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I have a Wasp who keeps coming back to the same place to build a nest. I keep knocking it down and then a few days later he is back. It is between my sliding glass door and the screen door. I tried to find where he is getting through but I cant. Any ideas hew to deter them from coming back to the same spot? Thanks The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State NRA Life Member | ||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Let him/her build the nest then go out there at night and hose it down with Raid wasp killer. Paper wasps are a constant battle for me in the summers. I get thousands of them around here and nests everywhere. I buy a case of Raid every year and it lasts mosts of the summer. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Constant issue here too. Try to g et them when they're idle on the nest & hose them with foaming wasp killer. Then smash them into little pieces when they hit the ground. I've left the little paper nests in place after the hosts are dead. Seems to deter a future dweller from moving in. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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You can buy fake wasps nest and hang them in various spots around your property. A wasp won't build within 100' of a existing nest so I'm told. My neighbor hangs a blown up paper bag off the end of his outdoor kitchen and says he has no more problems with wasps looking to nest. Link "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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32nd degree |
___________________  "the world doesn't end til yer dead, 'til then there's more beatin's in store, stand it like a man, and give some back" Al Swearengen | |||
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Spray the nest with soapy water-they will not come back. Don't. drink & drive, don't even putt. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
Yep. They also like to build nests near where water is available. If you have standing water around your house, like an area with poor drainage, junk items where rain collects, or a backed up section of gutter, address that. It'll help with wasps as well as mosquitos. | |||
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Or, in my case, a 23k gal hole in the ground  The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Banned for showing his ass |
I had success with putting peppermint (or spearmint) oil on a cotton ball and placing it where the wasps were building their nests. | |||
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Caribou gorn |
Kill them. Kill them all. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Take the wasp aside, and gently remonstrate with it. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
I’m in the kill them all camp. I use bifen for spraying, when I’m done doing the baseboards, I spray the eaves outside and I don’t have wasps…or other bugs for that matter. I looked it up once and IIRC it’s some kind of nerve agent for bugs. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Kill those, and consider a fake nest. I got a Waspinator nest similar to below while in TX and having recurring issues. It really did seem to work! That specific brand seems to be gone, but others exist.  You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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That's what I use as well | |||
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After opening the thread, I see "break up with her" is not the right answer. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Wow, that's very interesting! At work, there was a wasp that was building a nest on the ground where I took my breaks. I tried stepping on it and it wouldn't die. I finally let it be. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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A Grateful American |
You can try beer and the sports channel. But the wasp has such strong work ethic. Spray the area with some silicon spray. No stick, no stay. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I don't think that's true. First-hand observation: I have found multiple nests on the outside of my house, within five or ten feet of each other. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Spray with a mixture of water and dish detergent . People and pet friendly . | |||
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| Husband, Father, Aggie, all around good guy!  |
I have a two story house and they like to build their nests up high under the eaves/over hang of the roof. I take some dish detergent and water in a small ice chest and a super soaker. I move from nest to nest and hose their paper nest up good with soapy water. Those on the nest drop and hit the ground dead. I then give them a nice crushing turning step just to enjoy the victory on behalf of my monarch butterfly population efforts. I keep this combo handy and an eye open for the others who return later from their gathering. I give them a soaking if they land. Dish soap is kryptonite apparently to wasps. I dont do anything to the bees, they are welcome to do their pollinating thing. HK Ag | |||
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