Wagtail
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- Joined
- Jan 15, 2013
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- Location
- St Helens, Tasmania, Australia
- Tractor
- JD 4105 / JD Z355E (48" deck)
I was visiting friends in Queensland, sitting out on the veranda drinking beer in the evening, when a wasp nest was spotted above us. Insecticide was going to really agitate them unless we got them all so I suggested a simple solution...
Hairspray. It doesn't irritate them but it does coat them and their wings = can't fly and they drop like a stone. It will also gum-up the nest entrance so that you can safely knock the nest down. You do have to monitor the nest site as the ones who weren't there when the nest was destroyed will return to that exact spot and start re-building.
Stomp on the nest & incapacitated ones when they're on the ground. Job done... and the area smells nice too!
Hairspray. It doesn't irritate them but it does coat them and their wings = can't fly and they drop like a stone. It will also gum-up the nest entrance so that you can safely knock the nest down. You do have to monitor the nest site as the ones who weren't there when the nest was destroyed will return to that exact spot and start re-building.
Stomp on the nest & incapacitated ones when they're on the ground. Job done... and the area smells nice too!