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[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Flee for your lives!

 

[StreetsofBeige]

There might be a nest nearby. I had that issue and saw there was a nest in a tree. At some point when it's safe, if you see it, climb up when it's quiet and bag it in a garbage bag.

The good thing is they only use it for one year. So at some point if you wait it out, it'll disappear unless they make another nest close by.

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

That’s nice my dogs freaking out and barking at them. Hopefully they’ll just go away I cleaned my BBQ today so quite possible I woke up their nest or something.

 

[AJUMP23]

Get some wasp spray. Almost instant death when you get them.

 

[nbcjr]

try the gasoline on a glass jar hack

 

[AJUMP23]

Spectricide. That is the good stuff.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Burn the house and surrounding area down.


Just to be sure.

 

[CGNoire]

White
Anglo
Saxon
Protestants
?

 

[Nobody_Important]

White
Anglo
Saxon
Protestants
?

 

[Spaceman292]

I haven't seen a wasp for ages. They used to be everywhere in the summer. All the animals and insects in the UK are fucking dead.

 

[ahtlas7]

Peace out

 

[TheDreadBaron]

I haven't seen a wasp for ages. They used to be everywhere in the summer. All the animals and insects in the UK are fucking dead.

Ok that sounds sad, but surely you don’t miss the wasps??

 

[Ar¢tos]

I have lots of wasps in my patio everyday, I water my plants and vegetable garden every morning and they are attracted to the water.
I just ignore them and they ignore me.
Even my cats ignore them.
They help keeping nasty plant eating bugs in check, so I'm ok with them.

 

[Spaceman292]

Ok that sounds sad, but surely you don’t miss the wasps??

I didn't like them much but they're probably important to the ecosystem or whatever. The same thing goes for bees, except I like bees. My town used to be full of them this time of year, but now they're all gone.

 

[Tams]

Unless they really become a nuisance, leave them bee. They're great pest controllers if you are growing anything.

Plus, it'll only be fair a couple more months at most. And they won't use the same nest again.

 

[Hudo]

 

[GymWolf]

Try the changing house hack, it solve almost every problem.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I haven't seen a wasp for ages. They used to be everywhere in the summer. All the animals and insects in the UK are fucking dead.

Insect numbers have been falling for years, like most things that don't make money, this has been ignored.

It feels like the we missed the repeated wake up calls.

Over ten years ago and nobody gave a fuck:

Decline of bees forces China’s apple farmers to pollinate by hand
The decline of wild bees in China threatens more than just its apple and pear harvests

Decline of bees forces China's apple farmers to pollinate by hand

The decline of wild bees in China threatens more than just its apple and pear harvests, says pollination expert Dave Goulson.

chinadialogue.net

Worth noting that wasps are pollinators too, lots of insects that aren't bees are. But, the attitude towards our natural world seems to be that it is an inconvenience for us that we should eliminate, rather than part of the structure that actually makes our existence possible.

 

[Joshmyersbv]

I had a nest under my stairs outside my front door. If you can't find the nest there is a good chance it's underground. I used Sevin dust to kill the nest.

 

[Ownage]

My grandparents had a yellow jacket nest dug into the ground on the side of a hill. Grandpa poured a gallon of gas down the hole and lit it up.

Boom, gone.

Country justice, motherfuckers.

 

[ReBurn]

My grandparents had a yellow jacket nest dug into the ground on the side of a hill. Grandpa poured a gallon of gas down the hole and lit it up.

Boom, gone.

Country justice, motherfuckers.

I sometimes deploy this tactic for fire ant colonies that resist insecticides.

 

[Nostalgic Nightmare]

Ever since we put a bird feeder out with Bluejay bird seed, we’ve never had a wasp problem.
Not sure if you get bluejays where you live but they eat the wasps and larvae.
We have other bird feeders as well and the amount of bugs has gone down in general, but I do live in a wooded area.

 

[Ar¢tos]

I didn't like them much but they're probably important to the ecosystem or whatever. The same thing goes for bees, except I like bees. My town used to be full of them this time of year, but now they're all gone.

Bugs kinda disappeared here too, but this year they seem to be coming back.
I had tons of bees, many fireflies and, for the first time in years, I saw ladybugs (not many, around 6-7 so far).

 

[IDKFA]

I didn't like them much but they're probably important to the ecosystem or whatever. The same thing goes for bees, except I like bees. My town used to be full of them this time of year, but now they're all gone.

UK here

Agreed. Same with all insects. Bees, wasps,. butterflies. I used to see loads years ago, but now they're a rare sight. Moths are another one. I used to dread leaving the window open in the summer nights because I knew a giant moth would fly in. Now I'm lucky if a tiny one makes an appearance.

As others have said, all insects play a vital role in our ecosystem, but nobody seems to give a shit. The root cause of the insect decline isn't something we can discuss easily here, but it's a sad state of affairs and I worry about what it'll be like in the future this decline continues.

 

[Nostalgic Nightmare]

I have an older home and because there are a lot of trees with a mix of sun, the lawn is mostly clover. There are so many benefits to clover vs having the typical "perfect" grass turf lawn, but here are just a few

• Drought and pet urine resistant
• Bees love the white flowers (if you let it grow long enough) and pollinate all summer round here
• Animals like rabbits and deer eat it
• Repels weeds and replenishes the soil

Bees I have no problem with, but with the wasps - I just let nature do it's thing and if the birds like to eat em - so be it. A lot of people in the US , especially who live in cookie cutter style neighborhoods all have to live up to this standard of a perfect lawn - no weeds, dandelions, clover etc even though many times these things are super beneficial to nature. It's usually the retired guys who have all the time to maintain the perfect lawns who are the catalyst for this , so everyone else - not wanting to look bad will hire services to shoot chemicals etc year round to make sure nothing but grass lives.

 

[AJUMP23]

I see Bees, and Wasps and insects all the time.

Just last week we had a Cockroach show up in one my meetings.

 

[Badlucktroll]

This made me afraid of bees when i saw this movie when i was a kid

 

[Sub_Level]

I just ignore them and they ignore me.

Sounds like a healthy relationship.

 

[Mr Blobby]

I haven't seen a wasp for ages. They used to be everywhere in the summer. All the animals and insects in the UK are fucking dead.

dunno why, but thought you were from the middle east

 

[Spaceman292]

dunno why, but thought you were from the middle east

Imfrum tha fackin UK innit bruv

 

[Pejo]

 

[Days like these...]

I had wasps invade my house. I killed each and everyone by swatting them. I'm not going to clam it was hundreds but I killed 4 or 5 a day for a couple of weeks. No idea where they came from till there were no more. I think maybe they came from the attic or chimney.