Wasps - HALP!

[IIOY]

Yesterday I discovered a wasps' nest in our mailbox post. I actually can't see it because it's underneath the ledge on which the mailbox sits, but there is a swarm of wasps going in and out so I know it's there.

This happened a couple years ago and I got stung so I need to take care of it.* Unfortunately my knight in shining and highly-protective armor is traveling indefinitely for work so it's on me.

Should I blast it with water from garden hose? Other suggestions that will keep me at a relatively safe distance?

*I was a sight when I got stung. I was so irate that some little shit insect had the nerve to mess with me that I marched into the house, grabbed some bug spray, and sprayed the fuck out of our mail box, yelling foul language the entire time. Meanwhile, my husband was standing helpless in the driveway watching me alternate between "OMG this hurts so much I'm going to hurl" and "DIE YOU FUCKING CUNT WASPS I WILL FUCK YOU UP YOU FUCKING FUCKERS YOU FUCKED WITH THE WRONG MOTHAFUCKA!!!" I kind of lost my shit for a moment.

[wawa]

they make a wasp spray that shoots out like 10 feet.

You stand where you can get a good shot at it, spray the fuckers and then run like hell.
and then do it again a couple of hours later just to be safe.

[Deleted]

I only opened this because I thought you needed help from White Anglo Saxon Protestants.

For the bugs, I am no help.

I would probably call a pest control place and stay safely inside my house while they dealt with the problem. Because I'm scared of those bastards.

[Deleted]

I thought you needed help figuring out what to order from Boden and talbots

[wawa]

this stuff. apparently it'll spray 20 feet.


I'm sure it causes birth defects and kills puppies too, but I do not screw around with wasps.

or buy one of these:

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Aug 9, 2012 8:23:30 GMT -5 @septimus said:

I thought you needed help figuring out what to order from Boden and talbots

:heart:

[basilosaurus]

Aug 9, 2012 8:23:30 GMT -5 @septimus said:

I thought you needed help figuring out what to order from Boden

And I thought she was trying to figure out how to hold her scotch in one hand and properly shake with the other.

If it's a true devil-wasp, I would have been screaming in the other direction while hurling my epi-pen at the husband. Not very wasp-y of me. But hopefully saving my from anaphylactic shock.

[IIOY]

I almost included "of the insect variety" in my thread title but decided the lack of all caps would be the giveaway.

I do have 99 WASP problems but a wasp ain't one.

[Deleted]

Aug 9, 2012 8:27:58 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I do have 99 WASP problems but a wasp ain't one.

:-(

That is one of the whitest things I've ever heard.

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Aug 9, 2012 8:22:00 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

I only opened this because I thought you needed help from White Anglo Saxon Protestants.

For the bugs, I am no help.

I would probably call a pest control place and stay safely inside my house while they dealt with the problem. Because I'm scared of those bastards.

This is why I opened it too. I thought "well I'm kind of waspy."

[basilosaurus]

Aug 9, 2012 8:27:58 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I do have 99 WASP problems but a wasp ain't one.

Since probably 1 wasp would land me in the hospital (I don't know for sure, and I'm not willing to test it), let's go with the ho's being the worst of my issues.

I'd rather complain that my Johnny Walker was of the wrong color.

Bitch, I ordered BLUE!

[SallyJ]

Aug 9, 2012 8:24:04 GMT -5 wawa said:

this stuff. apparently it'll spray 20 feet.


I'm sure it causes birth defects and kills puppies too, but I do not screw around with wasps.

We use this stuff and it works well. But the wasps come back eventually. The only thing we found that keeps them at bay is one of these. They fly in and can't get out. I would use the spray and then hang one of these nearby.


www.amazon.com/Rescue-WHYTR-BB8-Hornets-Yellow-Jackets/dp/B001H1GRPI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1344519431&sr=8-5&keywords=wasp+trap

[iammalcolmx]

I am sorry but IIOY’s reaction to the sting is trying to rival her poop story. I am seriously crying at my desk here.

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Aug 9, 2012 8:38:42 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

I am sorry but IIOY’s reaction to the sting is trying to rival her poop story. I am seriously crying at my desk here.

OMG I didnt even read the sting story. that is awesome. I'm sure her WASPy neighborhood (I'm assuming its waspy) loved it hahaha.

[basilosaurus]

Fuck you people and your "it will be ok" stories. Do you know now many nightmares I'll have in between while gasping for breath?

To be sure, I've never had that severe a reaction (although it's been pretty freaking bad on sting #2 of my life). That's why I don't know and am paranoid. It could be the next one. Damn. Even though there are barely bees in Hawaii, if I see one, the next night I have nightmares where I get stung and can't breathe. So thanks for bringing that to my dreams, p&ce.

[teflep]

Aug 9, 2012 8:38:42 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

I am sorry but IIOYÂ’s reaction to the sting is trying to rival her poop story. I am seriously crying at my desk here.

No kidding. I am crying now. Crying.

[SallyJ]

holy big picture. lol

[ChillyMcFreeze]

lulz. Another confused WASP checking in. I'm embarrassing myself at B&N laughing so hard at this thread.

[MrsDL]

Aug 9, 2012 8:24:04 GMT -5 wawa said:

this stuff. apparently it'll spray 20 feet.


I'm sure it causes birth defects and kills puppies too, but I do not screw around with wasps.

or buy one of these:

This works. We had 3 under some patio chairs (my poor sister was trying to help us out after the storm while we were on vacation and she and her FI had to run like hell because they got swarmed when they moved them to clean up some glass). DH bought this stuff, waited until evening, and sprayed the shit out of them (and then ran like hell because 2 or 3 came out). The nests just fell off, he sprayed them again to make sure they were dead, and swept them up.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I bought some of that shit that sprays like 20 feet and then I had to have my mom knock the nest down with a broom handle because I am allergic to wasp stings.
But I'm also Episcopalian, so I can help you with WASP problems as well. But we'll have to do it over an expensive glass of wine.

[eclaires]

I also thought this was going to be about WASPs. I wasn't going to have any suggestions, though, as I'm klassy Irish Catholic. You know beyond a Catholic conversion.

[eclaires]

PS - your wasp reaction doesn't sound very WASPy. It sounds more Irish Catholic. Your husband must be rubbing off on you, lol!

[wawa]

Aug 9, 2012 9:30:39 GMT -5 eclaires said:

PS - your wasp reaction doesn't sound very WASPy. It sounds more Irish Catholic. Your husband must be rubbing off on you, lol!

agreed.

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Aug 9, 2012 9:36:33 GMT -5 wawa said:

Aug 9, 2012 9:30:39 GMT -5 eclaires said:

PS - your wasp reaction doesn't sound very WASPy. It sounds more Irish Catholic. Your husband must be rubbing off on you, lol!

agreed.

RIGHT?

The proper WASP response to wasps is to CALL SOMEONE ELSE. Paying someone else to do my dirty work is one of my core beliefs.

[eclaires]

Aug 9, 2012 9:42:36 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Aug 9, 2012 9:36:33 GMT -5 wawa said:

agreed.

RIGHT?

The proper WASP response to wasps is to CALL SOMEONE ELSE. Paying someone else to do my dirty work is one of my core beliefs.

LOL!

I'm pretty sure wasps and the like are what husbands are for in my world.*

*I'm almost sure that I should hand in my feminist card for how much my husband does for me. I'm utterly helpless. If I didn't have him, I'd be hiring someone to live with me, I think.

[eclaires]

Wait, I think you should have had a drink to calm your nerves, then called someone else to handle the wasps.

[eclaires]

Is there a handbook for WASPs? I have a Southern girls handbook.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grits-deborah-ford/1100310022?ean=9780452285064

(see, I won't even link to Amazon anymore, those rat bastards)

[IIOY]

Aug 9, 2012 9:30:39 GMT -5 eclaires said:

PS - your wasp reaction doesn't sound very WASPy. It sounds more Irish Catholic. Your husband must be rubbing off on you, lol!

Right?? That's the thing - I'm pretty WASPy in general and will not discuss money, religion, or politics IRL, even with my friends. I used to be in the Junior League FFS.

But piss me off and watch out! My husband calls me The Assassin because I only look normal; if you cross me I *will* hurt you. On the upside, he's got solid Irish Catholic roots and is not at all bothered by my occasional flip out. LOL

lyss - your country club or mine?

[IIOY]

And for the record, I aspire to be Lucille Bluth when I grow up. In fact, whenever we watch AD, my husband lovingly points out that I am already her.

[Deleted]

Aug 9, 2012 9:50:47 GMT -5 IIOY said:

And for the record, I aspire to be Lucille Bluth when I grow up. In fact, whenever we watch AD, my husband lovingly points out that I am already her.

This is why I like you. LUCILLE BLUTH IS MY HERO!

Vodka tonic. Vodka tonic. A sea of waiters and nobody to take a drink order!

:drink: