Hi guys,
We've got a lot of wasp, flying around on the front lawn.
Anybody knows How to get a rid of them?
Tia
How to get rid of wasp?
mazuko on 21/12/2014 - 18:19
Last edited 21/12/2014 - 18:21
Last edited 21/12/2014 - 18:21
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Tell them to shoo
Smash it's nest with a hammer. Wasps are friendly, they won't mind.
Try and get stung by all of them, then they'll die. … or is that bees?…. and maybe it was you'll die not they'll … Only one way to find out
wd40.
+fire
I like to use hair spray (or anything with a number '3' in the red flammable logo on the can - anything with a number '2' in the logo doesn't cut it)…..add a naked flame and problem solved - they drop dead to the ground instantly.
Of course this is only suitable for wasp nests in the garden or around the outside of the home.
make a wasp trap.
http://uberhumor.com/wasp-trap-my-buddies-set-up-after-one-d…
I'm not exactly sure how, but I saw that web page recently. Someone in the comments said it's just soft drink in a container. I don't know what the stick does or if it's needed.
Interesting picture but would like more info.
It's just people abusing each other in the comments.
Are they blue/black. They won't do you any harm. Probably leave in a couple of days.
http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Environment/Biodiversity/BlackF…
The common way they do it on youtube is to use a shop vac. Tape the hose onto a stick and leave the hose over the entrance to the wasp nest. Turn it on for a few hours, then seal the shop vac up and leave them to die.
Thanks for all the replies guys
Use all the toilet rolls you scored of Wollies. I didnt get any btw (Bastards) and burn them all.
make sure you post video!find the nest, get a clear plastic bag and open it up and spray lots of bug spray into the bag and then place that over the nest and hold then scoop up the nest within the bag. seal the bag and throw in the bin.
Edit - what's wrong with White Anglo Saxon People?
What do they look like? There are a few native wasp looking insects.
Unless they are European Wasps I would leave them alone unless they are nesting on/in your house.
http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/images/European_W…
1) Find nest
2) Pour kerosene all over it (not the low-odour kind - you want regular kerosene)
3) DoneFind their nest and sprinkle a trail of ant powder on the ground near the nest. You can get ant powder at your gardening shop. The wasps will take it into the nest and they will be gone in a day or two.
a) What sort of wasp are they?
b) Why are you worried about them?
c) Unless they're European Wasps (whioch is possible as they commonly do nest in the ground) they're doing more good than harm and wont bother you unless you try pretty hard to bother them.If they are European wasps, you need to be very careful. European wasps are aggressive and dangerous.
Google them - they look a bit like bees but with more distinctive markings. If yes, then…. go to Bunnings and buy two cans of wasp spray, it is specifically for this purpose
. find the nest, you can do this by following where they go (easier than it sounds)
. wait until late evening when the wasps become much less active (if they are still active, wait another couple of hours)
. empty an entire can of wasp spray into the nest - the WHOLE CAN
. that should do the trick, but you need to check over the next couple of daysWith respect to other posters, anything to do with flammable liquids or being in contact with the nest carries
risks that would be better avoidedGood post, Greg B, that works.
When I had a wasp nest in my letter box a few years ago, I just used surface bug spray. Just opened the lid, sprayed all around, and legged it. Cleaned it out the following day. Easy. I used surface spray for the residual effect to get any others that came back later.
Tips:
* Wasp sprays e.g. http://www.blitzempestcontrol.com.au/products/blitzem-wasp-k… might be better, some of them can spray a jet for 5 metres, so you don't need to get too close.
* Do it when it's cool (maybe early morning) as they are less active then.
I didn't have as much luck with a tree on my daughter's farm (Narrogin WA), which had wild bees in it. I approached it, to see where the nest actually was, and got within 2 metres of the tree which had a split in it. I think the tree was hollow because they were flying in and out of the bottom and the top of the tree. Anyway, the bees didn't like it and identified me as a threat, started swarming round me and landing on me, one of them stung me, and I finished up running down the lane for 50 metres with the bees in pursuit and flailing at my body and legs to get the bees off. I was only near the tree for a couple of seconds and they went for me. The bees are still there, I'm not going back, it's too dangerous.
DO THIS VERY, VERY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THEY ARE ALL BACK AT THE NEST and not during the day when they are all out and about or they will just start over again. next BURN the old nest if you can or (when empty) remove and BIN (in a bag if in doubt you got them all)
HARDEST is locating the NEST, it can be in a tree, in the peg basket, under the house - locating it will almost always involve getting stung from my experience (alas)!
find the nest, you can do this by following where they go (easier than it sounds)
European Wasps are known for sending out decoys to lead you away from the hive. I followed one which led me to Dick Smith where I accidentally bought a big screen TV and a PS4. My wife was not pleased, I can tell you.
So that's why people say they got 'stung' buying from dickies :P
Nah that's not the European, that sounds more like the less known Enewasp.
so many charges…..whoops I means 'stings'
get a bees nest.
this is the best advice. The bees will drive the wasps away.
Oh insects.
Not White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
lol! That was my first thought too…
mix ant rid and mince, leave it near the nest….
Are wasps homophobic?
Ant Rid and minced meat sounds like it might just work. I'll remember to give this a go if they come around my place.
Leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. If wasps are patrolling your garden chances are you have caterpillars for them to eat - they don't waste their time and life in barren places or chasing humans for the hell of it.
OTOH are you sure it's wasps and not native bees? The native bees are harmless, leave them alone.
Or if they're the big Orange Mud Wasps, they lay their eggs into Huntsman spiders!
I actually witnessed one of them killing a huntsman just the other day! He swooped down and stung the spider and they had a bit of a tussle. The wasp won and I thought "Yeah, now what are you going to do? You can't carry that spider anywhere".
Boy did he show me. He cut all his legs off then scurried away with his prey.
Amazing.
Lucky.. I've never seen it. :-(
Native bees can be aggressive and territorial around their nests.
They will swarm and sting if they feel threatened.
One or two in your garden might be "harmless", but wild bees can be very dangerous if you approach their nest.Pretty sure Native bees don't swarm.. Wild Honey Bees on the other hand…
australian native bee's have NO STING and possibly the BEST HONEY EVER! I dont know if they do in fact keep away wasps and wasps come is so many shapes and sizes (mud wasps will keep you busy with the HP hose!) so generaly you just have to keep at it, removing nests, sparying for lawn bugs and getting rid of thier crap on the outside of the house.
as a GENERAL rule, if you get stung a nest is within 3-5 meters - go back late in the arvo, locate and give them a good drink of insect spray!
Yes, it's European and feral honey bees that sting - very protective of their hive of honey.
The Aus equivalent of a honey be is actually a stingless bee - no sting at all. Most other Aus native bees are solitary but may have more than one nest or share a nest with other solitary bees. They usually don't risk their lives for one nest - even if you get in the way and behave aggressively.
I take photographs of live Aus native bees all the time, in the wild, and have never been stung. Even when I disturbed a roost of a couple 100 male nomadia they flew around me but never at me.
Presently I have a couple bee hotels outside my front door, 20 - 30 orange tail resin bees are nesting at this time, and though I will walk into their flight path often throughout the day they never attack, just go around.
Australian bees are harmless, though there might be the odd occasion … as with all things.
There is no need to fear insects, no need to kill them. If you leave your garden chemical free and you have plants the insect population largely regulates itself. Even so, they come and go, chemicals are more likely to do you harm in the long run.
Are you sure they are wasp NOT honey bee? It is a season for bee swarm. If it is bee, then there is nothing to worry. However, if they are wasp, then it is better to leave them to a pest controller.
Trash talk loudly at them, then when they come out to check whats up with the ruckus, give them an uppercut.
Sure you can… I mean shoryuken.
We used to use old jam jars - when finished fill with water and shake with lid on so that the sweet smell of the last remnants of jam attracts them and they drown. Used to kill loads of wasps this way. [Dont forget to remove lid when placing jar outside :-) ]
So just a half full jar of water/jam, no lid? figured you would need a hole in the lid to act as some sort of trap for the offender? This should attract ants,bees? and wasps???
just moved to a very green suburb that's flooded with tones of bees and wasps.
asked neighbor how to handle them. he handed me a tennis racket and said take a swing. they actually get caught in that net of the racket.
Sounds awful(?)
killed many small (micro)bats in my house this way in the blue mountains years ago with a squash racket (apply named) and before you judge me harshly, they were and are vermin, rats with wings and disease - it was either them or me, and i had the racqet so they LOST bigtime!
slap it with your hands and squash it with with both hands.
I just use a hose to wash them away. They still think its there for a while but they eventually find a different place to rebuild.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
If you don't have that sort of weaponry close to hand, I have previously used kero + match, and the blitzem spray (both at night). More recently http://www.envirosafeaustralia.com.au/european-wasp-trap/ to good effect.
Down on all fours. Honey on rectum. Like a Venus fly trap. Clap them as you feel the tickle.
Are you one of those people that have to visit a surgeon in Christmas to surgically remove an animal from their butt?
Spray lighter fluid on them, then torch it!
then hose it down before you burn your home.
WD40.
Uncle got stung by a wasp once,
DIED (35 years later)
..Be carefulIn rocky qld, i had wasps nest in the clothes peg basket & it took quite a few stings for me to figure out they had moved in. Looked everywhere for the beggars, not a fun day but when i die, ill blame them too… 20 years and counting…
to everyone suggesting "burn them with fire"… IMO i think the only thing worse than an angry swarm of wasps is an angry swarm of burning fire wasps. use this method with caution
You 'hit' em at night when they're all back at their nest and settled in for the night…..they won't see it coming and don't even get a chance to get angry.
What kind of wasp? I have some mini wasps flying around my kale and broccoli plants. They hover like little helicopters and dart about quickly between plants. You don't want to kill these wasps as they're beneficial insects. They don't sting and eat aphids off plants.
most insects dont swarm in the LATE ARVO 6pm depending on sunset times and the time of year. best to wait until they quite down and get ready to sleep as you may get spared some suffering and kill more of the suckers and prevent them comming back a day later.
Amanda Vanstone in a two piece bikini has been known to repel any living creature known to man. Similarly Tony Abbott in those god awful black budgie smugglers is likely to have an "Get me the F#ck outta here!" effect on said Wasps.
With that said though… That would drive away the OP as well, i mean they would see it too…
Bronwyn bishop is only ever used as a last strike, mutually assured destruction! The beehive hair can be a natural alternative habitat for wasps too
Depends what wasps you have, they could be a beneficial parasitic wasp http://www.maccotterpestcontrol.com/lawn-grub-control in which case you most likely have a lawn grub infestation.
I would try and identify what type they are first before you start spraying any pesticides around your home.
Yeah, I think they are digging the ground, I can see a few holes on the ground.
And what sort of wasp are they..
Take a photo (ideally) or describe?
They say it's better to use a red light because they can't see it but I just go out after dark when they are nice and settled with a torch and spray the nest heavily with fly spray. Never had any problems but I've only got paper wasps.
I only ever do that if the nest is located where someone could brush it or get close to it. Normally they put them nice and high and I leave them be.
And knock the nest down the following day.
Please don't do anything to them. They won't harm you, your children or your pets, just leave them alone. What they're doing is hunting for lawn grubs.
We get tiny orange ones every year or so. It's like a moving orange carpet, and they pretty much just ignore everything except their task. They're usually there for a week or two then disappear. A couple of years ago after a particularly wet season the shops here couldn't keep up with the demand for lawn grub killer, because of the dead patches in everyone's lawn.. Our 'lawn' was perfect, not a dead patch to be seen.
Fire. The answer is FIRE. LOTS OF FIRE!
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