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Not a very exciting question - but the general advice appears to be "use petrol" 😆 (sounds fun..) or call a specialist...
I was watering in the garden and discovered what might be an underground wasps nest. The hose fairly effectively knocked them out of the sky (although they need some good standing on to really keep them still... 😈 ), and then I started filling the hole in with soil. There now appears to be about 20 hovering around in the general vacinity..
I assume that in a day or two they will give up and go elsewhere? Do you think I still need to shell out for someone to come in.
Thanks for any ideas!
Are they actually causing a problem? If not you could leave them alone. Otherwise, I'd get a specialist - may be worth contacting the local council, they usually have a pest control service for a reasonable cost.
Co2 will freeze them but you need enough to spray the ones on the outside then the ones in the inside so a BIG extinguisher would come in handy or as you said petrol, you dont even need to light it because it can burn them as is but if your a pyromaniac you can burn em as well 😈
Co2 will freeze them but you need enough to spray the ones on the outside then the ones in the inside so a BIG extinguisher would come in handy or as you said petrol, you dont even need to light it because it can burn them as is but if your a pyromaniac you can burn em as well
I'm starting to worry about you lot..........but I like your style
Co2 will freeze them but you need enough to spray the ones on the outside then the ones in the inside so a BIG extinguisher would come in handy or as you said petrol, you dont even need to light it because it can burn them as is but if your a pyromaniac you can burn em as well
I'm starting to worry about you lot..........but I like your style
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hmmmm - I like the CO2 idea, apart from the lack of extinguisher.. 🙁
Well the little so and so's managed to dig their way out... The council web site was quite practial saying there there is no reason why not to get rid of themselves. I think tomorrow morning I will go for the time poor option first (i.e. see if someone can deal with them..)
This might be useful: http://eartheasy.com/live_natwasp_control.htm
I'd be cautious of using petrol - if nothing else, it's probably an offence under Environmental Protection laws.
Hmm, another thought - you could try thermite. Nice safe ingredients (aluminium and rust) but burns extremely hot (about 2500 celcius) - that'll kill anything very quickly and probably turn the soil into a layer of glass - that'll stop them escaping once the burning has stopped.
Now the thermite is the best idea yet 😈
Not that anyone else reading the post should be concerned about how we deal with issues... 😆
I've gone for the local person, charging £30, which on one hand feels quite a lot - on the other I don't have to mess about for an hour or two buying the right insectide, runnning the gauntlet, waiting 24hours to see if it worked, buying another insecticide becaucse the first didn't work... Not that I have an issue with my diy efforts!
The frightening thing is that after I'd posted, I had a look on ebay and you can get the ingredients (one seller was even selling both powders in the correct ratios - used for pottery glazing he said) for about £8 and magnesium ribbon (used as a fuse to start the burn) for another £2.
Cool!(well hot actually, very hot...) I will have to get into pottery glazing...
Just to set people's expectations... i knew the wasp man wasn't going to be long - but I think it too longer to pay him than it did for him to deal with the wasp nests...
I suppose it only cost £10 extra because I would have HAD to order some thermite, tried that then ordered the proper stuff (I think about £10 as well)...
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