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There are also "non-bald face" hornets which build similar nests.
Aaron Z
Worried about wasps and bees
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Aaron Z
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"..I remember seeing those red wasps but never got stung..."
Are you referring to Red Velvet Ants? They are called ants but
actually a wasp. The females are wingless and can be up to an
inch long. Males have wings but no stinger.
red velvet ant - Google Search
I have seen them a few times here in Southern NJ.
I found this thread when looking for information on how everyone
deals with wasps and hornets building nests in their equipment.
It seems every piece of equipment I have has at one time or another
had a nest in it. My scraper blade, the box blade, land plane, and rake
all have nice sized pieces of tube steel with vent holes which make perfect
entrances to a nest built inside the tube steel. Up to now my approach for
dealing with this has been to use some wasp spray and spray in through any
openings I can find on a piece of equipment to kill any current infestations
and to discourage any future nest building by souring the area with the chemical.
Up until now I have been fairly lucky as far as getting stung when working out
behind my in-laws property which is where all my equipment is. But at home the
buggers have built multiple nests in the shrubs around the house and every time
I have to trim I fight with them. Been stung more than once and its no fun. I am
ready to rip those yews out and plant something else.
Are there any other steps I can take? Is sealing off all those openings in the
equipment an option or will it let moisture accumulate and rot out the steel.
Are you referring to Red Velvet Ants? They are called ants but
actually a wasp. The females are wingless and can be up to an
inch long. Males have wings but no stinger.
red velvet ant - Google Search
I have seen them a few times here in Southern NJ.
I found this thread when looking for information on how everyone
deals with wasps and hornets building nests in their equipment.
It seems every piece of equipment I have has at one time or another
had a nest in it. My scraper blade, the box blade, land plane, and rake
all have nice sized pieces of tube steel with vent holes which make perfect
entrances to a nest built inside the tube steel. Up to now my approach for
dealing with this has been to use some wasp spray and spray in through any
openings I can find on a piece of equipment to kill any current infestations
and to discourage any future nest building by souring the area with the chemical.
Up until now I have been fairly lucky as far as getting stung when working out
behind my in-laws property which is where all my equipment is. But at home the
buggers have built multiple nests in the shrubs around the house and every time
I have to trim I fight with them. Been stung more than once and its no fun. I am
ready to rip those yews out and plant something else.
Are there any other steps I can take? Is sealing off all those openings in the
equipment an option or will it let moisture accumulate and rot out the steel.
Wakey
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I've got a ton of wasps on my new property, much more than I ever recall having anywhere. Much of it hopefully is due to the property being vacant for almost two years, having a pool for a water source. Going up in the attic and the barn once a month to kill the nests while they rest is easy enough but the fake plastic shutters on the house seem like a problem. All I think I can do is spray blindly and that is a recipe for disaster. If I hit the nest I'm good, the knockdown is good but if I just upset them I'm jumping off the ladder and running!
Anyone have a decent strategy? I wondered about sealing the back side of the shutters somehow, not quite sure just how to do that.. In the end they could still get inside by slithering through the louvers.
Anyone have a decent strategy? I wondered about sealing the back side of the shutters somehow, not quite sure just how to do that.. In the end they could still get inside by slithering through the louvers.