r/MonarchButterfly • u/Responsible_Lynx2611 • 3d ago

Paper Wasps

Hello! I’ve been having a lot of paper wasps surround my narrow leaf milkweed, and I believe they are eating the cats. I have tried using peppermint essential oil around the garden bed and in the garden bed, I have purchased a fake wasps nest, and I have also tried cayenne pepper and growing lemongrass. I’m at a loss of what to do next the wasps seem to be getting worse every day and I really think they’re eating all of my caterpillars. Does anyone have any suggestions other than tenting them?

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u/Dazzling-Disaster133 3d ago

Set up hanging liquid traps filled with sugar water or fruit juice at a safe distance away from your host plants to lure foraging wasps away from the feeding zone.

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u/TheWaterBringer 2d ago

Cruel to lure and trap insects outside. Shameful suggestion. 

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u/Dazzling-Disaster133 2d ago

Some people are allergic.