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| Thread ID: 57223 | 2005-04-26 22:05:00 | Wasp bait | Mercury (1316) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 349225 | 2005-04-27 10:41:00 | Fly spray? Come on, get real! That tends to mean walk to within one metre of nest, spray and run. There's also the matter of the dense bush... and the cliff... and the steep bank falling to the cliff... and the bush below the cliff... Bait is the answer - make the wasps do the work. |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 349226 | 2005-04-27 10:43:00 | Gas Blow torch! Now THERE'S the answer. The boys would love it AND, just think! - we could burn down TEN houses and 600 acres of bush whilst we're at it! Really make the insurance claim hum! | Mercury (1316) | ||
| 349227 | 2005-04-27 12:07:00 | Re the use of petrol. Don't set it alight, just pour a bottle of it into the entrance at night. Leave the neck of the bottle stuck in the hole overnight or longer. The petrol seeps deep into the nest and the fumes kill the whole lot. I have had success on two occasions doing that. You need access to the entrance hole of course, which it appears you do not have, so I guess the poison method will work best for you. The entrance can often be found by observing the flight path the wasps take in the early evening as they return to the nest for the night. Limited use of a torch can help, but don't shine it directly at the entrance hole or they might come out ready to defend. Also, don't give them the petrol treatment during the day, or you will only kill those in the nest at the time, as the rest will all be out doing whatever wasps do in the daytime. (eating poisonous bait perhaps) :) Use an appropriate bottle, as I don't think it is legal to put petrol in a bottle that is usually used for any drinking fluids. |
xxll (5902) | ||
| 349228 | 2005-04-27 12:35:00 | I've heard that you don't light the petrol, someone else seems to think that not lighting it ain't nearly so much fun. Well the winner seems to be ...blowtorches. So... New questions: - Where can I buy a fire retardant, wasp resistant suit? - Where can I get help on filling out an insurance claim for millions? And, last but not least: - Do firemen look as good in person as they do on their calendar? :) |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 349229 | 2005-04-27 12:42:00 | I took out a nest with a third of a can of flyspray, was great fun,more action then a viddy game... No running away lke a girl involved. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 349230 | 2005-04-27 22:03:00 | Did I mention the allergy? Last sting I go "Oh, this is what a sting is supposed to feel like" and rapidly head for the polaramine and ice. 10 minutes later pain intensifies to acute agony. An hour later A&E and a waiting room. 3 hours later the pain reduces from totally unbearable to just unbearable. 3 days off work and a week to 10 days later I'm back to normal. For some strange reason I'm in favour of bait - laid by someone else. |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 349231 | 2005-04-30 10:36:00 | Magnifying glasses work on ants in the hot sun, I wonder if they would work on wasps as well :D | EX-WESTY (221) | ||
| 349232 | 2005-04-30 11:07:00 | Mercury and Trev are right about "No Wasps" a kiwicare product. We had wasps in a stone wall recently, we tried the flyspray, without much success in this instance. Although, we had used that method once before, a few years ago (maybe the flyspray was stronger then, or the wasps were weaker). We were 100% successful with "No Wasps"..it was done at night, so less danger of any stings. I hope you've had the same success. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
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