Hey guys, so I figure someone out there is smarter than me when it comes to insect knowledge. I've noticed the past 2 days that I have wasps landing on my back fence - they're not building a nest, they're just bunching in packs and it looks like they're sleeping. Today I decided to light them up with a can of "instant-death for wasps" - I took out two bunches of them, but more just come back and settle on a difference piece of wood on the fence. The other thing I notice is right after I spray and they all fall over dead, a bunch of (what looks like) yellow jackets show up buzzing around where I sprayed. Is the wasp killer attracting the yellow jackets or is the scent of instant dead wasp attracting them? Needless to say my back patio where I enjoy cigars is currently not a place of peace...

Wow,,

I thought you'd been invaded by a herd of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants...

wheel,

Wow,,

I thought you'd been invaded by a herd of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants...

wheel,

... go grab the cheapest starting fluid you can get ... it works great and won't stain the wood on deck like the oil based bug sprays ...

sounds like you might have wasps and yellow-jackets on your fence.

LOL @ wheel

#6

We all do!

Is it getting colder where you live?

Maybe they are huddleing to keep warm. That would be my guess. The fence might be warm and allow them to grasp on something. They don't have hives to go back to as far as I know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes 

I didn't read the wiki, but it might tell you something.

Gringo

Wasps love to chew wood to build their nests with...That is a little unusal though when they bunch up.

***Is it getting cool where you are?***

The yellow jackets are NOT attracted to the spray...It's likely you have a nest near there in the ground.

Gas or diesel fuel will kill 'em dead as a hammer.

^Gringo, you may be on to something because that's exactly what they're doing is bunching up in groups and resting...

I think wasps eat mostly larve also. Maybe there is some rotten wood or something near there that contains a food source.

Think like a wasp and you will find an answer. Be the "bee whisperer".

Ha I remember my Dad torching yellow jacket nests when I was younger...they have to be really close because they showed up literally about 10 seconds after the wasps hit the ground. I was still standing there thinking "ooh yeah, take that you pests" and all of a sudden buzzzzzz haha!

You don't have to light the fuel....it'll kill 'em without the fire...instant death on contact

^Oh yeah, I think Dad just did it cuz we were out in the country and he could 😃 More exciting that way...

It's almost sunset here now, I'll have to see if I can figure out more tomorrow.

Dying yellow jackets put out a pheromone that attracts more yellow jackets from a hive. Bee careful of swarms!

#14....The time to kill 'em is when it's dark and/or cool....

Landmines!

... just don't get the bright idea of throwing an M-80 into the hole in the ground going into their nest and try covering it up with your foot ...

... your foot will sting like hell and then when you fall over and are holding your foot in pain ... the little pricks will attack and sting you ... somewhere around 27 times if I recall ... it's no fun sitting in the hospital getting more injections 30 minutes later either ...

... well, that's what I hear at least ...

^lol