Re: Paper wasps

Posted by Billy NY on June 24, 2014 at 20:59:49 from (66.67.105.23):

In Reply to: Paper wasps posted by Mike (WA) on June 24, 2014 at 14:48:51:

Brown paper wasps They are something, you can be near them and they don't seem, threatened, but jar something, you have to get some distance, or once they tag you, that pheromone will likely mark you as the target. I've toyed with them, and the yellow variety, for the most part, they bumble around close to the nest, then settle down, if disturbed,. Knock the nest down and they will swarm or linger for some time, yellow variety seem more aggressive.

They can be odd, both yellow and brown, I've been bumped by yellow ones and not stung, I've also been stung out of nowhere, I mean literally, for no good reason, both brown and yellow> I've out run brown ones, they seem to go to a certain range and double back, strange, one time it got a slight sting on me, got me but ever so slightly, then returned to the aircraft carrier LOL ! I was messing with them too, most times they won't figure it out, but you will get a smart one sometimes and get nailed. I've never seen so many yellow ones as we have at the horse farm, like you said, they are in everything, and anything that sits or is shelter, I've even seen them just make a huge nest totally exposed on the cedar shake siding, brown ones never do that. Knowing that, you check everything first, and its best to get them at night or when it cools off, if its hot at night, they might be swarmed fanning the nest, have to use care. No harm if they are not disturbed but kill some or a good part of the nest during the day, the remaining ones will swarm for days, just linger and are aggressive, its an all or none affair when people are around, I would leave nests alone, warn or mark them, until such time I could deal with them effectively. Most times int he spring when the nest is small, you can take them out once and thats it, here at home, but at that other place they rebuild more often, they really have geographically orientated traits as i see it. Not sure how beneficial they are, I know one kind of wasp is instrumental in killing cut worms, using them as a host for larvae. If someone is allergic, best to get them all when possible. I still cannot believe the numbers of them, the number of nests and the size of the nests at the horse farm, they have been there for too long, old barn, and have prospered, some of the nests up high in the roof are the size of footballs.

One I avoid at all costs is the black or bald face hornet, they are a completely different animal and if disturbed, check out the link, at the 2:02 mark, they pour out and like he says, bump that nest, they don't stop, you can hear that hard body hit the camera, covered it with pheromone. You can walk up to one of these nests and they will fly right past you, but just bump that sucker, you had best be quick or you are done. I knocked a huge one down at a park after basket ball one time when I was a young fool, tossed that ball from a distance, wow... took refuge in the car as I had planned, glad I was not that basket ball LOL !

• White Face Hornet

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