2007-09-15 03:12:23 · 6 answers · asked by StangV 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I've had success spraying them with WD-40 and then just knock the dauber nests off whatever surface they are on. WD-40 is great for stopping any kind of bee or wasp in it's tracks.
2007-09-15 03:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by Cympathetic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? They prey on the spiders everyone here is so skeert of. Check inside one of them and decide whether or not they are beneficial. Let the kid hatch, once you see a hole in the nest, scrape it off the wall.
And when they move on as suggested above, they really love making nests in weed eater housings, lawn mower exhausts, all lovely places to fubar your gardening equipment.
2007-09-15 04:49:03 · answer #2 · answered by reynwater 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Reynwater and Inverse, why kill them, everyone is complaining about huge numbers of spiders. The wasps bring order ... just leave them be until the youngsters have left then you can remove.
2007-09-16 01:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by Rooikat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persistence is the key. Keep knocking them down. It will take a week or so before they move permanently.
2007-09-15 04:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by tysdad62271 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pressure washer is the easiest, but a wire brush will work as well.
2007-09-15 03:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Kirk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are beneficial insects.
There is no good reason to kill them.
2007-09-15 05:39:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋