THere are wasps in the 2nd floor of my house

[JEDI]

a couple of weeks ago, i saw a wasp hovering near the ceiling fan in my master bedroom.
i had some ant spray, and sprayed the wasp when it was on the wall. it flew a little bit more, then crash landed on the carpet. i killed it and flushed it down the toilet.

in the 10yrs i've lived in my house, i've never had a wasp inside. i just figured it followed me in when i opened the main door on the 1st floor. and somehow made it's way upstairs. A fluke (or so i thought.)

today, i saw another wasp upstairs near the same ceiling fan. WTF?

i checked the attic for a wasp nest. i didnt see any. (nor did i see any wasps in there, or anything else flying for that matter.)

How did the wasps get in my house? and where to check for nests?

 

[OCGuy]

Whats wrong with WASPs?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Corners. Any exterior holes that might grant inside access? Any holes in your window screens?

There was a wasp nest on the inside corner of my front porch that looked like putty (not the honeycomb or papery look). Basically made out of dirt and wasp spit (I'm guessing), but it was almost rock hard and blended in perfectly with the house, so I never noticed it until I saw a wasp seemingly disappear into the wall. Kinda like this.

..so don't expect it to be obvious.

 

[OCGuy]

Had bees in my fireplace once...

 

[apac]

I knew someone with a dog once.

 

[Baked]

You got new pets. Grats!

 

[jiffer]

Originally posted by: JEDI
How did the wasps get in my house? and where to check for nests?

I'm not trying to be a smart aleck, but wasps can fly to great heights (150-200 feet is a breeze for them), and they can crawl through tiny holes and cracks. I've seen them crawl through cracks around the windows on the twelfth floor of a 12-story building. I'm not sure why they were coming inside, but they might have been looking for food, water, or a safe place to build a nest, or maybe they were following a particular scent or merely trying to get inside the building because it was cooler than the outside temperature. We solved the problem by caulking the cracks and tightening the window seals, but I don't know if that would help in your case. As you said, maybe one followed you through the door and flew upstairs. I don't think there's anything surprising about that; you're just not used to seeing it.