How To Get Rid Of Wasps In The House: On The Balcony, In The Wall, In The Attic, Under The Roof And Elsewhere

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

It is possible to get rid of wasps in the house or in the country

Wasps are insects that cause trouble for summer residents and vacationers, the main feature of the wasp character is incredible aggressiveness, and therefore, if they settled in the neighborhood, attacks on you and your loved ones will be constant - insects believe that this is their territory, and they must defend theirs. house. Of course, this is unpleasant for people, because in fact this is their place of rest or a summer cottage. What should be done? Try to get rid of them immediately. This is not an easy process, but it is quite possible to achieve the result.

Content

• 1 What is fraught with the neighborhood with wasps

• 2 How to get rid of wasps in the house

  • 2.1 We use folk remedies

  • 2.2 We use professional tools

    2.2.1 Photo Gallery: Homemade Traps

  • 2.3 Other methods of getting rid of insects and their nests
  • 2.4 How not to banish the wasps
• 3 Reviews of summer residents about insect repellents
• 4 What nuances need to be considered
• 5 Prevention of the appearance

What is fraught with the neighborhood with wasps

As you know, wasps do not die after inflicting one sting, as, for example, it happens in bees. And therefore, one separate wasp can bite you more than once or not twice. Their sting is smoother than that of other representatives of "biting" cultures; after a bite it does not remain in human skin and continues to be used by insects as self-defense.

Wasp sting can be dangerous

In addition to the fact that wasps are quite evil creatures, they also feed on the juice of sweet fruits, which means they can "help" you a little in harvesting - spoiling the harvest of an entire garden does not seem to be something difficult for them. If the fruit or berries contain sucrose or glucose, this is a delicacy for striped flies. As a rule, they start with small-sized fruits or berries - apricots, plums … and then move on to larger things - pears, apples …

Wasps feed on apple juice

Another obvious disadvantage of the neighborhood with wasps is the possibility of getting an unpleasant infection from them. If you eat a pear that has been visited by an insect, at least your stomach and intestines will suffer. As a maximum, you can catch an infection. "Where do they find the infection?" - You ask. The answer is simple - in landfills, where enough products with sucrose and glucose break down.

Wasp stings can cause infection

In addition to ordinary people who, to put it mildly, are unpleasant for wasp bites (itching and swelling of the bite site), there are also people whose body is prone to allergic reactions to insect venom - up to anaphylactic shock.

How to get rid of wasps in the house

Few people like wasps, and therefore there are so many ways to get rid of them: there are both folk remedies and professional ones used by exterminators. Some are more effective, others less.

To drive away the wasps, you need to deprive them of their habitat, and simply - a wasp's nest, a house. Usually they use hard-to-reach places for resettlement. Most of all they like sheds, balconies, verandas, they nest under roofs or in the corners of buildings, there they must be destroyed - to the end and with wasps inside (in the early morning or after sunset, during the day they usually do not exist - they fly away to looking for food). If after the destruction there is something left of the house, the next day a whole swarm will fly at you to stand up for the dead brothers.

Vespiary

Before considering possible means of controlling such insects, let us turn your attention to a number of mandatory preparations. You will need:

• tight clothing;
• gloves - better leather or rubber, not gardening. Leather wasps are harder to bite through;
• beekeeper protective mask;
• stairs (wasps nest high);
• agent for the destruction of harmful insects;
• bag for dead individuals, preferably plastic and always very tight;
• spray.

We use folk remedies

1. One of the first folk remedies in the fight against wasps is boiling water, which you need to pour over the entire nest. This method has obvious disadvantages - there are no guarantees that all insects living in the nest will die. And those who remain will become even more evil, will bring you revenge. In addition, this method is difficult to apply to nests that are under a roof.

   

   Helps get rid of wasps with steep boiling water

2. The next method also involves the use of water and is used for nests on the ceiling: a pot or a bucket of water is pressed tightly against the ceiling so that the nest is closed by the pan. It is necessary to fix the pan - substitute some furniture or a ladder under it, so that the edges remain pressed. For a day, you need to forget about the pot of water, and then remove the device - the hornets' nest will get wet, become heavy, and fall into the pan, and the individuals will drown.
3. Another way is to use gasoline or other refined products. The nest is doused with flammable liquid and set on fire.

4. Another option to get rid of wasps is to hang a voluminous bunch of hot red pepper next to their "family estate" - they really do not like its aroma, and they move to another place. It is important to remember that this method only provides a guarantee for the movement of insects, and not getting rid of them. If they like your site, pepper is a must.

   

   Wasps don't like red peppers

5. There is a smell that wasps cannot stand - this is the scent of vinegar, you can spray it on the nest itself and everything that is next to it, if the wasps are in the house, these are curtains, carpets, bedspreads, wallpaper. A similar option is to spray a liquid detergent dissolved in water - its particles will settle on the wings of insects and prevent them from flying, therefore, they will not be able to look for food and will soon die.

   

   The smell of vinegar scares off wasps

We use professional tools

Professional means, first of all, include special formulations, the smell of which scares off wasps. For example, Dichlorvos, known to everyone, is sprayed with it and the nest, and everything next to it - the ceiling, corners and walls. Dichlorvos has an intoxicating effect on these insects. The nest, taking this opportunity, is removed, put into a tight bag, and then everything is poured over with gasoline, set on fire, according to the previous plan. Pests disappear for a long time.

Dichlorvos - a traditional remedy for wasps

In addition to Dichlorvos, there are concentrated insecticides - substances against insects - that are used to prepare the solution (Karbofos, Engio, Komandor, Moskitol …), they are sold in hardware stores, they are accompanied by detailed instructions for use.

You can also use the poison bait method:

• you need to dissolve in 1 liter of water 5 mg of Cypermethrin and Actellic (everything can be found in specialized hardware stores);
• we pour the solution into small containers, place it around the wasp habitat (you can also process the whole striped reptile's habitation);
• after 15 minutes, we can start performing a number of the following steps - we immerse the nest in a tight bag, carry it as far as possible from the house or plot, pour it over with gasoline, burn it.

Actellic - insect repellent

There is another variation of this method, the bait trap:

• cut the plastic bottle in half;
• put a small amount of jam or honey on the bottom (you can also use old ones that have already been sugared), mixed with poison for wasps;
• the edges of the cut bottle are generously greased with oil - any vegetable;
• the wasps will fly to the smell of sweet and will not be able to get out, because they will stick, gorge themselves on the poison and will slide off the walls of the trap.

Photo gallery: homemade traps

You can catch wasps for honey or other sweetness

Wasps fly to sweet water, their wings get wet, and insects cannot fly away

Wasps are also caught for sweet fruits, berries and glue poured on a tray

Instead of a bottle cut into two halves, you can use a glass for a trap

Other methods of getting rid of insects and their nests

One of the most convenient methods is to call a pest control officer, but not everyone will like the financial aspect of such a way out of the situation, because it can be quite expensive, depending on the degree of spread of insects in the area.

Another option is to purchase a special wasp trap. Purchased baits are used both in houses and apartments, and in the kitchens of public catering establishments or schools, kindergartens … Basically, such traps work, they are also called "osolovki" according to the mechanical principle: an individual falls into a trap, and because of slippery or sticky the edges cannot get out. Depending on the degree of filling the trap with wasps, you need to change the bait in the solovka and remove the dead insects, as well as wash and clean the trap - once every three days or once a week. There are a great variety of varieties - these are sticky tapes, and live nets that attract insects with ultraviolet light, and disposable traps … For beekeepers, special traps have been developed that attract only wasps and scare away bees.

There are special baits in Osolovki

How not to banish the wasps

It is always important to remember that wasps literally react sharply to sudden movements - this awakens aggression in them, so you should not wave your hands.

You should not provoke insects - if they have settled in the house, keep everything juicy and sweet under lock and key.

If you decide to get rid of wasps, you need to be absolutely dry and protected from bites - they are attracted by moisture, they can easily bite you when you come to chase them away after a bath, shower or river.

Reviews of summer residents about insect repellents

What nuances need to be considered

If the hornet's nest is located on a balcony or loggia, or in an apartment, we send all the household for a walk, and we use a pan with water or insecticides, you can use vinegar.

If a hornet's nest - in a house, including a wooden one, you need to be more careful with fire-hazardous substances - try to expel the wasps with boiling water.

If the nest is in the attic, in the wall, under the roof of a house or under the floor, bait traps and professional tools will help us.

If the wasps just flew to visit you and did not start a nest near you, they may be wild. In this case, you need to spray some sweet fruit that has begun to rot with insecticides, and take such a "delicacy" away from your home - the wasps will gorge themselves on the poison and die.

Prevention of the appearance

So that wasps do not fly in and build nests in the future, you need to follow a few simple rules:

• In late autumn (when the wasps are gone) and in early spring (when there are no wasps yet), you need to get rid of old wasps' nests. The trail from the cleaned nest should be disinfected - hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate solution or insecticides will help;
• do not save spoiled fruits at their summer cottage or at home;
• prevent cracks from appearing in sheds or in the attic.

Wasps and their nests in the house is, of course, a nuisance, but not such a big problem, because you can easily get rid of these insects. Follow the instructions in our article, choose the tools and methods that are right for you, and dangerous wasps will never bother you again.