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Post by reuben on Aug 1, 2021 17:40:18 GMT -5
Now spike2, I’m sure that at this point in your life, you still have an active imagination. Let it roll…’Nuff said. Hmmm... I suggest making sure that the Sluggo bait gets ONLY on the kale and collards. Facing downwind should help.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Aug 6, 2021 19:20:43 GMT -5
Got to find the @#%$&! yellowjacket nest out in the garden, and eliminate it. The buggers stung me in the hand again, and now my right little finger is stiff and looking like a thumb, and fat swelling across the palm. Great for my locomotion. Little a$$holes. If I have my way, they will pay, somehow, someway.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 6, 2021 21:17:26 GMT -5
I feel for you, Wheelgarden! I remember that time several years ago when I hit an underground nest and was attacked, getting stung 23 times. I'm lucky I'm not severely allergic, but those were the worst stings I ever had! I watched closely (from a distance!) the next day, to see exactly where the holes were, and that night I dumped some 20% acetic acid down there, and never saw them again. It didn't bother me killing those pollinators!
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Post by martywny on Aug 7, 2021 5:36:52 GMT -5
Got to find the @#%$&! yellowjacket nest out in the garden, and eliminate it I feel your pain! A few weeks ago I picked up a flowerpot in each hand and each pot had a YJ nest in it. They got me good and I can see where they both bit and stung at the same time. What seemed almost as bad as the bite/sting is how they itched for days afterward. Baking soda paste was the only thing that put an end to the itching. I went back out and sent them all back to meet their maker.
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Post by spike2 on Aug 7, 2021 7:21:49 GMT -5
THAT RIGHT THERE!! Nasty suckers. Every other year we would get a huge nest in/on the eaves of the house. We did have them one year in the garden. Found those suckers as I accidentally stood over the nest and they went up my pant leg. Now that was exciting! So many screams, me stripping off my pants and running amok in me bloomers! But I digress . . . We would have the exterminator out and have them removed. The next year my cousin next door would get the nest and the following year we would have them back >,< Well this was sadly our year to get the nasty buggers back. Our exterminator told us he could spray the house with something and they wouldn't nest. WORKED BEAUTIFULLY!! Nasty buggers went across the street to the smallest of my brothers sheds. He found the nest by walking in and hitting his head into it. Found out that the little buggers are allergic to my bother! He was gonna tear down that shed anyway so he burned them and it to the ground.
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Post by breezygardener on Aug 7, 2021 14:11:52 GMT -5
Got to find the @#%$&! yellowjacket nest out in the garden, and eliminate it Just last month we discovered a Yellowjacket wasp nest in the ground right outside our walkout basement door. Kept forgetting (aka putting off) spraying it until - lo & behold - one of our resident skunks discovered it & completely dug it out one night, consumed all the larvae, & there wasn't a wasp in sight by the time the sun came up.
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Post by datgirl on Aug 7, 2021 14:25:33 GMT -5
We have them on our front porch. Hubby caulked along the whole front porch and they moved to the eaves. Have to get more caulk and spray.
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Post by binnylou on Aug 7, 2021 14:48:38 GMT -5
Wasps have been nasty since the first warm days of spring. I don’t know what they are, but they love my golf/garden cart…love the awning of the camper…love the vents of the camper refrigerator…love the area under the deck rail. Early on, I found a nest under the dash of the golf cart. I sprayed and thought I was rid of them. Then, I could be out and around the yard on the golf cart and as soon as I got near the garage, they would be buzzing around again. A few days ago, I saw a couple of them crawling into the opening where the canopy support goes inside the back cushion. Right behind me. Lord only knows what’s under the bench seat.🤭
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Post by Wheelgarden on Aug 7, 2021 16:28:09 GMT -5
one of our resident skunks discovered it & completely dug it out one night, consumed all the larvae, & there wasn't a wasp in sight by the time the sun came up. Skunks do love them and chow down on them....as long as you don't startle them while they're chowing.
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Post by breezygardener on Aug 8, 2021 15:49:47 GMT -5
Skunks do love them and chow down on them Every ground-wasp nest we've had here - except for one out in our manure pile - has been taken care of by "our" skunks. The one out in the manure pile had to be taken care of by us immediately, because it was too close to the barn, the wasps were particularly nasty, & stings to both us & the horses were inevitable. Couldn't wait for the skunk(s).
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Post by Wheelgarden on Aug 20, 2021 18:28:33 GMT -5
Here's a strange...discovered this spittle-looking growth in a couple places on the lower part of a grapevine. DS suggested new mantis eggs, I dunno.
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Post by datgirl on Aug 21, 2021 11:10:13 GMT -5
we have yellow jackets that have built a nest under the siding in the back of the house and in front of the house. Hubby had a neighbor that works for Terminex come over and give us some ideas what to do. He sprayed the nests with some boric acid mixture. The yellow jackets have been terrible this year.
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Post by ahntjudy on Aug 21, 2021 11:45:41 GMT -5
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Post by Wheelgarden on Aug 21, 2021 16:02:42 GMT -5
ahntjudy it is foamy and wet, like the in the spittlebug picture. I've got spittlebugs from time to time, but usually little spots of foam. This one's about four inches long, and on a grapevine, where I've never had them before. It does seem the most likely explanation, though. Thanks!
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Post by Mumsey on Sept 9, 2021 17:34:01 GMT -5
What is the worm thing that gets into the center of fennel seed heads? I’ve got lots of them.
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