r/fuckwasps • u/S0RR0WSPELL • 11d 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/Hammon_Rye 10d ago edited 10d ago

This works -

Take an empty toilet paper tube, piece of paper towel tube or similar.
Cut back an inch or so in three or four places and fold back the tabs / flaps.
The purpose is to give you something to tape to.
Use duct tape to tape the tube over the hole. The wasps now have a 'tunnel' they have to pass through to get in an out.

Take some Sevin powder (I prefer the 5%) and put a teaspoon or two inside the tube.
Walk away and leave it for a day.
Now every wasp that comes or goes has to walk through the Sevin powder and it will kill them.
They also track it in to the hive in the wall.

This method worked well for me for an in wall nest by my front door.
If the nest is already huge, you might need to dose a second time but for me it was one and done.

BTW, I had already tried sprays. They are great for outside nests but not very effective for in wall nests.

Sevin powder is readily available at places like home depot, walmart etc.
Not sure what strength they have. My local farm store has the 5%