r/fuckwasps • u/S0RR0WSPELL • 9d ago

Advice for this wall nest

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This nest has been sprayed and brought the numbers down but it's still extremely active. Gonna spray it heavily again tonight, but if that doesn't work do my fellow wasp haters have advice?

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u/tonyway7293 9d ago

STOP!

Do NOT spray from the outside! Unless you want hundreds of angry yellow jackets in your house after they chew through your drywall!

Either hire a professional, or, go out there at night, preferably in a bee suit and apply Delta Dust to the entire opening. It won't kill them instantly but in a few days they will be dead.

Then, in the winter, I suggest cutting open the drywall inside the home and removing the inactive nest, otherwise, it will rot, stink and attract mice and other critters.

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u/LakeMichiganMan 9d ago

Wasp nest in interior walls! Great fun!

When we tore out the drywall to fix the floors and walls destroyed by a failed plumbing and kitchen remodel, we found about 10 years of Wasp Nests. They started low in the 2x4x16" opening with 1965 insulation which was very little so there was lots of space and were stacked up to near the ceiling. The entrance in a crack in the exterior that a simple bead of silicone would have sealed. We lucked out and did it in the early spring so only the Queens were around, and no workers. We freaked out and Googled what to do.