Originally Posted By: PowerfisherThis summer I had a Yellow Jacket nest starting under the eve of my house. I tried everything I could to get rid of them but had to PAY $250 to have the nest destroyed.
$5 Can of wasp and hornet spray, and a case of beer, after dark, would have done the trick. Someone in the neighborhood is brave enough to climb the ladder and apply the spray for the case of beer!! Guaranteed!!
You do it after dark so that they are all in the nest when you spray, otherwise you miss those in the field.
Likewise, if you can figure out how to get it up there, dawn dish soap and water will kill them as well. Insects all have exoskeletons, and breath through their skin. The soap bubbles clog their airway and vapor locks them. If you can figure out how to make it foam and get it up there, you can wipe them out for a whole lot less than $250 without damage to paint or siding, or the environment.
In honey bees we have this little invasive species called the "small hive beetle", which raises tens of thousands of little grubs that crawl over everywhere sliming everything up. I took the ether can and a Bic lighter after a bunch on the concrete floor in the shop one day. They curled up, rolled around a little, then straightened out took off again. Bug sprays don't even phase them in larval state!! But, you can put 2 tablespoons of Dawn Dishsoap in a pump up sprayer with a gallon of water, and walk around and spray the little creepy crawlers, and they wriggle around for a few seconds, foam up, and die on the spot!
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Too many BIG ranches out there to have an impact on the hog population through hunting or trapping. It's a serious problem, no doubt. Were I a young fellow that enjoyed hog hunting, I'd be investing in lots of hog hunting equipment and advertising a pig pest control service.