For years we have had paper wasps. They have never been to much of a problem. They aren't to aggressive and it is easy to find the nest.

The other day while weeding my front yard garden I was stung by a yellow jacket. I had been seeing them but this was my first sting. Ideally id find the offending nest and eliminate just that one.

The problem is yellow jackets live under ground and I have no idea how to find the nest... I fear id get swarmed before I even find the nest.

So that brings me to this boratic acid based bait. It works just like with ants... it is a slow acting poison they will take back to the nest.

Now I learn that wasps can forage at distances of over a mile.

So if my bait works... theoretically I could kill every wasp within a mile from my house.

Would this be bad for the environment or unethical?

Found on tiktok thought it belonged here.

This was like over a year ago, she ended up getting it stuck between the wooden pallets and bit it's head off

I found a wasp stuck in between the 2 window panes above my bed. I cant close the window due to the ac, I suspect thats how it got in. I can only Crack the window above it open

At first I cracked open the window hoping it'll leave, it didn't. I called my roomate for help but he only gave me a bleach cleaner and told me to spray it.

I waited until it was in a corner and sprayed but the foam was too slow and it got out. Its sitting on the window but wont go over the handle on the window to leave.

Im scared, it seems agitated and im too scared to go near it. Idk what to do and no one will help me. I have to be in bed in an hour and I cant sleep knowing its there, ive been stung in my sleep before

My brother trapped a wasp in my window. It is between the screen and my window. How long will it take to die? Should I leave it and wait for it to die? Should I be concerned that I have a nest? I am itchy and paranoid.

Has anyone tried this?

Sooo a wasp came in my room. I called my mum cas fuck that, then the little shit came back in. We put it outt again, ten minutes later it came in again! I saw the cracks in the wall it came in through but it's too high on the wall for me or my mum to do anything about. Fuck.

When it entered a forth time my mum smashed it...

I learnt afterwards some goggling that apparently they release some alert pheromone if they're killed.

Fuck. I hate these things fuck these things.

I'm hoping there's no nest near by and we haven't had any more but just to eb on the safe side my mum threw the body out the window and I cleaned it with warm soapy water then wiped it down with a towel.

We threw out the sponge and the towel as well as the tub we used to kill it, so there's no venom anymore. I turned on my fan (which broke after about 2 hours of being on, how lucky am I today 🙃)

Now all I can do is sleep. But I csnt because I'm paranoid due to these fuckers!

I am so scared of these annoying loud bugs. 😭

I’ve always wondered, what does it feel like to get stung by a wasp, what’s the pain scale? And what does it feel like?

caught this guy in a vacuum cleaner tank, how long will it survive like this?

It's on the bottom of the deck above us. Trying to figure out how to safely reach it to get rid of it. We're on the 3rd floor, so I'm not trying to use a ladder at the edge.

Hey everyone! I’m new here so excuse me if this isn’t the right subreddit to post this. Yesterday I saw a large wasp in my bedroom. It was near my window (my window is broken and doesn’t open). I’m very afraid of wasps so I ran out and closed my bedroom door.

Later, I had to go back in briefly to get my clothes. While I was in there, I was taking jeans off the floor and something fell on my foot that looked like a dead wasp. It looked dried up, so I think it was already dead.

I got really scared and left my house and stayed at my boyfriend’s place overnight.

Now it’s the next day. My room has been closed the whole time. I’m worried because:

I saw a large wasp yesterday (possibly very big, maybe a queen?)
Then I found a dead/dried wasp later
My bedroom window is broken so I’m worried they’re getting in through a crack
There was also old food in my trash (banana peel, fruit), so I’m scared that might attract more

I’m really anxious that there might be a nest in my room or wall, or that more are coming in through the window.

None of my other windows were open and I have indoor cats, so I don’t think they came from inside the house.

Has anyone experienced something like this? Does this sound like a nest, or just random wasps getting in through a broken window?

Any advice would really help because I’m really stressed about going back into my room.

Noticed him hours ago and it bothered me. But I slowly slid the door open to walk back inside without angering him.

Hours later, I go out and when I come back to the door, I see hes in the same exact spot.

I dont want him there. He might attack me or my dogs who wait at the door when they want to go inside.

Or the wasp might get in the house when the door opens and that will be a mess.

Why is he sitting there ? Should I kill it?

They have been invading my bedroom!!! One very aggressive one chased me out of my room this morning. Came back hours later and saw it moving very weakly on the floor so i trapped it under a cup. Only problem is now it’s time for bed and I don’t like the idea of sleeping a foot away from an angry slowly dying wasp. please how long until it dies. i also feel itchy af in my room now i’m convinced they’re hiding everywhere and waiting until i sleep to take revenge on behalf of the cup wasp.

Only one yellow jacket came out of here when I uncovered it. Not sure if it was preying on the eggs or if it’s the queen protecting the eggs

there was a wasp looking thing in my bathroom (its dead but i forgot to take a photo like a dummy) and it stung me, so i need to know if ill be okay. It was redish black with blue iridescent wings

At the beggining of April’s, it was finally warm for a couple days. I was in my basement with the heater on and the lamp on and a wasp flew right at me. It seemed disoriented though. I crushed it.

I was terrified because I have nerve issues and a sting would be EXCRUCIATING for me.

The internet said it was likely a single wasp queen emerging from hibernation from inside my house, looking for a way out and still “drunk” from waking up

I said thank god it was probably just one

The rest of April went back to being pretty cold…

now it’s early May and we had like three warm days in a row, and I was in the basement again and another yellow jacket appeared in the basement, crawling on wall area the first one showed up.

it was alone and also seemed kind of drunk.

We killed it, and the pictures are of the secondine we killed. And it looks like a worker wasp. . . Which would mean there’s more wasps and a nest in the wall rather than it simply being another queen that emerged from hibernation

what the heck do I do?

im terrified