• smh@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    LPT: if you ever get wasps in your house you can use the extension hose on your vacuum cleaner to suck them up. The hose extension means you don’t have to get close to them.

    (I’m fine with them outside as long as they don’t nest on my balcony, but inside is a problem.)

    • Dandelion@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      Also opposed to flies wasp are in my experience actually smart enough to leave through the window they came in on their own, so evacuating the room and coming back some time later also works(as long a you don’t need anything in the room ofc)

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Yesterday, I was bringing away waste glass into one of these containers:

    Big metal container with a hole at the top to throw glass bottles and jars into.

    And there were either bees or wasps, not quite sure, swarming all over the place. They either have their nest there, or there was some damn good juice left in the bottles.

    Well, I wasn’t gonna take my waste glass back home, so I got to play a game of throwing into the hole from a good step away, while trying to not hit any of them midflight. 🙃

  • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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    3 days ago

    flies scare me because of the horrible noise they make, bees scare me because of the noise and the fact that they can sting, hornets, well …

  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    General rule: don’t attack them, and they won’t attack you. If they get very close to you, you can move away, but avoid touching them. I’ve heard someone say wasps don’t forget who attacked them.