So hear's the deal:
I'm at my mom's house (not for too much longer) and she has some kind of wasp nest somewhere in her garage. One or two fly around everytime we open the garage door. No one is deathly allergic to any kind of sting, but I'd like to rid her garage of them so she doesn't get stung while doing laundry etc. etc.
Now, just a couple of days ago I found what, to me, appeared to be a large mudwasp's nest. I say appear because I have no clue if more than one type of wasp or hornet makes nests out of mud. I wish I had taken a picture of it because it was rather large, about the size of an adult's fist. I knocked it down and there were a couple of wasps and larva in it but none attacked me which was kind of odd.
Anyways, here's a picture of a wasp I just killed. I don't know if it's a straggler of the nest I killed or a whole different type. ATOT Insect Experts, please help!
Picture of wasp (56k warning)
UPDATE
So here's the deal, I may have just lost my Man Card. But it's a funny story that goes along with this thread that just happened. I guess Karma does go around, for those innocent mud daubers I killed! Yeah, that's plural. Another mud dauber appeared after the first one I posted, but this one actually came inside the house. So I felt the need to do away with it. I spray it with the only insect killer my mom has, which is for roaches. Well the thing works, the mud dauber dies. So I walk outside to finish up my laundry. The garage door is opened and all of the sudden I hear a deafening buzzing sound, I look up and I see this black mass coming right for me. I'm sure I let out a school girl yelp and run inside closing the door behind me.
At this point I can feel my heart pounding. Did I mention I'm rather affraid of wasps/hornets/bees? So I crack the door open to see if the hornet is still there (did I mention how huge this thing was?) and all of the sudden the bastard comes flying at me. I let out, what I'm sure is an even louder and girlier yelp and I high tail it to the living room. The bastard is following me! I continue towards the bathroom where I stay, until I see it fly past it into my room. It continues to fly around the house, I'm still in the bathroom, and I can hear my cats giong nuts over this thing. I see it go back towards the garage so I come out of hiding. To my surprise my little friend has invited his little friend over to play, too! Yup, I left the door open when I rent running. So now I have two hornets in the house who are seeking revenge for their mud dauber brothers. Thankfully they settle down and are flying around a window. This gives me time to think about my plan.
I go outside to find a pole or something that I can start my counter attack. I ran out of the roach spray, but I don't think it would have any affect on these suckers anyway. Luckily at this time, my mom's neighbor (an elderly lady) is outside putting mail in the mailbox. I walk over and start up a friendly conversation about my situation, asking if they have any wasp hornet spray. Sure enough, they do! Awesome! So I walk back to the house with a chip on my shoulder, after all I'm about to give these ratbastards what they deserve. I open up the door to the kitchen and BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! One of the hornets comes rushing out! Sure enough, I let ut another girlish scream and ducked. Yup, right in front of the neighbor! I'm crouching and trying to peer inside to see if the second guy is still there. Thankfully the one that flew out flew all the way outside. He will live to fight another day, as for his friend...
Pic 1
Pic 2
Cliffs:
1. Man card lost
I'm at my mom's house (not for too much longer) and she has some kind of wasp nest somewhere in her garage. One or two fly around everytime we open the garage door. No one is deathly allergic to any kind of sting, but I'd like to rid her garage of them so she doesn't get stung while doing laundry etc. etc.
Now, just a couple of days ago I found what, to me, appeared to be a large mudwasp's nest. I say appear because I have no clue if more than one type of wasp or hornet makes nests out of mud. I wish I had taken a picture of it because it was rather large, about the size of an adult's fist. I knocked it down and there were a couple of wasps and larva in it but none attacked me which was kind of odd.
Anyways, here's a picture of a wasp I just killed. I don't know if it's a straggler of the nest I killed or a whole different type. ATOT Insect Experts, please help!
Picture of wasp (56k warning)
UPDATE
So here's the deal, I may have just lost my Man Card. But it's a funny story that goes along with this thread that just happened. I guess Karma does go around, for those innocent mud daubers I killed! Yeah, that's plural. Another mud dauber appeared after the first one I posted, but this one actually came inside the house. So I felt the need to do away with it. I spray it with the only insect killer my mom has, which is for roaches. Well the thing works, the mud dauber dies. So I walk outside to finish up my laundry. The garage door is opened and all of the sudden I hear a deafening buzzing sound, I look up and I see this black mass coming right for me. I'm sure I let out a school girl yelp and run inside closing the door behind me.
At this point I can feel my heart pounding. Did I mention I'm rather affraid of wasps/hornets/bees? So I crack the door open to see if the hornet is still there (did I mention how huge this thing was?) and all of the sudden the bastard comes flying at me. I let out, what I'm sure is an even louder and girlier yelp and I high tail it to the living room. The bastard is following me! I continue towards the bathroom where I stay, until I see it fly past it into my room. It continues to fly around the house, I'm still in the bathroom, and I can hear my cats giong nuts over this thing. I see it go back towards the garage so I come out of hiding. To my surprise my little friend has invited his little friend over to play, too! Yup, I left the door open when I rent running. So now I have two hornets in the house who are seeking revenge for their mud dauber brothers. Thankfully they settle down and are flying around a window. This gives me time to think about my plan.
I go outside to find a pole or something that I can start my counter attack. I ran out of the roach spray, but I don't think it would have any affect on these suckers anyway. Luckily at this time, my mom's neighbor (an elderly lady) is outside putting mail in the mailbox. I walk over and start up a friendly conversation about my situation, asking if they have any wasp hornet spray. Sure enough, they do! Awesome! So I walk back to the house with a chip on my shoulder, after all I'm about to give these ratbastards what they deserve. I open up the door to the kitchen and BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! One of the hornets comes rushing out! Sure enough, I let ut another girlish scream and ducked. Yup, right in front of the neighbor! I'm crouching and trying to peer inside to see if the second guy is still there. Thankfully the one that flew out flew all the way outside. He will live to fight another day, as for his friend...
Pic 1
Pic 2
Cliffs:
1. Man card lost
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