Fuck that. Just toss a few vials of organic-eating acid on the fucking thing.TheCatt wrote:A real man would burn them down!
Hornetacolypse.
Lowes - Near Glenwood/Lynn road intersection.thibodeaux wrote:I used the liquid last year and I liked it, but I can't find it now. Where you get it?TheCatt wrote:We use Terro for the ant poison (the self-contained trap ones, not the bottle of liquid).
We use these things.
We used to use the bottle, but these are much safer with kids around, I would think.
It's not me, it's someone else.
The sonsabitches are Baldfaced Hornets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald-faced_hornet
And the Paper Wasps are all over the outside of my house in the shutters.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald-faced_hornet
And the Paper Wasps are all over the outside of my house in the shutters.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I've head nothing but bad stuff about baldfaced hornets. I recede the proclamation of pussyhood.
I took out a small (baseball sized) nest last year by foaming it at 3:00am.
I hit a softball sized one in my shed too, but I waited until winter when they were dormant.
Really, I don't think I'd mess with a bald faced hornets nest of that size.
I mean, I'd probably do the foggers just to be an asshole to the bastards. I might even set up a video camera, zoomed in on the nest, then toss and run while it records.
But I don't think I'd do the foam. If you miss *one* it will hunt you down.
My mother-in-law bumped a branch that had a baldfaced hornet nest while mowing. She was stung 17 times on the sprint home, and the little bastards kept trying to get in the glass door once she was inside.
My father-in-law was nearby and ran with her. He was stung too, but I forget how many times.
I think their nest was softball sized.
One thing I'd like to do to a wasp nest is to empty a can of poison into a 2 liter bottle, add some dry ice, cap it, then toss the "poison grenade" in the proximity of the nest
I took out a small (baseball sized) nest last year by foaming it at 3:00am.
I hit a softball sized one in my shed too, but I waited until winter when they were dormant.
Really, I don't think I'd mess with a bald faced hornets nest of that size.
I mean, I'd probably do the foggers just to be an asshole to the bastards. I might even set up a video camera, zoomed in on the nest, then toss and run while it records.
But I don't think I'd do the foam. If you miss *one* it will hunt you down.
My mother-in-law bumped a branch that had a baldfaced hornet nest while mowing. She was stung 17 times on the sprint home, and the little bastards kept trying to get in the glass door once she was inside.
My father-in-law was nearby and ran with her. He was stung too, but I forget how many times.
I think their nest was softball sized.
One thing I'd like to do to a wasp nest is to empty a can of poison into a 2 liter bottle, add some dry ice, cap it, then toss the "poison grenade" in the proximity of the nest
Shit: The bug guy just left. The dispatcher, having received our detailed description of the 2 feet by 2 feet hornet nest in the crawl space with limited access, wrote down "Yellow jacket nest" on the work order, so the guy who showed up today was completely unprepared for the job, and he didn't do anything except pump some dust in the crawl space and say "call us back when that doesn't work."
Holy shit: He said he'd never seen a nest that big in a house.
Oh sweet Mary mother of God: I showed him the picture I took yesterday, and we both agreed that the nest looked twice as big today.
I'll be getting more pictures tonight when the dust settles.
I think I'm going to be doing battle with the hornets tonight or tomorrow.
Better put a new tape in the video camera.
Holy shit: He said he'd never seen a nest that big in a house.
Oh sweet Mary mother of God: I showed him the picture I took yesterday, and we both agreed that the nest looked twice as big today.
I'll be getting more pictures tonight when the dust settles.
I think I'm going to be doing battle with the hornets tonight or tomorrow.
Better put a new tape in the video camera.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Ok, so I'm thinking a fogger, duct taped to the end of a pole so I can pull the pin on the fogger and then slide it perfectly across the crawlspace so that it shoots directly up into the nest. If I can shoot it up into the opening it SHOULD kill the entire nest with no more combat needed.
Take what steps I can to keep from getting attacked when I open the access panel.... 3 got out and intothe basement earlier when the dude was shooting the dust in the space, but I foamed those up in mid-air.
Thoughts?
Take what steps I can to keep from getting attacked when I open the access panel.... 3 got out and intothe basement earlier when the dude was shooting the dust in the space, but I foamed those up in mid-air.
Thoughts?
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Well, yeah.
I'm now thinking I need to put a flashlight and the videocamera in the space before I start the operation, but I need to be able to protect the camera from the chemical fog.
I don't have a small aquarium sitting around.............
Maybe wrap it in celphane.....
Maybe wrap the access panel in cellophane so I can videotape through it.
I'm now thinking I need to put a flashlight and the videocamera in the space before I start the operation, but I need to be able to protect the camera from the chemical fog.
I don't have a small aquarium sitting around.............
Maybe wrap it in celphane.....
Maybe wrap the access panel in cellophane so I can videotape through it.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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This is becoming a sophisticated operation. Maybe get one of those cameras SWAT uses, a bomb removal robot to move the nest out after gassing it, and a hazmat disposal container. 
Cellophane will not work. To make sure you protect it well enough you'd have to wrap it to the point the lense would be obstructed. Maybe a large freezer bag?
Cellophane will not work. To make sure you protect it well enough you'd have to wrap it to the point the lense would be obstructed. Maybe a large freezer bag?
Wadda mean? Other people can read this?!
This is sounding more and more like must see TV.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
For the camera it needs to be inside the space if possible. If you can dig up a clear piece of glass or plexiglas, you should be able to convert just about any box into an airtight windowed camera housing.
If you need to leave the access panel open, if you've got any window screens that are big enough to cover the space that could do the trick if you are fast at pushing it in front of the hole and slapping on duct tape around the edges.
If you need to leave the access panel open, if you've got any window screens that are big enough to cover the space that could do the trick if you are fast at pushing it in front of the hole and slapping on duct tape around the edges.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
You need to send a "Big Daddy" in there to clear the area.
Does anyone else find it fascinating that Gordon is going to go through the trouble of videotaping all this? I mean, he's got to know that if something goes wrong, this will be the most viewed video on YouTube.
Does anyone else find it fascinating that Gordon is going to go through the trouble of videotaping all this? I mean, he's got to know that if something goes wrong, this will be the most viewed video on YouTube.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
DTMan traffic FTW!Leisher wrote:You need to send a "Big Daddy" in there to clear the area.
Does anyone else find it fascinating that Gordon is going to go through the trouble of videotaping all this? I mean, he's got to know that if something goes wrong, this will be the most viewed video on YouTube.
It's not me, it's someone else.
The fogger will not instantly kill wasps. Not much instantly kills them. That's why they have foam, to bind them up and give expose them longer.
Also, I wouldn't be too concerned about what the fogger would do to the video camera. I'd probably just plastic wrap everything but the lens, the position the camera as close as I dare. I 'd probably bury it some to get a better angle.
As for lighting, I'd use a floodlight, like an automotive floodlight, on an extension cord.
Keep in mind: When the shit hits the fan, the wasps are likely to go after the light. Also, there's a slight chance that the light could ignite the fogger causing an explosion. (The Mythbusters were able to make an explosion that blew out windows, but they had to seal the house first to build pressure.)
Here's how I'd go about it:
1 - Set up the floodlight. Turned on, but with the extension cord unplugged.
2 - Prepare the fogger-on-a-stick.
3 - Set up the camera and start recording. (Maybe attach a line to the camera so you can fish it out later without having to expose yourself.)
4 - Plug in the floodlight to illuminate it.
5 - Activate the fogger and set it in place.
6 - Run like hell once it's in place, or once they start swarming out. (Keep in mind that we'll hear you on the camera, so screaming like a little school girl will be comedy gold)
Also, I wouldn't be too concerned about what the fogger would do to the video camera. I'd probably just plastic wrap everything but the lens, the position the camera as close as I dare. I 'd probably bury it some to get a better angle.
As for lighting, I'd use a floodlight, like an automotive floodlight, on an extension cord.
Keep in mind: When the shit hits the fan, the wasps are likely to go after the light. Also, there's a slight chance that the light could ignite the fogger causing an explosion. (The Mythbusters were able to make an explosion that blew out windows, but they had to seal the house first to build pressure.)
Here's how I'd go about it:
1 - Set up the floodlight. Turned on, but with the extension cord unplugged.
2 - Prepare the fogger-on-a-stick.
3 - Set up the camera and start recording. (Maybe attach a line to the camera so you can fish it out later without having to expose yourself.)
4 - Plug in the floodlight to illuminate it.
5 - Activate the fogger and set it in place.
6 - Run like hell once it's in place, or once they start swarming out. (Keep in mind that we'll hear you on the camera, so screaming like a little school girl will be comedy gold)
I just bought the ammunition.
- A 3-pack of fogger that SUPPOSEDLY kills wasps. I went to 3 places an every one was out of fogger designed specifically for wasps/hornets. The brand I got lists a bunch of insects, then wasps at the end. WHich.... is why I'm thinking of a plywood platform at the end of my 10-foot-pole, and a triple dose of fogger all at once.
- A new can of wasp foam, which brings me to 1.5 cans on-hand.
- A can of wasp spray that claims to shoot a jet of pesticide 27 feet.
I've got the plywood to build the fogger base. Two rolls of duct tape. Various lengths of 2x4 that I can screw together. A blank videotape. A charged camera battery. Evening is approaching.
Stand by.
- A 3-pack of fogger that SUPPOSEDLY kills wasps. I went to 3 places an every one was out of fogger designed specifically for wasps/hornets. The brand I got lists a bunch of insects, then wasps at the end. WHich.... is why I'm thinking of a plywood platform at the end of my 10-foot-pole, and a triple dose of fogger all at once.
- A new can of wasp foam, which brings me to 1.5 cans on-hand.
- A can of wasp spray that claims to shoot a jet of pesticide 27 feet.
I've got the plywood to build the fogger base. Two rolls of duct tape. Various lengths of 2x4 that I can screw together. A blank videotape. A charged camera battery. Evening is approaching.
Stand by.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."