Barada
Saboteur
Due to some personal circumstances, we were forced to put our second car off road for the last year. It's been sitting in the driveway, parked next to a fence ever since, and no one walks up the driver's side because there's no reason to.
Well, our neighbourhood is notorious for wasp problems. We get nests built literally anywhere. They even found a way into our garage and I found two nests on the inside of the door this summer.
Anyway, one day I noticed wasps flying around the driver's side of the car. I walked around the side, expecting to see them flying in and out of the driver's door, as that's where they built a nest late last summer. Instead, I see that they have completely enveloped the driver's side mirror, and built all behind the mirror itself. I sprayed that, and I guess the vapor disturbed them in other areas.
That night, I brought my son out to watch the spectacle. When dusk comes around, they all settle into their nests, and very little causes them to leave it until the next day when the sun comes out. I sprayed every crack and crevice on the driver's side of the car, emptying an entire can of Raid.
Then I unlocked the doors and trunk, and used a broom handle to open them up. Sure enough, they had also built substantial sized nests on the inside of the driver's door, in the narrow opening between the trunk and the car, in the tailpipe (!), and even on top of the rear driver's side tire (!!!). However, none freaked me out as much as this:
The little buggers had infiltrated the gas cap area. This pic points upward, but from eye level, the top half of the cap cannot be seen because of the nest. The big shiny mass at the bottom of the space is 50-75 dead wasps.
Needless to say, my son thought this was the coolest thing he had ever seen, and now he keeps asking me if we can go kill more bugs.
So, word to the wise. If you need to keep your car offroad in wasp season, make sure you keep an eye on it. It's amazing no one has been stung that has walked past the driveway...
Barada
Well, our neighbourhood is notorious for wasp problems. We get nests built literally anywhere. They even found a way into our garage and I found two nests on the inside of the door this summer.
Anyway, one day I noticed wasps flying around the driver's side of the car. I walked around the side, expecting to see them flying in and out of the driver's door, as that's where they built a nest late last summer. Instead, I see that they have completely enveloped the driver's side mirror, and built all behind the mirror itself. I sprayed that, and I guess the vapor disturbed them in other areas.
That night, I brought my son out to watch the spectacle. When dusk comes around, they all settle into their nests, and very little causes them to leave it until the next day when the sun comes out. I sprayed every crack and crevice on the driver's side of the car, emptying an entire can of Raid.
Then I unlocked the doors and trunk, and used a broom handle to open them up. Sure enough, they had also built substantial sized nests on the inside of the driver's door, in the narrow opening between the trunk and the car, in the tailpipe (!), and even on top of the rear driver's side tire (!!!). However, none freaked me out as much as this:
The little buggers had infiltrated the gas cap area. This pic points upward, but from eye level, the top half of the cap cannot be seen because of the nest. The big shiny mass at the bottom of the space is 50-75 dead wasps.
Needless to say, my son thought this was the coolest thing he had ever seen, and now he keeps asking me if we can go kill more bugs.
So, word to the wise. If you need to keep your car offroad in wasp season, make sure you keep an eye on it. It's amazing no one has been stung that has walked past the driveway...
Barada
) When we had that heatwave this past summer, no one could go in the backyard at all, as you have these things buzzing around you constantly. Wasps don't need motivation to sting either - they're just mean.
