jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 5/23/2013 11:01 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 May 2013 09:38:30 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >
> >> notbob wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I jes ordered my Bug-A-Salt gun:
> >>>
> >>> http://bugasalt.com/
> >>>
> >>> I douched 2 wasps yesterday with Raid Wasp and Hornet Killer ...inside
> >>> my house! I fear wasps even more than spiders, probably cuz I was
> >>> almost stung to death by a nest of 'em when I was 4 yrs old. Anyway,
> >>> CO is positively lousy with the damn things and I'm tired of hosing
> >>> down my interior windows with poisinous insecticides. Soooo... I got
> >>> me a Bug-A-Salt gun.
> >>>
> > <snip>
> >>
> >> LMAO! I looked at that website. The gun looks very cool! hahaha
> >>
> > His aim had better be good because if he only grazes that wasp, it's
> > going to be mad as hell and come after him. A better way of dealing
> > with them is to find the nest and eliminate it. If they're on the
> > interior of the house it's nearby or maybe even inside the walls of
> > his home.
> >
> Wasps and hornets are scary crazy stinging insects. I do not have the
> least bit of hesitation using chemicals to keep them away from the
> house. Ditto yellow-jackets.
>
> I went out to get the mail the other day and a mud wasp had started
> building a nest on the front door. I didn't use chemicals but I knocked
> it off then hosed the area down. Fortunately I'm not allergic. But
> getting stung by wasps/hornets and yellow-jackets is painful and I don't
> want them building homes under the eaves or around the doorway.
>
> Hukk

Those mud daubers aren't generally known to sting, but they do make a
hell of a mess. Pretty amazing though how they build such a big nest
such a tiny bit at a time.