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Spotted a tennis ball sized nest in the back of the garage tonight - best way to get rid before it gets big?
DIY job or call in the experts?
Poke it and apply wasp nest powder, get stung have an anaphylactic reaction and spend the night in A&E. That's what I did
Sorry,that first post was a bit OTT.
Maybe Eddie could drop in?
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Screwfix sell some killer spray foam that does the job. Sprays from around 10ft away too. You need to do it just as it's getting dark/cool when they're quiet.
We had a real problem last year with 4 nests over the summer!
GT85 works. Solvent in propellent. If it's done close enough it essentially suffocates them. Use the straw.
But do it quick, and run away.
Small enough for a DIY job - get togged up with protective gear to leave no exposed skin; use a cane or a stick to poke a hole and spray with WD40 or even just water. Leave overnight, check to make sure it’s clear / reapply as needed and once happy, remove empty nest. You could call out an ‘expert’ it’ll take them all of 5 minutes for £50 and you’ll wonder why it cost so much.
I had one in attic, a monster. Got a bloke to eradicate it for £ 60 and bought this.https://amzn.eu/d/deHh3k D">Waspinator
And it worked.
I second this idea. Better safe than sorry.
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Or just leave them alone?? They don’t return to the same nest next year and a single wasp nest is very unlikely to do any damage to your house.
Did one a similar size this week with a tin of wax oil.
Waspinator fake nests look like a good idea to avoid wasps wanting to use the loft in the future though!
You need to fill it a specific way to fool them wasp beasts, unfortunately it also fooled the insulation guys as one of them shrieked when he saw it.
Whatever you do to sort it please make sure you film it for our amusement.
Had a wasps nest under the floor of our old front room a few years back. Foam spray through the air vent they used to get in worked.
Just before we moved I had a good look and it must have been a meter wide nest.
had a big one in the loft, got a bloke jn for that with his powder lance thing
a few weeks back boy1 found a tennis ball sized nest in his play house. I took it out with a nerf gun and ran away screaming.
this may have not be a bright idea. however no more wasps in the play house
+1 to leave it alone if you can, they won't be back next year.
But if they become a nuisnce this stuff is good
https://www.toolstation.com/zero-in-ultra-power-wasp-nest-killer-foam-jet/p78816
Cover up. Get a big long hollow tube - used an 8foot hollow plastic coated metal garden "cane". Put cling film over one end and tape it on securely, but not over the actual end. Pour wasp powder in, then seal up the other end just like the first.
Push the nozzle from the air compressor into one end of the tube. Put the other into the hole in the nest, then blast.
Retreat instantly. Wait 1 hour. Problem solved
I would add, I don't like killing things and wasps are important, but thenumber of wasps in my garage was a distracting problem.
We had one in the garage a few years ago. I just walked slowly towards it while spraying wasp spray at it continuously. Wasps started falling to the floor in increasing numbers until there didn't seem to be any left; I then knocked it off into a bucket and chucked it in the garden just to make sure. Problem sorted, much easier and quicker than I thought it would be...
Big pair of gardening gloves. Smack it hard with the flat of your hand, then curl your fingers up and crush 'em all.
Did it last week in my shed.
Man up. They're just wasps.
Big pair of gardening gloves. Smack it hard with the flat of your hand, then curl your fingers up and crush ’em all.
Did it last week in my shed.
*swoons*
Leave it alone wasps are useful pollinators.
You need to fill it a specific way to fool them wasp beasts, unfortunately it also fooled the insulation guys as one of them shrieked when he saw it.
What's the specific way - very interested as for some reason our patio was almost unusable because of the stripy little ****ers; if I got one of these and hung under the eaves of my shed how far away will prospective invaders stay?
Troutwrestler's technique is what I do, except I go full primitive tribesperson - gaffer tape some garden hose to an old broom handle, simply load up the end of hose with wasp powder, then use it like a blowpipe at the nest entrance. Repeat as needed a few days later.
As noted, wasps are important, but a wasps nest in the porch roof, the eaves by two front bedrooms, the rear roof and one over the utility room, was a bit much in one year. We've also had tree bees nest in our roof a different year. Our tiles must smell real good to insects.
We had one under the deck in our old house. Couldn't see how big it was but you could see the wasps going in and out of a hole so bought a tin of stuff from B&Q which said to do something like spray a 5 second jet into the nest. I emptied the whole aerosol into it which certainly did the job - never saw a wasp there ever again. A slide side effect was that no plants grew anywhere near that spot for a while either 😀
For an easily accessible nest, simply find a container with a lid of a suitable size to contain the nest. Pour a bit of petrol into said container, hold it under the nest, cut the nest from its hanging place and then quickly put the lid on the container.
Although it must be said that wasps are a very valuable part of the ecosystem, and it should only be destroyed if it's problematic. The nests are only used for a summer so it will not be there forever.
Had one in my garage year before last. It was the size of a tennis ball too.
I didn't want to harm them, but also, I use my garage all the time as a gym space and working on bikes. So I cleary didn't want to share the space with the bastds!
I opened the garage door wide, and we also have a side door which I usually use. Doors open wide for quick exit.
Fishing pole in hand.
Wife on hand to observe and provide welcome instructions! 😂
Gave it a quick whack with the fishing pole. Out comes what I assume is the queen, big and bloody angry! Then just ran away like a massive girl. All fine. Apart from detroying the nest, nothing killed.
I think you need to carefully transfer it to a sealable container and somehow get it over to @sharkattack
I believe he may have a use for it.
The wasps were presumably asleep when I popped in the garage, but the hole in the nest was the perfect size for the straw on my can of GT85, so I'm trying that first......
Leave it if possible.
Failing that, 1- position a firepit under the nest, 2- knock the nest into the pit with a stick. 3- Pull the fire pit out and do some fire stuff. It's really important that stages 2 and 3 are done really fast. Also note that a woolly beanie is not sufficient PPE. Don't ask I know this.
Also note that you won't be killing lots of them with fire, as they will all be out of the nest trying to kill you after stage 2.
Leave if you can. Wasps do good things.
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Or as it is small put a smaall bucket over it then slide a bit of cardboard in for a lid and carry outside.
I do confess, when there are nesst apearig in my sheds, I get rid of them, as I'm in and out of them frequently and they really don't like that.
last year I only needed to get rid of 1, previous years it's been a few.
I'd managed to block off a lot of potential entrances and spray old perfume/GT85 around any gaps I couldn't seal properly as they don't like strong smells.
they have been year on year gradually making their way around the inside of our dormer roof. Last hear they were in one of the corners of the bedroom, this year they've set up camp above my bedrom window. I can see the entrance, but as they are wanting to get into the nest, they don't bother with the window, though I suspect late summer that will change once the new queen abandons the nest. They're not doing any damage up there, possibly insulating the roof a bit more with their paper, but it can get a little irritating when they wake up early mornings as you can hear a very subtle popping noise, which I believe is the grubs clicking for food.
if they become a problem, I'll nuke them.
I just knocked it off with a brush handle and ran like ****.
Job jobbed.
To be clear, I want rid as we will disturb them a lot as we go in and the garage, which isn't good for us or them.
Left them alone last year. They are back this year. But in the shed roof which is far enough away from the garden seating area there isn't a problem.
If it's a problem, wasp nest destroyer spray works very well on nests you can see. If it's hidden, like in a wall cavity, puffing ant powder where they go in (e.g. hole in the mortar)
Invite all of your friends and family around and dispose of them one by one using the Mr Miagi fly catching chop sticks method. Keep score and make a game of it!
Murderers the lot of you, at least give them a few more weeks before death.
Leave something really smelly burning in the garage. Old oily rags etc they will PUFO
What’s the specific way – very interested as for some reason our patio was almost unusable because of the stripy little ****ers; if I got one of these and hung under the eaves of my shed how far away will prospective invaders stay?
I filled it with a combination of torn newspaper, foam and bit of sandpaper. It has to be able to appear light and also make a little scratching sound.
Neighbour told me that the previous owner was plagued with wasps but in 2 years since the expulsion and waspinator I have none.
I’m not opening the hatch now…just in case.
hole in the mortar
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Tinners is the man to help you. See half way down this old thread - https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/when-you-spray-a-wasps-nest-how-fast-do-the-little-bs-come-out/page/2
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