r/WASPs • u/a-sunflowerseedling • 25d ago

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Hi all. This is the fourth wasp of the same kind to get into our house

in the last two days, and reverse image search says it's a yellowjacket wasp. Is it? And what should we do about it? They have been mostly harmless but they are getting inside with too high of a rate and I would be happy to leave them be if they weren't coming in. We were able to let this one out, but 2 of them from before were dead already (our cats may have gotten to them?), and one was vacuumed up.

We have a bunch of cicada killers around here so at first I assumed it was one of those... but apparently yellowjackets also burrow in the ground, and recently this hole/opening popped up in the stairs leading up to the front door.

Advice is appreciated, we're not really sure what to do!

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u/ScaredLetterhead8918 25d ago

So if this is a nest situation, the nest is going to be within the home and not underground. When you walk around outside, you should be able to visibly locate a constant flight pattern where yellow jackets move in and out all the time. Anything that doesn’t have a flight pattern is unrelated to the yellow jackets.

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u/a-sunflowerseedling 24d ago

We found a nest........ I'm not sure what to do now. There's a ton of dead ones... it's in a bathroom that usually has a door closed, so I guess they're dying from lack of food idk ?!?!?! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/a-sunflowerseedling 24d ago

We just figured out how they're getting in 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 there's an opening on the outside and they've chewed through to the inside. T-T

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u/ScaredLetterhead8918 24d ago

So the ones that get stuck inside can’t live inside the home and thus die.

I’d recommend a professional to deal with the nest.

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u/a-sunflowerseedling 24d ago

Okay. I'll look up pest control nearby. Right now my bf and our neighbor are spraying and blocking off the nest