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Posted by F.James Cripwell on May 19, 2009, 3:54 pm
(lucretiaborgia@fl.it) writes:
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> On Tue, 19 May 2009 12:01:47 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
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>>I had DD climb up my roof when it was still snowing (what, last week???) and
>>knock down the current nest. I am terrified of the little beasts
>>Dawne
> If you know where the nest is, treatment is simple. Get the wasp
> spray available in Crappy Tire, think it's made by Raid, and after
> dark, blast the nest. They return to the nest by dark and this is a
> very simple matter, they'll never know what hit them.
There are several types of anti-wasp sprays. The one you want is what I
call a bomb. It does not send out a spray, but a jet, which can go up to
10 feet. So you can stay well away from the nest, and completely saturate
it. HTH. Jim.
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Posted by Gillian Murray on May 19, 2009, 4:53 pm
F.James Cripwell wrote:
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> (lucretiaborgia@fl.it) writes:
>> On Tue, 19 May 2009 12:01:47 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
>>> I had DD climb up my roof when it was still snowing (what, last week???) and
>>> knock down the current nest. I am terrified of the little beasts
>>> Dawne
>> If you know where the nest is, treatment is simple. Get the wasp
>> spray available in Crappy Tire, think it's made by Raid, and after
>> dark, blast the nest. They return to the nest by dark and this is a
>> very simple matter, they'll never know what hit them.
>
> There are several types of anti-wasp sprays. The one you want is what I
> call a bomb. It does not send out a spray, but a jet, which can go up to
> 10 feet. So you can stay well away from the nest, and completely saturate
> it. HTH. Jim.
We use that with great success down here in Florida...given half a
chance the little beasties would normally sting you while you were
trying to exterminate them. The extra 10-15 feet (some say 20ft) gives
the sprayer protection from the sprayees.
We have had a lot of much needed rain the last few days. I have been
harvesting a lot of zucchini, crookneck and scallop squashes the last
few weeks. The tomatoes are thriving, and I see flowers on the eggplant
and pepper plants. One bell pepper I planted earlier has produced some
lovely big peppers. The cayenne is churning out those hot little devils.
The basil, rosemary, oregano and mint are also running rampant. The main
disappointment was the bush green and wax beans. We had oner crop, but
that seems to be all. I will replant in the fall, and see if they are
happier in cooler temps. It has been in the mid 80s to 90 here recently.
Gillian
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Posted by Dawne Peterson on May 19, 2009, 3:56 pm
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<lucretiaborgia wrote >>
>>I had DD climb up my roof when it was still snowing (what, last week???)
>>and
>>knock down the current nest. I am terrified of the little beasts
>>Dawne
> If you know where the nest is, treatment is simple. Get the wasp
> spray available in Crappy Tire, think it's made by Raid, and after
> dark, blast the nest. They return to the nest by dark and this is a
> very simple matter, they'll never know what hit them.
She used the foam spray first, it fills the entry to the nest, and if the
little beasts are inside they are done. Once foamed, wait a few minutes,
then take down the nest. The fact that it was cold helped as well, as they
would be huddled up inside instead of flying around. My DS gave me the
murdrous wasp trap a few years ago; mine is quite ornamental, but I have
seen nice servicable ones for about $10 complete with wires to hang in
trees. I think I will get one for the front yard; the current one sits on
the deck.
Dawne
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Posted by on May 19, 2009, 4:09 pm
On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:56:31 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
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>She used the foam spray first, it fills the entry to the nest, and if the
>little beasts are inside they are done. Once foamed, wait a few minutes,
>then take down the nest. The fact that it was cold helped as well, as they
>would be huddled up inside instead of flying around. My DS gave me the
>murdrous wasp trap a few years ago; mine is quite ornamental, but I have
>seen nice servicable ones for about $10 complete with wires to hang in
>trees. I think I will get one for the front yard; the current one sits on
>the deck.
>Dawne
They will work, one year I had to kill the wasps (didn't generally
bother as long as they behaved nicely) because they decided to compete
at the humming bird feeder. Bye Bye wasps !
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Posted by Trish Brown on May 19, 2009, 6:08 pm
Dawne Peterson wrote:
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> Two things on the wasps--I have good luck with the glass wasp traps with the
> sloping sides and the "doughnut" type bottom. My wasps tend to like pink
> lemonade, others swear by beer (waste it on those beasts???) or Coca Cola.
> Apart from having to dump the drowned corpses every so often, it is great.
The trap's not a problem. We've used the good ol' cut a plastic bottle
in half and invert the top into the bottom so it makes a funnel. This is
fine, only the wasps won't go in: they don't seem to like Coke or honey
water or vegemite. The flies, on the other hand, think all are great!
Hnnnnh! I'm trying some fermenting grapes this morning. More on that later.
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> Another thing that is showing up here are fake wasp nests, which are paper,
> printed to look like the real thing. You just hang them up, and wasps,
> being territorial, apparently will stay 200 metres away. Haven't tried
> that, but I also have people tell me that a brown paper lunch bag will work
> too.
LOL! True biological control! I like that. We've got a native paper wasp
nest up under the eaves of the house and that's not a real problem.
We've also got a solitary wasp nest (mud) on the back window and even
*that's* not a problem (the homemaker is huge: nearly 6cm long!) It's
just these annoying European creatures that seem to want to phlock over
my garden and dare anyone to get close...
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> I had DD climb up my roof when it was still snowing (what, last week???) and
> knock down the current nest. I am terrified of the little beasts
>
> Dawne
>
Quite rightly, too! When I was four, I emptied my kiddy teapot over a
paper wasps' nest (WHY did I do that???? Was it an exaggerated case of
my wanting to share?) The wasps streamed forth and, basically, shot down
the front of my pinafore dress, stinging me all over my front! Owwwwwie!
I can still remember the fire of it! Dad reckoned that was why I grew up
to have a more-than-satisfactory bust measurement.
When I was doing entomology, I had a huge solitary wasp in my insect
collection (ie. mounted, labelled and pinned in a collection box). Long
after the animal had been dead, I managed to brush the tip of its
abdomen with my hand and *it stung me* with long-crystallised venom left
in its stinger. Boy, that hurt!
Both these encounters have served to make me extremely wary of wasps and
their allies!
--
Trish Brown
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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>>I had DD climb up my roof when it was still snowing (what, last week???) and
>>knock down the current nest. I am terrified of the little beasts
>>Dawne
> If you know where the nest is, treatment is simple. Get the wasp
> spray available in Crappy Tire, think it's made by Raid, and after
> dark, blast the nest. They return to the nest by dark and this is a
> very simple matter, they'll never know what hit them.