ow ow ow, Damn Wasps.

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Ojibwe Aug 30, 2012

I'm in the middle of a two day (so far) wasp war. I need to fix my deck or the insurance will cancel me. I killed off one nest in the bat box and then found a giant basketball sized wasp castle under it. I soaked that thing down like a fire extinguisher. They still coming out of there but look a bit brain damaged, kinda slow witted wasps. Got stung four times. This was yesterday.

So today I went out there and they swarmed out of a different spot, a hole in my soffet. The bastards got me two more times. I hosed down that nest with the remaining poison but there are still coming out of there. Even getting inside the house somehow. Need more poison. more poison.
tommy dangerous Aug 30, 2012

I have wasp wars every year under my deck. The best thing I've found is Raid foaming spray. And try to get them after dark when they're all in the nest and they have dew on their wings. They're much less efficient then. Good luck wasp warrior. Good luck.
Ojibwe Aug 30, 2012

tommy dangerous wrote:
Good luck wasp warrior.

hehe, "wasp warrior." I like that.
✯ⅅミϮℜ∆ℵ₲ℰ℞✯ Aug 30, 2012

Damn, hate wasps. Tommy as some good advice though, and you really should wait til later at night.
Add: KOZY Aug 30, 2012

I woke up today to a loud buzzing sound. I looked up and the biggest wasp I've ever seen was flying straight at me. I grabbed my iPad, took a swing, and batted the sucker straight in the head. It landed on the floor and started twitching. It flipped back over and started stinging the rug over and over and was walking in a circle so I grabbed a glass and put it overtop. It's now been trapped under there for the past few hours. It's trying to chew it's way through the rug and go under the glass. The thing is probably an inch and a half long and half an inch in diameter.
Ojibwe Aug 30, 2012

Gotta fix the deck today. Sons of bitches are in league with the woodpeckers. Damn peckers knock a hole in the siding and the wasps move in. I went over the whole house last week, patching holes and spraying nests. Guess I missed that giant colony under the deck. damn deck is like the third story too, take a 25 foot ladder to reach them. I don't really feel like fighting wasps on a ladder so it's been a tough battle.
Carpenter Aug 30, 2012

My dad was painting the trim around the house on a ladder. A wasp flew into his mouth and stung him. My dad spit it out and it fell like a rock, but inches from hitting the ground it flew off...
tommy dangerous Aug 30, 2012

Ojibwe wrote:
Gotta fix the deck today. Sons of bitches are in league with the woodpeckers. Damn peckers knock a hole in the siding and the wasps move in. I went over the whole house last week, patching holes and spraying nests. Guess I missed that giant colony under the deck. damn deck is like the third story too, take a 25 foot ladder to reach them. I don't really feel like fighting wasps on a ladder so it's been a tough battle.

I didn't realize there was an aerial battle involved. In this case I suggest always having ground support. Have someone standing by with a garden hose ( set slightly below direct stream), in case of a swarming. They can create a protective barrier that will allow a safe descent of the ladder. Better wet than stung.
Ojibwe Aug 30, 2012

tommy dangerous wrote:
Ojibwe wrote:
I didn't realize there was an aerial battle involved. In this case I suggest always having ground support. Have someone standing by with a garden hose ( set slightly below direct stream), in case of a swarming. They can create a protective barrier that will allow a safe descent of the ladder. Better wet than stung.
I finally got that nest by hanging out the first floor window at an odd and dangerous angle and knocking it off with a loooong stick. Then I went down stairs and hosed it down safely on the ground. I think the survivors are the bastards in my soffet today. They sneak attacked me when I went out to fix the railing. I sprayed my remaining poison in there and hammered a patch over the hole. That's when they started entering the house somehow.
☣ᏔIRΞD☣ Aug 30, 2012

Use starting fluid! It paralyzes them instantly!
Eric. Aug 30, 2012

Poisin, use lots 'n lots of poison. If you know where they're getting their food, poison the food supply. When it comes to wasps, you can never have too much poison
sofresh Aug 30, 2012

This has been the most interesting thing I've read so far...thanks for the read. Keep us updated indeed Wasp Warrior.
Eric. Aug 30, 2012

If worst comes to worst, use fire, but don't use it indoors.
Ojibwe Aug 30, 2012

Eric. wrote:
Poisin, use lots 'n lots of poison. If you know where they're getting their food, poison the food supply. When it comes to wasps, you can never have too much poison

the local Ace hardware had a huge display of their brand of poison. $.99 per can. I got ten of them. I don't think Ace brand is as deadly as Raid's poison but I got 10 cans, muhahahaha.
They said they've sold more wasp spray this year than ever. Maybe it's the very early spring we had that is affecting the wasp population this year.
I think I got the nests eliminated finally but there are a bunch of scragglers buzzing about. just some mopping up to do.

I got one sting right on the first knuckle of my middle finger. it's all red and puffy and itches like hell.
tommy dangerous Aug 30, 2012

Eric. wrote:
If worst comes to worst, use fire, but don't use it indoors.

👆👆👆
Really???
This is sound advice.
tommy dangerous Aug 30, 2012

Another weapon in my wasp arsenal is spray foam insulation. Use it to plug up any small holes they may be using to get in. Just be sparing with it. That shit expands like crazy. Let it dry for a day and go back up and cut off the excess that sticks out.
O U 8 1 2 Aug 30, 2012

Get out your empty hose end sprayer
Fill 1/4 with your favorite liquid hand soap
Fill the rest with water
spray the sob's and and watch them die
boss ante Aug 30, 2012

I think "drinking them to death" could work, try the get a high % alcohol, kinda like the stuff you use in some RC cars, pour it into one of those spray thingys and spray the bastards, you could want to have some kind of mouth and nose protection it would sure as hell not be safe the breath that stuff!
Ojibwe Aug 30, 2012

tommy dangerous wrote:
Another weapon in my wasp arsenal is spray foam insulation. Use it to plug up any small holes they may be using to get in. Just be sparing with it. That shit expands like crazy. Let it dry for a day and go back up and cut off the excess that sticks out.

yeah, that's what's plugging the woodpecker holes.It looks like my house has measles. The house has cedar siding and for some reason the woodpeckers knock out the knot holes. That's where the wasps like to nest.
Ojibwe Aug 30, 2012

OneThumbBastard wrote:
Why did I think this thread was about the GOP Convention in Tampa?

or a tea party protest?
james87 Aug 30, 2012

This thread is halarious!!!! Go forth brave wasp warriors!!!!