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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 116112" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>What sort of wasps are they/ We have native wasps of various kinds - mostly paper wasps, that build a nest out of wood pulp that the wasps chew to paper. We also have the much nastier, introduced European wasp. Eradication methods are very different.</p><p></p><p>For paper wasps, you need to see exactly where their nest is. it's usually no bigger than an orange (often smaller than a passionfruit) and on the outside of a building, hanging from the eaves, tucked up against a wall, well above ground height. European wasps build bigger nests often underground.</p><p></p><p>For a paper wasp - make a note of where the nest is. Make sure it's paper, and not a mud nest. Then after dark, when all the wasps are tucked up in their little waspy beds and sound asleep, you make a taper out of a sheet of newspaper (a LONG taper) and tiptoe out to the nest. Light the taper, then use it to light the wasps' nest. Being paper, it should burn readily and catch every single wasp.</p><p></p><p>For other kids of wasps - get expert help.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 116112, member: 1991"] What sort of wasps are they/ We have native wasps of various kinds - mostly paper wasps, that build a nest out of wood pulp that the wasps chew to paper. We also have the much nastier, introduced European wasp. Eradication methods are very different. For paper wasps, you need to see exactly where their nest is. it's usually no bigger than an orange (often smaller than a passionfruit) and on the outside of a building, hanging from the eaves, tucked up against a wall, well above ground height. European wasps build bigger nests often underground. For a paper wasp - make a note of where the nest is. Make sure it's paper, and not a mud nest. Then after dark, when all the wasps are tucked up in their little waspy beds and sound asleep, you make a taper out of a sheet of newspaper (a LONG taper) and tiptoe out to the nest. Light the taper, then use it to light the wasps' nest. Being paper, it should burn readily and catch every single wasp. For other kids of wasps - get expert help. Marg [/QUOTE]
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