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I'm no expert, but I've read a bit about Vespula vulgaris (the most common sort of wasp in the UK) and tackled a few nests in the past. My impression is that i
by bloak 6y ago
I'm no expert, but I've read a bit about Vespula vulgaris (the most common sort of wasp in the UK) and tackled a few nests in the past.
My impression is that if you put a vacuum cleaner next to the entrance you may, if you're lucky, catch nearly all the wasps that leave the nest, but the queen never leaves the nest, and the eggs and larvae don't leave the nest, and I think there may also be some workers that stay in the nest looking after the larvae, so things will be quieter after you've finished vacuuming, but the colony will probably regenerate itself in a week or so.
- krtkush 6y agoWon't you want to destroy the nest once the vacuuming is done?
- hnarn 6y agoMight be tricky if the nest is in a garage or something (and not easy to cut down and move), but otherwise that could probably be solved by burning it.
- supernova87a 6y agoIsn't that when you finish it off by pouring 10 pounds of molten aluminum down the hole?
- mlavin 6y agoThat's why you use dust or pyrethrin spray as well, and seal them in afterwards. Hot burning wasp death!
- lostlogin 6y agoVespex is used here in New Zealand and has been a game changer. Wasps are the greatest pest in New Zealand if you measure pests in “kgs per hectare”. With Vespex you don’t go looking for nests, you let the colony poison itself. Because it is protein based and not sugar based, it’s not attractive to as many species. The downside is that the wasps only take it at a specific time of year - when they are consuming protein. https://www.merchento.com/vespex.html https://www.merchento.com/vespex.html