Help with hornet/wasp nest

[126coupe]

These guys keep trying to build their nest and I keep knocking it down, its right next to the front door. Is their something i can treat the area with so they don't come back?

[Rick Lee]

Glue traps.

[Drdogface]

I would think you could hose the area down with some of that wasp nest spray. It's not really a spray but more like a mini fire hose containing the usual chemicals. I would suspect it would keep a residual of odor, etc. for long enough to convince them to go elsewhere.

[charleskieffner]

WD-40 and a TORCH!

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by Drdogface

I would think you could hose the area down with some of that wasp nest spray. It's not really a spray but more like a mini fire hose containing the usual chemicals. I would suspect it would keep a residual of odor, etc. for long enough to convince them to go elsewhere.

I did that and they continued building the next the very next day.

[masraum]

Demon WP. I'm pretty sure that'll get em and stop them from coming back. You can get it on Amazon.

[Netspeed]

I tried those hanging bags that look like wasp nests. The theory is that, because they're so territorial, they'll avoid the area that has been staked out by other wasps......it didn't work at all.

The best thing I've found is to spray the nest with a can of wasp spray (sorry....don't know the chemicals). They key is to do it around 10pm when the sun goes down and it starts cooling off. They all go back to the nest for the night and that spray will knock them down in no time flat. Don't destroy the nest right away as any straglers the next day will come in contact with the poison if they land on the nest. After a few days, crush the nest.

[Groesbeck Hurricane]

Paint the area sky blue. Less hassle and the pesky vermin will leave it alone. They will think it is part of the sky.

[Rusty Heap]

Here's mine, under a 2 foot wide eave so it's at least a foot wide, and it's 25% bigger now as I took this photo a week or two ago.

Unfortunately it's about 20 foot off the ground top of a second story.

When it was the size of a cantalope, I took a pressure washer with a 0 degree tip (bullet stream) and blasted 1/2 of it down. They just rebuilt it.

Last night I hit it with a can of wasp killer that shoots 15-20 foot. Knocked a bunch of them out dead, but they're still crawling around........second dose of wasp killer spray at dusk tonight.

[Tishabet]

I just found a spot where they are entering my home... through a little gap in a brick wall. It is looking like they may have built a nest between my ceiling and roof, and are gaining access to the area through the gap. I just noticed that there were a lot of wasps hovering in that area, and put two and two together.

Assuming I can seal the hole will that be it? i.e. will the ones stuck "inside" just die off?

[Netspeed]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

Here's mine, under a 2 foot wide eave so it's at least a foot wide, and it's 25% bigger now as I took this photo a week or two ago.

Unfortunately it's about 20 foot off the ground top of a second story.

When it was the size of a cantalope, I took a pressure washer with a 0 degree tip (bullet stream) and blasted 1/2 of it down. They just rebuilt it.

Last night I hit it with a can of wasp killer that shoots 15-20 foot. Knocked a bunch of them out dead, but they're still crawling around........second dose of wasp killer spray at dusk tonight.

That thing's huge! That's not the normal paper wasp nest that I'm used to seeing.

[Netspeed]

Originally Posted by Tishabet

I just found a spot where they are entering my home... through a little gap in a brick wall! It is looking like they may have built a nest between my ceiling and roof, and are gaining access to the area through a spot where the cement between two bricks is missing. I just noticed that there were a lot of wasps hovering in that area, and put two and two together.

Assuming I can seal the hole (which looks to be the space between two bricks, 2 inches by maybe .25 inch), will that be it? i.e. will the ones stuck "inside" just die off?

I'd spray it and then seal it.

[Porsche_monkey]

Place a vacuum hose near where they enter. As they fly past they get sucked in, then put the vacuum hose onto the lawnmower exhaust...done.

This does work.

[nynor]

stanley steemer carpet spot remover. kills em dead dead dead, right NOW. and they don't come back for some reason. i discovered this on accident. seriously, it kills them faster than any insect killer i've ever seen.

[Zeke]

this is what he is talking about



I just leave them alone and they leave me alone.

[RWebb]

"don't know the chemicals"

it's a neurotoxin and WILL affect you, so be careful

wear gloves, maybe mask - ls shirt & wash right afterwards.

St. Steamer stuff would be great - I never knew that...

[doug_porsche]

definitely chemicals. Dont know how the EPA lets it be sold.

Try aerosol Break Parts Cleaner. Will kill the the ones it comes in contact with. The rest just sort of give up. When you use it on ant piles, the ants dont even try to collect the bodies.

Oh yea, it works pretty good on breaks too.

[vash]

jeezus! i would call a pro!!

one of the few creatures i am truly scared of.

[schamp]

Hornets nest. And lots and lots of hornets. I have found that once they think they have been found they move somewhere else. Don't think those are going anywhere. You can spray and spray. Be very careful they will come after you. When you are spraying one hole they come out of the second one. Call it an entrance and exit. The more you mess with them the quicker they will be to attack.

[RWebb]

he's in Calif. so do they have hornets there?

this is imp. b/c the behavior of the things depends on what they are

a pro. is always nice no matter what...