I just used two cans of Black Flag Wasp Spray on a huge yellow jacket nest layered in a large batch of ivy. Will that kill the nest? I can't see the nest under the ivy but, I'm believing it's under the ivy or in a stump in the ivy itself. The area I covered with the two full cans was about a 4x5 feet area. The ivy's about four inches deep. The yellow jackets were active at the time I was spraying the nest. Many retreated under the ivy towards where I believe the nest is at. Is that sufficient to kill the nest? Heck, I guess I'll know more in the morning. We lost our daylight now. Any helpful answers will sure help me out.
Thanks in advance.
Gasoline and matches
Answer 2:
This works. I just killed an underground nest with over a thousand YJ's:
Don't use gasoline. You're polluting the ground and you could end up getting injured or killed by lighting it.
Here's how I killed a nest in the ground a couple of days ago:
Find the hole that the yellow jackets are coming and going from.
Get one of those cans of "Indoor Fogger" for bugs (I used one called Hot Shot).
Wait until completely dark and shake the can of fogger well. Then Duct Tape it to the end of a long pole. Tape it so the spray will be directed downwards into the hole when the pole is dropped. Start the fogger and drop the can over the hole.
Run like hell! Plan your quick exit strategy before dropping the can (you don't want to trip over anything). Come back the next day and check if it worked. If it didn't, it was probably because the can didn't spray directly down the hole
You can almost always find yellow jacket sprays like Eliminator and THWAK! at Walmart or even $1 dollar stores from $1-$50 you can find just about anything you need.
There are not many things that will kill a yellow jacket. The best thing would be wasp spray.
Permethrin does kill yellow jackets as well as hornets, ground bees, wasps, and other stinging insects. You can discourage yellow jackets from nesting in trees and shrubbery around your yard by spraying them with permethrin as well.
spray poison on it or squish it
It was recommended to me by our local garden store to kill yellow jackets in the ground. It will not immediately drop them to the ground like will some spray products but it will kill them. Apply a generous amount onto the opening of the nest and in a couple days it will be polluted by the yellow jackets entering it.
Chrysanthemum oil will help to get rid of bees and yellow jackets. This oil will burn the insect when sprayed directly on them and kill eggs.
Mosquito spray includes repellants and poisons to kill the mosquito. The chemicals are highly toxic for the insect but not so toxic for humans.
only bumble bees but not wasps or yellow jackets or hornets
Yes... I just killed something with boric acid.
It depends what you're exterminating. Bug and insect spray shouldn't but it is best to keep you cat away from the chemicals.
Hornets don't normally nest in the ground. Yellow Jackets nest in the ground. You can kill them by pouring gasoline in the hole and running.
Yes, if you destroy just the nest of the wasps they will survive. You will have to spray chemicals to kill the wasps.
Don't try to do this yourself. Contact a qualified exterminator. Your local government or Yellow Pages should be able to direct you to one or more.
Chemically, no. But if the spray blocks the yellow jacket's spiracles (breathing holes) it would eventually die.There is the old joke about using hairspray on flies doesn't kill them, but turns flies into gliders...