There are also commercial versions of wasp deterrents such as these: https://a.co/d/8TuAVdi
On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 4:43 PM Peter LaFarge <plafarge...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Anne, > > I am no expert, but I had the same problem last year. The wasps had made a > nest inside my window frame (a common place for them). Somehow they were > getting inside my bedroom. They apparently only need the slightest crevice > to get in. I found a space in the floor board where I saw one squeeze > through. After sealing it up, another had found its way in the next day > clearly from a different point of entry. > > I contacted several exterminators. Most did not return the calls or > pick-up. The one I was able to speak with said they were unusually busy > that year (2023), it took a month before they were able to come out. The > wasps were still present after the initial treatment, so they came out for > a second treatment (a follow up if needed as part of the initial $500 > charge). The second treatment did the trick. They explained just using a > spray that killed them on contact would not get to the root problem. The > treatments they used didn’t kill them on contact but they brought it back > to the queen in the nest. > > I also did research to make sure they wouldn’t return, because they are > creatures of habit and they would repopulate the same place the following > year. But because they are territorial, if they see another nest present, > they will avoid it. The recommendation was to open a brown paper lunch bag > and crimp the end (so it looks like an inflated ballon) and place it > outside the area where they are entering the house. Apparently it resembles > a wasp nest so they will move on. I just closed the window on the crimped > end of the bag and it seems to have worked. No wasps this year. I hope this > helps… > > Peter > Beacon Driving School > > On Aug 11, 2024, at 12:48 PM, Anne Sobol <anne.so...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've had wasps going in the siding of my house for a while, but they > haven't bothered me and I'm leery of poisons so I haven't done anything > until this past week. An occasional wasp would make its way into the house > (I don't see where this is happening), but again they hadn't bothered me > and eventually they die after banging against the plate glass window in my > living room. > > I also have hundreds of wasps buzzing around the star magnolia by my front > door (again so far they haven't bothered me). Turns out the wasps are there > because of magnolia scale. I got an arborist to come and spray something > around the base of the tree which is then taken up by the tree killing the > scale. Apparently not doing something about the scale can imperil the > magnolia. (This is the current problem also with the wasps around the > magnolia at the front door of the Lincoln Library.) The arborist was here > three days ago on Thursday. > > While he was here dealing with the magnolia, the arborist squirted what I > think was pyrethrin at the hole in my siding where the wasps were getting > in. Maybe this treatment hasn't been given enough time to work, but a > decided increase in the number of wasps making it into the house has me > concerned. I suppose I could eventually get stung. > > I've looked at a few videos on youtube, I went to Home Depot and saw some > type of yellow jacket trap which didn't immediately acknowledge it was a > poison. Also saw a long shelf of many aerosol sprays to get rid of problem. > > Does anyone have any advice? This is beyond my dealing with on my own. Any > recommendations for an . . . erk. . . exterminator? > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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