And in case my poor photography (I was too lazy to go get the good camera) makes it hard to tell, they are WASPS. Nest after nest (EIGHT to be exact) of them. It's a yearly battle on the south side of our house. There's a pop out there behind the gas fireplace, and they find it to be a wonderful place to make their homes right there under the eaves. Including the vent of the fireplace, as you can see.
We usually hose the empty nests down with water after they leave for the winter. Last year, we had the eaves painted, and the nests were all scraped away. But they're baa-aaack! Little effers.
Unfortunately, it appears they've invited their cousins, the Jellow Jackets, this year. I haven't found their nest yet, and am not sure I want to go looking. They are staying around that side of the house away from us. They are continuing to pollinate my raspberries - that's a good thing, right?
In the meantime, I get the itchies when I think about it, now that I have realized they are there.
Anyone know how to keep them from coming in the first place??
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Sorry I don't know how to keep them from coming back. We had them bad in our house in Ohio. I couldn't wait for them to go away because their nests were just inside the garage door, and they were huge. I donned protective gear (a lot of clothes, gloves and a hat with mosquito netting. I looked quite fashionable) and got my wasp spray can and doused the nest. Then I ran. I got stung once but it was worth it. The next day, I knocked the nests down. Happened every year. Yes I killed a bunch of critters, but I am not sorry. Nope.
We had that problem on the railings of our deck and we screened the undersides of it. That actually stopped them from nesting.
Also, last year there was a HUGE community of bees in between the brick wall and the attic of our garage. You could hear the humming when you'd go into the garage. We shot two full cans of that foam stuff in that hole. It did nothing. We repeated it. Nothing. Fortunately this all happened while waiting for the house sale to close. Soooooo, someone else's problem after that. hehehehe
look up the waspinator!
Now I have the itchies!
oh man...that creeps me out. I don't know how you'd keep them from coming back. I live in Canada and those things would never survive our harsh temperatures and snow...I kid. We get wasps. But I've never had any at my place.
My go-to answer is always "GOOGLE IT" - ours was some sort of bird that wouldn't take NO for an answer and there was no solution. They loved the carport roof ledge.
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