Posted: 7/2/2005 8:54:45 AM EDT
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These little punks have taken over the front entrance to my home, and now, it's time for them to DIE! I keep hearing thigs about a nest, but I am fairly sure that they just burrow into the ground through little holes that I have noticed in the front beds. If they have no nest am I reduced to hand to hand combat? If this is the case, I may have a plan.  My plan involves some heavy leather workboots, a ski suit and gloves, a motorcycle helmet, a tennis raquet, and duct tape. QUIT LAUGHING! THIS IS SERIOUS!  I think the ski suit will be baggy enough to prevent them from stinging through it, but before I try this, I am definitely going to get a second opinion. Well, does anyone have experience with these beasts? |
Will that kill all of my bushes? |
Shouldn't unless the nest is real close to a bush. |
Ok, it looks like this is all I can do. I've heard that they eat hornet spray for breakfast, so I'm not too interested in trying that one out. Also, I hit one of the 2 1/2 inch long mothers the other day with that stuff....it pissed him off. I guess if it kills the bushes - it kills the bushes. 
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The last one I killed was right next to the base of a small pine tree. The tree never showed signs of distress. |
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take a cotten ball. soak it in bleach plug hole with it. but remember most animals that dig holes almost always have 2 ways in or out so fill them all with soaked cotten balls. i used to be a landscaper>sp and this is how we took care of them. ETA....the cotton holds the liquid for a lot longer then pouring it in. |
As good and eviromentally friendly as that sounds, it involves waaayy too much face time with these little monsters! |
| When I was 14 my Dad and I pullrd up a Rhody in our back yard. The Hornets attacked, I was stung twice, my Dad 4 times. After a couple hours of letting them settle down. Dad and I dieseled the area, torched it and laughed. Probably the best father son moment we had. |
You pussy! Go buy one of those propane weed burners, go out there with a hat that says "Fuck you" on it and walk around your yard torching those little pricks until you find the hole! ETA Post a video! |
| The fastest I have ever ran was when I bumped into a bush while cutting grass that had a hornets nest in it about twice the size of a football. I was stung three times. I ran close to a 100 yards before they gave up chasing me. The lawn mower sat there until it ran out of gas the whole time it was being swarmed. When it got dark. We lit that nest up. |
| if you guys would stop and use your brain for a fucking second you would know to soak the cotten away from the holes. run up quickly plug holes up, see that way even if you do piss them off they are trapped and cannot get out to even escape, let alone continue to be a threat. by the way FUCK NATURE, killem all..........the safest most reliable way. pouring gas down there still leaves them open to escape. PUSSY!! |
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ooooh, just thought of another method. plug up all of the holes with mud, foam, or whatever, then get an oxy/acetylene torch, get the flame set, and snuff the torch on a piece of soft wood. place a piece of cannon fuse through one of the plugs . stick the torch into another hole, with a plug around it and let it fill the nest with the oxy/acetylene mixture. after a couple minutes, remove the torch, turn it off, and make sure that hole is good and plugged, light the fuse and run like hell. |
You know how some people are about spiders, or snakes...well when it comes to wasps, they are my nemesis! Imagine someone with an aprehensive disposition to spiders. Now tell them to go attack a hive of aggressive flying spiders. Does that put it into perspective for ya? 
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Actually, I've heard it is quite effective. Even the fumes are said to drop them where they are. Of course this was always deployed for wasps, these are ground hornets, and they are notorious for being aggressive and hard as hell to kill. |
considering that gasoline is very toxic, yes I'd say that it works. another good thing for it is the fact that most insects react very badly to fire, and gasoline makes for some rather hot flames. |
We ARE trying to minimize collateral damge here people. If gasoline is deployed, it will not be lit. Not intentionally at least. I'm still thinking about showing them who owns this house!!!  |
if you just pour it down the hole and light it, the flame should only come out that one hole. just keep a fire extinguisher handy in case. |
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Night, Wasp & Hornet spray, spray till empty. BTW - the white faced hornet is the one that will knock you on your ass. They build the football looking nest in trees. If anybody is going after one of those please e-mail me....I would love to roll on the ground LMAO watching that....from the safety of a car....motor running.....50BMG at my side. If this goes on much longer I will be forced to tell the story of my non-english speaking oriental next door neighbor, my hedge clippers and a couple hundred white faced hornets.....bwaaaaaaaaaaahahhaha.....God it still kills me just thinking about it. 
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Are we talking about those supersized (1.5- 2 in) red yellow and black flying critters? My grandmother always told me they killed wasps and that they didn't sting. Sure looked like they did to me though. We never had them in Dallas, I used to see them in Ft Worth as a kid. I have seen a couple recently here in Carrollton now. Please post pics of insurgents, operation and a SITREP. Good luck. ETA- sting story I was walking on our place with my cuz one day and came across a massive beehive that was near a stock tank. I looked the hive, then the truck that was about 150 yds away. Cousin heard the safety click off on my AR and he looked at me and said: Cousin: " Please don't do that." Me: "Do what?" Cousin: "Damn." Me: "Run, Fatty." BANG BANG BANG Instantly it looked like a horror movie. The fact that the S American killer bees have been found in the area made it all the more exciting. We barely made to the truck before the 600,000 pissed off bees got there. I had to drive the Dodge Stryker Vehicle over to the hive to get the SITREP. I had to turn on the windshield wipers to see out of the windscreen. Spooky. That bee attack movie from the 70's had me worried- I kept remembering bees coming in the air vents. We made it out alive. Sorry BK1- had to shoot the hive-
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I mean little in comparison to me... I never had a problem with them though as far as attacking me... Maybe I should be the first shove. |
Ding ding ding, we have a winner. That's exactly what they look like. ...and your grandma is wrong...has to be. I opened the window to get a good look at these critters. One of them kept resting on a leaf staring me right in the eye!  WHAT KIND OF WASP DOES THAT? After donning the ski suit and looking at the hornets, I think I'll need extra padding if operation: TAKE MY FRONT PORCH BACK is to proceed. |
I'm a firm believer that overkill is better than no kill
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Keep in mind this will be extreamly close to his house. Setting a bomb off next to a house isn't all that smart. 
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it isnt my house |
LMAO, great thread, your all insane though.  Don't use anything flammable such as gas, you don't need to burn your house down over a few bugs. During the day watch where they go, they like hard bushes. At night get all your protective gear on and soak the nests with wasp killer. Problem solved. |