Cicada Killer Wasp
- Thread starter CarlHungus
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I guess I'll buy the harmless part, but I can see the nuisance factor with the nests likely close to your front door.
We had them in the cracks of our driveway at our old house right where we got in and out of our vehicles.
We used ant killer granules at dusk or before dawn as someone else said( they all should be in the nest over night) pouring granules down the hole, then filling the hole with water and sealing the hole with the loose dirt around the hole.
This worked well once we figured out that if there is more than one hole it's likely a connected escape hole and you have to seal them all.
Good luck.
We had them in the cracks of our driveway at our old house right where we got in and out of our vehicles.
We used ant killer granules at dusk or before dawn as someone else said( they all should be in the nest over night) pouring granules down the hole, then filling the hole with water and sealing the hole with the loose dirt around the hole.
This worked well once we figured out that if there is more than one hole it's likely a connected escape hole and you have to seal them all.
Good luck.
I wouldn't say they are 100% harmless. For the most part they are harmless, but there is that small chance that you accidentally step on one, have one get caught in your clothes/hair, etc and they will sting you. And since their stingers are about the size of a nail, I will kill them.
Just so you know, these dudes know how to use their stinger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDazdlE2_Uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDazdlE2_Uk
Cicadas are harmless, wasps in general, are a$$holes. I remember growing up, people always called cicadas locusts, but they aren't. Locusts are actually swarming grasshoppers, and that's your Clone2Dbone entomology lesson for the day.
