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> Another fun fact: wasps will not spend much time around their nests. They usually leave the nest at high speed (do not stand there!) and then roam an area of
by rascul 4y ago
> Another fun fact: wasps will not spend much time around their nests. They usually leave the nest at high speed (do not stand there!) and then roam an area of multiple square kilometers. When they come back they immediately go back into the nest. Sometimes a single animal may inspect the closer area, but this is rare.
Not the wasps here. There's always a few wasps flying around the nests when I find them.
It also doesn't take much to aggravate them.
- nils-m-holm 4y agoIf you mean directly in front of the entrance, yes, there will always be a bunch of wasps waiting for their turn to get in. And, yes, do not get too close to that spot unless you know what you are doing. In particular: know their flight paths and do not stand there.
- lostapathy 4y agoSo when they built a nest near my back door, I'm just supposed to surrender my back patio so them so I can stay out of their flight paths?
- nils-m-holm 4y agoAs I wrote before, if you want to get rid of them, there are ways to do so (and keep them away) without killing them. But to answer your question more directly: We have happily surrendered part of our terrace to wasps. Their right to live tops our desire for convenience. A nest lives for one year. If we do not want them to use the same spot next year, there are ways to make sure they do not.
- lostapathy 4y agoI'm not surrendering "part of my terrace" to wasps - I'm talking about the rest of my family being unwilling to open the back door because there are always wasps flying near it. I'm not willing to surrender my back door to wasps for a year in hopes they find new flight patterns next year.