Thread: Wasps

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

Hey Ladies and Gents

Best way to get rid of wasps in a residential situation......and go

Hamish

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If its germans or common wasps.... Vespex 100% !!

Hit them when they are chasing the protien (now thru jan & feb) you will destroy nests blocks away without having to find the nests.

No good for paper wasps as they won't take bait only hunt live insects.

Google it. Easy online test before you buy.
1 tub will last years if kept in the freezer

Note: what ever you do dont mix it with any sugar based product (jam etc) or you will smoke 100's of bees !!!! This is the main reason it is a protein based bait !!



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Originally Posted by kukuwai

If its germans or common wasps.... Vespex 100% !!

Hit them when they are chasing the protien (now thru jan & feb) you will destroy nests blocks away without having to find the nests.

No good for paper wasps as they won't take bait only hunt live insects.

Google it. Easy online test before you buy.
1 tub will last years if kept in the freezer

Note: what ever you do dont mix it with any sugar based product (jam etc) or you will smoke 100's of bees !!!! This is the main reason it is a protein based bait !!



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Hawkeye is protein and carb based and doesn't need to be frozen so is usable all year round

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Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

Hawkeye is protein and carb based and doesn't need to be frozen so is usable all year round

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There is only a very small window each year when the wasps are interested in protein, ie now until late feb early march'ish.

Rest of the year i think you will find they are not interested in it.

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

There is only a very small window each year when the wasps are interested in protein, ie now until late feb early march'ish.

Rest of the year i think you will find they are not interested in it.

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That's why Hawkeye is sugar based as well and does not attract honey bees.

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Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

That's why Hawkeye is sugar based as well and does not attract honey bees.

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would you please do another thread or just tack on to this one now OPs issues is gone...about this Hawkeye stuff ...where to get it??? how much??? whats best practise etc..... was at mates place on wet coast a couple of years ago..7 VERY active nests in 10 meters up a steep bank..zapped 5 of them but other two were too active to get near with powder....I just puff it in entrance from as close as I can..usually roots them in hour or so. have done the pipe trick SIMILAR to what Barry discribed except we dipped 1/2" alkathene in pottle,put thumb over top end..poked loaded end into hole an blew hard through my end... bee keeper showed me this 40 years ago.
I maintain its only a matter of time till someone injured and bleeding will be killed by wasps..when they zone in on blood they are shocking.

Originally Posted by kukuwai

If its germans or common wasps.... Vespex 100% !!

Hit them when they are chasing the protien (now thru jan & feb) you will destroy nests blocks away without having to find the nests.

No good for paper wasps as they won't take bait only hunt live insects.

Google it. Easy online test before you buy.
1 tub will last years if kept in the freezer

Note: what ever you do dont mix it with any sugar based product (jam etc) or you will smoke 100's of bees !!!! This is the main reason it is a protein based bait !!



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Second this. I setup some bait station grids for some friends in the Marlborough Sounds. They couldn’t believe the difference it made. They could actually go back into the beech forest around their house without wasps raining everywhere.

Paperwasps
Deodorant can and a lighter

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Also works very well against spiders...

"No more wasps" works fine if you do it properly. Carbaryl works even better, see if you can find it in the garden department at your local store cos its not meant to be used for wasps. Find the entry to the nest, easy on a foggy or dewy morning, then sprinkle around the entrance. The wasps will walk it in and kill the whole nest, not just the active ones. If you cant get close enough to the nest, the 5ft piece of hose is the answer, push it in to the "No more wasps" so it packs in to the end of the hose about 50mm, insert end of hose just inside entrance to the hive and give a decent big huff on the other end. This scatters it all around where they walk in and out and they track it all in to the depths of the hive - job done. Petrol dont work that well, doesnt actually kill the whole nest.

Had them in the roof cavity once, chucked a couple of bug bombs in their direction, shut the man double quick. Sorted

Thanks for all the answers team, i contacted the neighbours and they have engaged wasp specialists to get rid of it at 3pm tomorrow

Hamish

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Wonder how youse would have gone with black snakes and scorpions .
When wasps are your issue u live in paradise

Originally Posted by Sharki

Wonder how youse would have gone with black snakes and scorpions .
When wasps are your issue u live in paradise

I would have gone to the airport, bought a ticket to NZ then bought some vespex.

We did the frontline in tuna for a few years. 5 drops in a medium sized can, I think 185gm? Worked well but its a pain. Then vespex came came out. Its great, a short time on the laptop to get registered and then picked up a 600gm pot . Once a year is all thats needed. Iv frozen some in the small bait tubs that come with it so its like a lot of little cubes, I can just grab one when needed. I dont bother with prebaiting or half the shit thats recommended. The yellow fold up bait stations need some duct tape though, they have a habit of coming open in the wind. Hardly ever see a wasp around home now.
I havn't head of hawkeye, Ill look it up but I doubt I change from vespex. 2 years now and still going on the first pot.

I’m a vespex registered, yes it’s not cheap but I purchase it a kilo at a time share it around okiwi with other folks, the difference it’s has made is huge, two teaspoons full in a couple of bait stations seems to wipe out the local population over night

Get into them now and enjoy the results for the next years, massive reduction in numbers, last year I struggled to get enough wasps to warrant application.

VC the cunning bugger wiped the bait stations down with fresh fish skins before use increased our hit rate 100% .

Love the stuff and highly recommend it. Maybe see if the neighbours will put in for a tub.

But personally for what I spend on bait burley fuel and beer to be wasp free it’s not that expensive at all.