Wasp Nest Removal With Poison Bait
As a follow-up to the post about the new poison baits that can be deployed to eliminate threatening yellowjacket wasp nests, here are some details. Bear in mind that while certain wasps can be dangerous, especially in late summer and early fall, all wasps are important predators of other insect pests. Only remove those wasp nests that are directly threatening such as nests located near picnic areas or playgrounds. First, take a look at this article about Wasp Removal With Baits at the 'Bugs site for background information. Start your baiting program in mid- to late summer, starting any earlier is probably a waste of time since wasp activity is generally too low for baits to be effective until mid-summer . Poison baits are prepared from some kind of minced meat (canned tuna and canned cat food work well) plus Microencapsulated Onslaught Insecticide. This is the only current pesticide that I'm aware of that permits use for poison baits targeted at scavenger yellowjackets...