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Andy wrote:
> OmManiPadmeOmelet said...
>
> > <cough>
> >
> > Insects are not protected by animal control laws...
> > At least not where _I_live! :-)

>
> I had yellow jackets that hived underground by the front steps. I know
> the county animal control guys and they said I couldn't gas and burn them
> out because they were protected. I forget how I got rid of them.


Yellow Jackets protected?? Those are the guys that our local extension
says to wait until sundown, and spray the living daylights out of the
nest.

They are pollinators, but too close to human habitation, you are
allowed to exterminate if you can't move em any other way.

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