Wasps and yellow jackets

[Rockport24]

holy chit sounds bad. I have a bunch burrowed into my front lawn right now, just waiting them out and keeping the kids away right now. I will fill in the hole after they die off (which is when, first frost?).

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

holy chit sounds bad. I have a bunch burrowed into my front lawn right now, just waiting them out and keeping the kids away right now. I will fill in the hole after they die off (which is when, first frost?).

Dude, those are ground digger wasps aka cicada killers.
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[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Dude, those are ground digger wasps aka cicada killers.
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no these are just yellow jackets that have taken up residence in an old rodent burrow.. I thought that is what they were at first, but they are just regular small yellow jacket, not large black bodied suckers...

[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

holy chit sounds bad. I have a bunch burrowed into my front lawn right now, just waiting them out and keeping the kids away right now. I will fill in the hole after they die off (which is when, first frost?).

Which is when you douse lighter fluid on your lawn and burn them out.... also make for good fall seeding!

JK..... but I would be tempted if I had them.....

[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

Which is when you douse lighter fluid on your lawn and burn them out.... also make for good fall seeding!

JK..... but I would be tempted if I had them.....

yeah don't want to do that, apparently they don't reuse a nest from year to year, the queen hides herself over the winter then finds another nest in the early spring. So I'm just going to wait them out since I hope most will be dead in about a month and a half with the colder weather then I'll just fill in the hole.

Apparently the thing to do is scour your property in the late winter/early spring and fill in any old rodent holes, cracks in your foundation or siding, or walls or anything else.