Twistie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:27:43 +0000

I hate stingy things.

That is all.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:53:18 +0000

Hi NtB-
We just got rid of a wasp nest that was in our garbage can hutch. Given that we’re in the same city, I’m guessing you have them too. The husband got rid of them with a couple of applications of Raid (after planning his escape route). The trick was to spray at dusk/night for some reason that now escapes me.

Keep a lookout for another nest after you get rid of the first one, just in case.

Good luck!

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:15:07 +0000

Wow, Chloe, that is something I’ve never, ever heard of, but it sounds like one heck of an easy solution!

By: Chloe

Chloe — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:57:30 +0000

You guys might also want to invest in a wasp decoy nest (lots of hardware/home supply stores carry them) Wasps are really territorial and they’ll avoid areas that already have a nest in them.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:15:22 +0000

Thanks for all the advice, folks. We’re just now heading off to the store to procure some deathspray.

By: Callypowers

Callypowers — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:25:03 +0000

Do not fear, it’s not that bad, most of those sprays are truly formidably deadly. We have a quaint post-war urban rowhouse with a bathroom skylight, one of those semi-pyramidal kinds with a little tilting trapgoor to the vent. One summer we pulled the wire, opened the vent, and were treated with a perfectly centered and sizeable yellowjacket nest in the vent cover!

We opted for the “earth options” wasp spray from Big Name Bug Killer Company (menthol & clove oil & Pine-whatsit, whatever). After much trepidation and checking of medical insurance, I closed the bathroom door, opened the air vent, sprayed & ran! Most, surprisingly, died immediately. The few stragglers IN THE BATHROOM were groggy enough to be finished off with my flip-flop (a fitting use for flip-flops).

So take heart! They are mortal, and you can run away before they can orient to the source of their discomfort! I managed to, even in a small indoor space. Good luck!

By: Glinda

Glinda — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:49:29 +0000

I hope they are wasps too! Yellowjackets are indeed a nasty bunch.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:38:06 +0000

haha, just spray it with raid — its not a big deal. Unless they are white faced hornets they are too dumb to follow the spray back to the can and wont have any idea why they are dying.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:28:16 +0000

A good wasp killer has a range of 15 to 20 feet. If it’s close enough, quickly spray from the back door and then run inside. Those bastards will attack in gangs! Keep the nests knocked down before they get big because it’s a bad scifi movie when you have 20 of them chasing you…