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Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera by ljf on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:42AM (#33895619)
I dislike wasps - BUT the good thing if you find a nest, is the knowledge that they will never return to a nest the following year - so the next actually becomes something that will help prevent future wasp infestations.

When we bought our last house I changed a light fitting and live wasps poured out - I was freaked out, and put the fitting straight back.

A few days later I went into the attic to put some boxes up there and found a HUGE nest near the light fitting. I put my hand on it and could feel and warmth and buzz of the wasps. It was already mid summer so I just left it (there were not loose wasps in the attic - their entrance/exit was into the eves of the house).

By autumn they were gone, and we never again had a wasp issue in our house in the 10 years we lived there. I changed the light fitting the following spring.

Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera by m463 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:50PM (#33898446)
I've found that a wasp nest is still a hint that wasps will make nests nearby.

I had a shed (and a car) that had empty nests and then got nests nearby later.

Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera by essentialfloss on Thursday December 08, 2022 @04:02PM (#33913369)
There has been a wasp nest inside a tree in my yard for 5 years.
Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera by ljf on Thursday December 15, 2022 @06:17PM (#34007192)