Ichinisan
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SandEagle
Lifer
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Oh god that's horrifying.
well, imagine this in your window then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9NCAfp5-E
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I would leave that wasp nest there if there was absolutely zero way of them getting into my home. I could probably watch it for hours.
qliveur
Diamond Member
- Mar 25, 2007
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I would bust out the malathion for that shit.
Oh god that's horrifying.
Those are European brown hornets. I can tell by the coloring. They look like giant yellow jackets and are considered an invasive species here in North America.
Around here mowing on a riding mower is known as the "yellow jacket rodeo," because it's all about how long you can stay on your mower after you realize they're all over you.
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Last couple weeks in the news there was a story about family of six killed from giant hornet stings.
sportage
Lifer
- Feb 1, 2008
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Those mud or ground wasps are evil little creatures.
They will chase you. They hate loud noise. A lawn mower or weed eater usually sets them off.
They are smaller than the typical more average less aggressive wasp that nests under a deck or behind outside lights, rain gutters, and inside garbage containers.
I call these aggressive little suckers mud wasps, but I know they have a name.
Last year I heard my dog outside making sounds and yelps. I looked out the window and he was surrounded in what looked like a cloud of dirt.
Then I realized it was those damn mud wasps.
They show up every year in the Summer, somewhere in the yard.
I called to my dog and luckily he came right in the house.
He had not been stung, but there were 30+ wasps in his thick fur just digging in trying to get down at the skin to sting him.
I grabbed the vacuum and sucked all the wasps off him one by one.
Then went outside and discovered where the wasps had made their nest in the ground.
I grabbed a box of bug bombs, pulled the tab, and tossed one after another like hand grenades into the area where the next was.
They finally cleared.
Then, after sunset, I went back and poured a cup of gas down the nest hole, and burned the suckers out.
My aunt, a farm lady, always complained of those mud wasps on the farm every summer.
She said they usually have two entrances into the nest, not just one.
She would pour gas down the nest hole, light it, and 10 - 20 feet away she would see smoke coming out from the other entrance.
Or the secondary entrance.
These mud wasps will follow you, and if you run inside somewhere away from them, they will actually remain outside the door waiting for you.
They are pure evil little bastards.
They will chase you. They hate loud noise. A lawn mower or weed eater usually sets them off.
They are smaller than the typical more average less aggressive wasp that nests under a deck or behind outside lights, rain gutters, and inside garbage containers.
I call these aggressive little suckers mud wasps, but I know they have a name.
Last year I heard my dog outside making sounds and yelps. I looked out the window and he was surrounded in what looked like a cloud of dirt.
Then I realized it was those damn mud wasps.
They show up every year in the Summer, somewhere in the yard.
I called to my dog and luckily he came right in the house.
He had not been stung, but there were 30+ wasps in his thick fur just digging in trying to get down at the skin to sting him.
I grabbed the vacuum and sucked all the wasps off him one by one.
Then went outside and discovered where the wasps had made their nest in the ground.
I grabbed a box of bug bombs, pulled the tab, and tossed one after another like hand grenades into the area where the next was.
They finally cleared.
Then, after sunset, I went back and poured a cup of gas down the nest hole, and burned the suckers out.
My aunt, a farm lady, always complained of those mud wasps on the farm every summer.
She said they usually have two entrances into the nest, not just one.
She would pour gas down the nest hole, light it, and 10 - 20 feet away she would see smoke coming out from the other entrance.
Or the secondary entrance.
These mud wasps will follow you, and if you run inside somewhere away from them, they will actually remain outside the door waiting for you.
They are pure evil little bastards.
qliveur
Diamond Member
- Mar 25, 2007
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^Those sound like yellow-jackets to me.
Are they little, yellow and black striped with several hundred of them to a nest? If so, then they're yellow-jackets. That's the common term for them. They build large paper nests, usually underground.
Their close cousin, the bald-faced hornet, is like a yellow-jacket on steroids. They nest above-ground, in a big gray paper ball. They're quite a bit bigger and even more aggressive.
Are they little, yellow and black striped with several hundred of them to a nest? If so, then they're yellow-jackets. That's the common term for them. They build large paper nests, usually underground.
Their close cousin, the bald-faced hornet, is like a yellow-jacket on steroids. They nest above-ground, in a big gray paper ball. They're quite a bit bigger and even more aggressive.
zinfamous
No Lifer
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Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Oh god that's horrifying.
Here's what I would try in such situation: (I'm not an expert and this could possibly go south but I'd give it a shot anyway)
Get LOTS of liquid nitrogen - some gas supply places can sell you it, and dump it all over that area, you'd want something you can shoot it from a decent distance with, maybe a pump with hose. Or wear a bee keeper suit and just dump it on physically. Though you don't want to startle them too much by stepping all over that area, you want to keep them down.
Immediately tarp the entire area with vapor barrier to seal it in. At the edge of the tarp put some 2x4's or other weights and then add bricks to make sure it's pinned down very good and sealed all around. Once contained you can start to spray some chemicals of choice inside to kill them when they unfreeze.
I would imagine this to work fairly well.
Another option is C4.
Kaido
Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
- Feb 14, 2004
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A couple weeks ago I left the house for work at 6am and got stung by a yellow jacket right as I opened the door. On the very top of my head. It wasn't bad for about 5 minutes, then the piercing headache started for like 6 hours straight. It was a long day
Mixolydian
Lifer
A couple weeks ago I left the house for work at 6am and got stung by a yellow jacket right as I opened the door. On the very top of my head. It wasn't bad for about 5 minutes, then the piercing headache started for like 6 hours straight. It was a long day
What the hell are yellow jackets doing awake at 6 am!
Mixolydian
Lifer
I haven't been stung by anything since I was like 5 years old.
I'm pretty terrified of flying/buzzing/stinging insects so I pretty much run like hell when there's one near me.
I'm pretty terrified of flying/buzzing/stinging insects so I pretty much run like hell when there's one near me.
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