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21st October 2007, 10:09 PM
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Posts: 65
|  Paper Wasps "Nasty Little Blighters" Well I had to go and get one of my climbers from a job site after he didn't spot a huge paperwasp (500mm x 300mm) nest within the tip of a Kauri Pines limb. They cut the limb on the lowering rope and when the branch hit the ground the colony went straight up the trunk and gave my climber a real touch up. He had his tie in point in a adjacent tree and had do a "rapid swing and descent". I took him to the Doc for a Antihistimine shot to relive the swelling (he was hit over 100 times) hes now resting at home. I have to be real careful now because i have been stung that many times over the years i now swell extremly badly  Anyone got any "good and safe" control/destruction methods for these little vermin. |
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22nd October 2007, 12:18 AM
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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| Re: Paper Wasps "Nasty Little Blighters" Yeah, that jet squirt stuff WASP KILLER.
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22nd October 2007, 01:01 AM
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| Over mature heritage tree  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Re: Paper Wasps "Nasty Little Blighters" More Smart... More Safe... MORTEINNNNNNN.  Kills the buggers everytime... Spose that's why I've never got any cans left lol..
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22nd October 2007, 02:12 PM
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Posts: 65
| Re: Paper Wasps "Nasty Little Blighters" I haven't tried the new stuff; but the old Wasp Spray i used years ago was more effective if you threw the can at the nest and squashed the blighters whilst you ran the opersite way. |
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22nd October 2007, 02:35 PM
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| Sappling Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colorado
Posts: 17
| Re: Paper Wasps "Nasty Little Blighters" Quote:
 Well, my uncle used to burn the nests attached to my grandmother's house, which works great, but isn't really practical for tree surgeons. I don't think smoke works as well on wasps as it does on bees either. | |
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23rd October 2007, 04:09 AM
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 729
| Re: Paper Wasps "Nasty Little Blighters" Lol Mike, you recommending I recycling my empty bug spray cans by throwing them at the nest?
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25th October 2007, 03:15 AM
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Brisbane
Posts: 128
| That wasp killer stuff that Ekka was talkin bout is the go! pretty much you'll use a whole can on one nest, it shoots a stream for approx 3-4m. knocks em dead straight away. this is the stuff to use NO doubt! i think Ekka may have posted a photo of it here or on another site once before. |
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