Nuke it from orbit or kill it with fire?

Street

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I was just up in the loft part of the extension on my house, trying to put in a new layer of insulation to keep me a bit warmer when I stumbled across the following down at the end of the building up against the wall..

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Sorry for the crappy quality photos but they were the best I could do while hanging half in the loft with a torch!

Is it what I think it is? A massive wasps nest!? It measures about a meter and a half across the bottom!

What are the chances of there being any wasps in it this time of year? I absolutely hate wasps so really don't want to be working up there if there are any about!
 
Street said:
Is it what I think it is? A massive wasps nest!? It measures about a meter and a half across the bottom!

What are the chances of there being any wasps in it this time of year? I absolutely hate wasps so really don't want to be working up there if there are any about!
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Whack it with a stick.
 
holy crap thats freaky! if i found that in mine id be too scared to go up ever again! why dont u poke it with a stick and we'll see what happens from there? :D
 
Graeme43 said:
holy crap thats freaky! if i found that in mine id be too scared to go up ever again! why dont u poke it with a stick and we'll see what happens from there? :D
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Yeh I kinda don't want to go back up.. I hate wasps more than anything!
 
1. Deodorant
2. Zippo
3. Light
...
FLAMETHROWER!
???
PROFIT!
???
new house + arson charge :D

On a more serious note, smoke bombs, wasp spray, the whole chebang. That thing is HUGE
 
I doubt there are any wasps in there now. Best bet is to call in exterminator. We have them every year, I just let them be tbh. But since the size of the thing is huge, get on phone to the council.
 
Looks like a very large wasps nest, if it is apparently worker wasps die out in the winter time and the Queen hibernates in the old nest or they construct themselves a small hibernation cell.

If this correct, best time to get rid of it is now with all this cold weather. Have a search on the internet just in case I am wrong!
 
u might just have missed them as all the wasps here seem to be dead now but theres like 20 inches of snow lol damn scotland :D
 
If it's cold enough they should be hibernating. Beware sleepy wasps, they sting easily. But this time of year is the best time to deal with it - get the council or an exterminator to remove it while it's cold and the natives are less restless.

Good news is that it looks more like a wasp nest and less like a hornet nest.
 
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