They are not just "meat eaters." They are omniviors. Their diet changes throught the year. Like most good bugs they are opertunistic feeders.
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I’m looking forward to being relaxed again instead of constantly being stressed and ready to kill them one or two at a time. Pest control’s gonna be here in a couple of hours.
A new product, Temprid Dust, will absolutely take care of them in a wall also. The label doesn’t state yellow jackets because the EPA doesn’t like labels that could potentially take out pollinators. How this would be applied will never see a pollinator, and will have residual activity so long as the dust stays dry (in the wall). In fact, it will take care of everything in the wall for a vary long time
This sounds like it has potential for doing a funny akin to fish sauce down windshield cowl vents
like powder boric acid? I have that actually. how much? will they drink it and die?
Go to the power equipment shed on your job site. Pout 1/2 gallon of gasoline into a jar. Ppur half into each hole. Problem solved, you dont even need to light it, they wil shrivel and die from the fumes.
Yes, powder boric acid. Probably a couple tablespoons and a quart of apple juice, or something sweet.
It's a lot where I'm building a house that we just cleared. There was actually 5 of the nests but we dug up 3 others. These 2 are in the septic area where I can't take the trees out. I didn't really want to get that close to the hole since there's a bunch of them constantly coming in and out of. I would normally pour a water bottle full of gas down the hole , and just go do it at night. I just didn't really want to go out there at night because it's in an actual neighborhood and most of the time I am building on very large lots or land. I may just have to do that though or risk getting stung in the daytime.
ok, I will try that next. I'd like to have a good method that doesn't involve me getting so close to the nest.
I thought about that but I think I can wing it. I would normally just call my bug guy to come kill em but it's just not in my nature to spend money on something if I can easily do it, even when it's someone else's money. I can sneak up on them and put gas down the hole just wanted to try easier options and see if they'd work really.
Takes a man with real self-control to not light it up. Me? I see premium fuel as divine instruction.
I know whaat you mean on that. Bees, wasps, even hornets are usually pretty easy going. Yellow jackets will chase your ass. just because they can. Ya gotta run through brush or around a corner or two. Just hit them at night. If its on a construction yard, fuck it, light'em up.
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yeah I've had the experience before. If it was just one or two it wouldn't bother me that much but they can easily put 10 or more on you in seconds and this isn't my house, just one I'm building so I'm not going to take a bunch of stings before just calling someone. I'm going to try that boric acid and apple juice and I may have some of this other poison I got once to treat some stuff too. can't remember what it is.
well that's why I was trying other things. I really don't want to go there at night and if I did, I'd probably have to have a light or I wouldn't be able to see. I am positive some of the existing home owners in that neighborhood would be over there too and may call the cops. Not that it would be a problem per say if they did, but I can call my bug guy and he will come do it for like $300 bucks so there's only so far I'm willing to go for this. If it were at my personal house it would be a lot easier.
yeah I've got some that sprays foam that works well but they are in an area that is pretty rough still after clearing and I also will have to step over silt fence so I may just have to do it in the daytime and have my truck as close as I can to jump in. Hopefully the boric acid mix will do it or maybe they started eating that cat food. I hope nothing else got that catfood but anything that gets close will get the hammer from them. the cans are both about 3 feet from the holes.
if you are using the spray, get the "Pro" version. It not only does what the regular version does, but it continues to kill returning wasps for a much longer period than the regular cans.
yeah, like 2 little cans of cat food like fancy feast cat foot. I took a little bit out for room to stir it up without it spilling because it stinks and I didn't want to spill it out of the can stirring the tick drops in. I emptied one treatment thingy into that can and mixed it in really good with a fork I had in my truck. I did the same with the 2nd can (only difference being the flavor of food, in case they liked one more than another or one covered the poison smell better, since the nest are close to each other). I set the cans as close as I could to the hole without getting attacked, so about 3 or 4 feet and maybe 15 or 20 feet from each other.
I'm not a cat fan either but I wouldn't want one to die because I did it and certainly wouldn't want a painful death. I haven't seen any cats there at all so I hope not. I didn't really worry about it enough honestly. I wish I had some cage to put it in but it seems the yellow jackets are all over it now and they can take out a can of cat food very quickly if they are eating it actively. If they were really on it they could eat it in like an hour so I thought it would be gone quickly so it wouldn't matter.
Yeah....I shoot'em with what's handy.Eh, who hasn't taken a shot of brake clean to the face?
It only burns for a few seconds.
I have been working on a truck I parked 6 years ago. Always keep a can of brake cleaner handy, if they start crawling out of a panel they get blasted. There's hundreds of dead ones around the truck right now.
Brake clean is primarily acetone with some extra fun stuff.
Mud wasps that build nests on walls and eves have 2 feeding cycles. I forget which is which but one time of year they want protein for the young and sweet the other time of year.
