Killing wasps

[huntingfanatic]

The getting rid of flies thread got me to remembering the best way to kill wasps and wasp nests. I use it to kill wasps, yellow jackets in my blinds and around house. Keeps the spray smell out of my blinds too. Simply take a cup of water and and add some dishwashing soap. Throw it on the nests and they are done. They usually are dead in 30 seconds and they don't fly

[mchildress]

I have used the dish soap and water with great results. On our stands I'll hit them in Sept at night. I set a holiday fogger off just inside the door and button the stand back up. Takes out the wasp,spiders,scorpions and other pest and the smell is long gone by hunting season.

[Johnny Dangerr]

Really? Wonder how that works??

[Low Fence]

Really? Wonder how that works??

Soap breaks up the waxy coating and they basically dehydrate (what I've been told anyway.)

It works

[bmac]

I have always used gasoline when I dont have wasp spray on hand

[Aggiebush]

The soap asphyxiates them by covering their abdomen.

[huntingfanatic]

Yep they suffocate. Like i said what's amazing is they can't fly and they are stone cold not moving dead in less than 30 secs

[Sparkles]

I use carb cleaner. Not scent free but cheaper than wasp spray and it evaporates. It kills them mid flight even.

[freak-nasty]

I use the soap as well, works great! I fill my pump sprayer with it and go to town on em!

[bulletpusher]

I seen several DIY wasp traps on the net, using a 2 liter bottle, a straw, bacon, soapy water. They fly in, eat so much bacon the fall off the straw drown in the soapy water.

[cwbow]

wow

[BIG IRON]

Just don't do it in flip flops

[SWilson]

amazing

[chris1911]

what ratio h20 to soap?

[dustoffer]

Kept them out of our box blinds in LaSalle county for 5 years by buying Pro-Zap Insect strips (http://www.horseloverz.com/Prozap-In...pr-152676.html) like the old "shell no-pest strips" and cutting each strip into 3 pieces and hanging a piece in each blind. Might need to open the windows for a few minutes before getting in the blind, but sure keeps the wasps out.