Wasp nest behind shutters
James Kates
I need some practical suggestions for stopping "Paper Wasp" from building
nest behind my hollow fiberglass shuttters. I was able to kill the existing
ones with about six (6) cans of Wasp aerosal cans. I was then able to remove
the shuttters and cleaned the remaining nests. Before I reinstall the
shutters I was hoping to coat the back of the shutters , install some kind
of long lasting pest strip, or put some powdered pesticide behind them to
prevent re-infestation for at least several years.
The wasp are able to get behind the shutters utilizing the indented morter
joints on the brick
verneer. I don't want to caulk around the shutters & creat a future
maintenance problem.
Rhaks for your help.
Jim Kates
Lar
jim....@worldnet.att.net says...
insecticide dust and "poof" the dust behind the shudders or any openings
wasps might take advantage of to get behind the shudders.
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Ulrich Lachmuth
> I need some practical suggestions for stopping "Paper Wasp" from building
> nest behind my hollow fiberglass shuttters. I was able to kill the existing
> ones with about six (6) cans of Wasp aerosal cans.
That should solve your problem for the remainder of the season.
Since what you call "paper wasps" rear a colony to live only one
year, the next wasp ypu might encounter looking for a place to
stay most probably is a freshly emerged queen later in the year
(October)
> prevent re-infestation for at least several years.
Forget it, it is not possible. As said, wasps build their nests
for one year only. In autumn the entire coloniy dies off, except
a number of new queens which go about to find a new place to
found a colony of their own. Never the same nest is used twice,
very seldom the same place is used again (let alone roof voids,
etc.).
Preventionwise the best you can do is kep a close watch and use
an insecitice dust in late spring/early summer next year when you
arrive at a sound suspision that wasps are present again.
Having said that, bear in mind that it might well take two, three
or more years before wasps will use the same harborage, maybe
never - an element of luck is in the game (on your end, that is).
Cheers, Uli
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Michael Powers
year after year. What appears to be a large wasp nest is often several
years worth of small ones built right next to each other. Maybe it depends
on the species, but that's what I see in PA.
Insecticide dust applied in April or early May should prevent nesting for a
year, but you'll have to repeat it every year. I'd stay away from the
aerosols. They can do strange things to building materials that may not
appear obvious right away.
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James Driver
We sometimes have massive colonies over several metres long.
I guess it all has to do with climate and severity of seasons.
Where I live, the climate is temperate, with not so very cold winters
(usually not below 8 Deg C ie 48 F) , and the workers do not die off over
the cooler months. Same goes for the European Wasp, another introduced
species. The queen usually goes into a state of torpidity over winter and
worker die off, but not in the "Land from Downunder". They are a much bigger
problem here than Europe has ever expeienced due to the aweseome numbers.
Regards
James
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Ulrich Lachmuth
> Thats interesting Mike. In Australia our paper wasp colonies don't die out.
> We sometimes have massive colonies over several metres long.
Yup, you're right, some species in Australia indeed form
long-lasting colonies. Anyway, for reasons I can't really express
I'm under the impression that the original poster had to deal
with "ordinary" wasps.