Yellowjacket equinox

Evan B said:
Other meats can be substituted. The important ingredient is lacing it with fipronil. They'll carry the poisoned flesh into the nest and kill their entire family. It's pretty hard core.
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What’s the ratio of drops to flesh?
 
Same here
 
VAGABOND said:
After/action report we hope. Images also from GPR if available would be cool.
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I fell asleep and didn't wake up in time. Failed. Tonight will be cooler and this might help.
 
Excellent reason!

Noticed I used “reason”, and not the ex…. word.
 
Evan B said:
Other meats can be substituted. The important ingredient is lacing it with fipronil. They'll carry the poisoned flesh into the nest and kill their entire family. It's pretty hard core.
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I have tried everything to reduce the yellow jacket populations and really nothing works for reduction in numbers. You can kill them, but out in the woods and shrub-steppe habitat it doesn't take them long to recolonize the area.

I wonder if in an urban or suburban area the population is lower and various techniques work better than outside development???

One year I kept track of using traps and during the summer I killed over 20,000 yellow jackets and it was as if I had killed ZERO.

I currently use water to spray down nests close to my garden hose and it keeps from ruining the windows. I use insect spray's outside the "water zone". On a couple of decks I cover the seating areas with tarps and bug-bomb the underside of the decks. That helps somewhat.

On a warm and dry summer like we are having, especially when following a dry spring they are just awful on the east slope of the Cascades.

What does work is that first killing frost in the fall. Unfortunately, the week prior they know it and are just plain ornery.
 
I stepped on a ground nest in my yard as I was weeding in shorts and flips yesterday and got lit up on my legs. Still breathing today but that was a sore afternoon/evening and now an itchy today. Gonna have to look into some of these methods. Gotta be pet-friendly though; no wayward poisons for the Doggo to accidentally find.
 
Bummer dude...
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About a quarter of the can of cat food is gone after a couple of days, with no yellow jackets buzzing around. I'm assuming this is a good sign.

BTW, I put it on a chair, under a milk crate with a concrete block on top to keep the cats and possums out.
 
PhilR said:
About a quarter of the can of cat food is gone after a couple of days, with no yellow jackets buzzing around. I'm assuming this is a good sign.

BTW, I put it on a chair, under a milk crate with a concrete block on top to keep the cats and possums out.
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Was this the fipronil concoction?
 
PhilR said:
Yes, 6-7 drops in a small can of cat food.
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I have a similar buffet out sitting by my boat currently. The day after tuna, things can get pretty spicy on that side of the house. Don't want a repeat of two years ago where I had thousands of them swarming over there.
 
Evan B said:
I have a similar buffet out sitting by my boat currently. The day after tuna, things can get pretty spicy on that side of the house. Don't want a repeat of two years ago where I had thousands of them swarming over there.
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Is the Filpronil that you use just the topical Flea and tick drops for dogs, or a different product?

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Merle said:
Is the Filpronil that you use just the topical Flea and tick drops for dogs, or a different product?

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Exactly. Mix that stuff in with something tasty and let them do the murder work to the colony for you. When I first tried this two years ago after attracting thousands to my boat and being unable to approach that side of the house, I think I may have eliminated every colony in the neighborhood 😂
 
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