How to get rid of wasps on the summer cottage

Wasps are unpleasant not only because of their intrusiveness, they are also are dangerous. After all, their bite is painful, causes skin allergic reactions. And for allergies and kids can even carry risk to life. Insects become especially aggressive at the end of the summer - during the harvest of fruit yields, ripening of watermelons and melons. To avoid trouble, many prefer to destroy them. In the article we will offer several methods of how to get rid of wasps in the country.

The main reasons for the appearance of wasps in the country

The exact number of wasp species has not been calculated - they are many. They are diverse in color, except for striped yellow-black, there are also blue, black. Their sizes are different - from 2.5 to 10 cm. The way of life of insects can be both single and family. The food they serve is nectar and fruit juice. The larvae feed on small insects.

In order for the process of disposing of wasps in the country to become successful, it is necessary to find out the reason why they equipped the nests in this particular place. There may be several:

• settlement near the source of food - flower bed, orchard;
• natural migration;
• the location of nearby insects suitable for feeding young offspring;
• arrangement in old nests or places where their relatives also used to live.

You need to know that, as a rule, insects build their nests in secluded places, so they are not always able to be found. Most often they choose corners, attics, windows, walls, slate, rarely used utility rooms. In the house it may be inaccessible places behind the air conditioner or behind the drain pipes. Insects can make moves in insulating materials, under a wooden floor, behind a covering, and even in cement.

The family equips a large nest from scrap materials and from those that its members produce themselves. Single individuals build small nests - about 5-8 cm in diameter.

Tracking the habitat of insects is easy. You must put a tasty bait - juicy fruit, a piece of fish or meat.When the wasps are discovered and started feeding on them, they will often take the same route: from food to housing. Thus, you can set the location of the equipment jacks. To fight against insects, it will be enough to detect not the nest itself (since it is not always possible to get close to it), but the entrance to the dwelling.

How to get rid of wasps in the house

There are several situations in which the question is relevant: how to derive wasps? The fight should begin if the wasps formed nests in the corners located near the place of residence of the person and his frequent stay there:

• directly in the house;
• in the attic of the house;
• on the balcony;
• under the roof;
• in utility rooms and near them.

It should be understood that the wasp will never attack just like that, only in the case of self-defense and the protection of its home. However, to say exactly at what point she decides that a man threatens her nest, no one can. Often, to protect the entire swarm flies.

You can fight them with the help of chemical insecticides and folk remedies.There are also special services that help cope with the scourge of professional means (the cost of their services - from 1.5 thousand rubles for apartments and from 2.5 thousand rubles for summer cottages).

Activities for getting rid of wasps include the following:

• destruction of nests;
• trapping insects;
• extermination with the help of baits with poison.

Chemical Remedies

With the help of insecticidal means you can get rid of wasps both at the summer cottage and in the apartment. The following drugs will help to cope with this task: Aktara, Diazion, Karbofos, Tetrix, Executioner, Moskitol and others. You can buy them in specialized stores. To prepare working solution strictly according to the instruction.

For a positive effect, 200 ml of the solution is poured into a large plastic bag (you need to pick it up according to the size of the nest) and dramatically put it on the nest.It is important to tighten the package well and tie it with a rope, scotch tape, etc., in order to completely block the departure of insects.

In this state, the nest should be two to three days. After that, remove the package before knocking on it with a stick. Polyethylene is removed only if no buzz is heard.

If the nest is not available, the drug should be injected into the hole in the entrance to the dwelling - insecticides are sold in aerosols (Raid, Dichlorvos Neo, Raptor, Combat, etc.). Then the exit needs to be closed with a cloth soaked in an insecticide. The hole does not open for several days.

Another way to use insecticides is to make poisoned baits — a means (for example, Get, Delta Zone, Lambda Zone) is added to a sweet food or drink that is specially lured by wasps. It is best suited for these purposes, jam or sweetened beer, also poison drip on the watermelon (melon) peel. The container with the bait is put up in a visible place where insects can see it for sure, and the “treat” is added in a few days, until all the wasps in the house are destroyed.

For those who are going to conduct a personal fight against insects, it will not be superfluous to know that if any individual during the event to destroy the nest stings you, you cannot kill it - this will provoke the aggression of a whole swarm. The best way out in such a situation is to retire, take the necessary measures for a bite (see below in the section "First aid for a bite") and return after a time when the wasps calm down to repeat the operation.

Folk remedies

The simplest and fastest way to destroy a wasp nest is to expose it to fire - the dwelling is poured with combustible material, such as gasoline, and ignited. This method is effective, but it is not always and always possible to apply it. For example, it is absolutely not suitable for those who are looking for options on how to get rid of wasps in a wooden house. If the nest is equipped on a wooden structure or under a wooden roof, it is strictly forbidden to use it, because it can cause a fire.

Some splash into the nests and entrances to the dwellings with gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel from a spray gun. However, it is also better to do away from wooden structures.

Another way - putting a nest into the water. This method requires extras. For example, if the nest is located on the ceiling, then you can put it in a saucepan or a bucket of water, tightly pressing their edges to the ceiling, and then substitute a stepladder or any furniture. In the water, the isle dwelling should be at least 24 hours.

Specialized stores sell traps designed to catch wasps. They are also really hand-made - there are many videos about technology on the Internet. Make a trap out of a plastic bottle like this:

• remove the cover;
• cut off the top (1/3);
• in the lower part of the solution is poured, which should lure the bees (fermented or fresh jam, beer with the addition of insecticide);
• the upper cut-off part is inserted into the lower neck down so that it fits snugly - according to the funnel principle;
• hang on the wall, window, under the roof, etc.

The fluid should be updated once every few days.

You can also buy in the store or make a glue trap by yourself.Glue is applied to the cardboard sheet, for example RaTrap, Alt, etc., and on top - a spoonful of jam or a rotting fruit. The wasps, trying to feast on, stick to the cardboard and get stuck.

Wasps at the cottage: prevention

To avoid mass wasp settlements in the house and subsequently not to think about how to get rid of them, it is necessary to resort to the following measures:

• destroy already empty nests in the fall and spring until the moment of their settlement, since they are very likely in the new year to be occupied again. The trail from attaching the nest should be treated with one of the following: potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide, insecticide;
• time to get rid of rotten fruit, to prevent their storage;
• eliminate cracks in the attic or in other premises;
• during the construction of a new house or during repairs, to carry out preventive treatment with insecticides and seal all cracks and voids;
• do not store unnecessary items in large quantities;
• periodically wash the furniture.

First aid for bite

Wasp bites can lead to local (edema, redness, itching, hives) and general reactions (dizziness, confusion). In addition, there are people who have insecticidal allergies.

If you carry out activities for the destruction of wasps and suffered from a bite, then you should act as follows.

If only a local reaction is observed and it is not aggravated within 24 hours, then nothing needs to be done. The reaction should go through two or three days.

When swelling increases within 24 hours or when observing previously undesirable body reactions after an insect bite, use an antihistamine (Suprastin, Diazolin, Loratadin, etc.), attach ice to the bite, apply a tourniquet above it, will prevent the absorption of poison into the blood.

For allergy sufferers, it is necessary to inject intramuscularly a dose of adrenaline or hydrocortisone (not more than 1 ml): 0.5 ml in the shoulder, 0.5 ml in the area of ​​the bite.

If the victim has such reactions as bronchospasm, convulsions, heart palpitations, pain in the heart, back, joints, you should immediately call an ambulance.

In any case, before the declaration of war, the wasps must take care to have a first-aid kit on hand, in which an anti-allergic drug must be present.

In conclusion, we would like to note that if the dwellings of the wasps do not pose a threat to you, it is better to leave them alone. It is necessary to apply the measures of struggle described above only if your peaceful existence with them is impossible.