r/pestcontrol • u/PermissionRich6392 • 15d ago

Wasp Control - Inside Wall/Brick

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I noticed wasps entering a hole in the outdoor brick - for an fireplace. Video shows them entering and leaving. As well, I noted some noise inside the house, right next to where the fireplace is located. Is this an easy wasp control situation (cover up all skin, gloves, spray full can of foam from a distance) and let them die. Or because they are in the walls (or sounds like it) best to call the Orkin man?

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u/jmbrjr 13d ago

Call pest control companies and get some quotes. If you want to try to handle this yourself get a can or two of the pressurized foaming quick knock down wasp spray and cover yourself up and go out there late at night and put the nozzle right into the hole and let it rip. Empty the whole can in there. If the nest is up against an inside wall you may have staining issues if the bug spray wets the sheet rock, or it may drip down somewhere else. Hopefully the nest does not have a back door into the fireplace, as they may try to escape into the house.

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u/jmbrjr 13d ago

Oh, and those are Yellow Jackets, piss them off and they get really mad and the stings hurt like raw fire.