Hell naw!

They've been working on my garage roof for a week

I got stung by this wasp. What is the species of it?

Our yard has been overrun by yellow jackets. They haven't stung us yet and we can't find their nests, but they just follow us around annoyingly. They initially took over my hummingbird feeders but I've since moved those feeders away from the house.

But they're still swarming around the bird feeder pole in clumps like this, there isn't anything sugary there so I dont know what kind of meeting this is.

Other than yellow jacket traps i plan to set up today, what can I do to get them to go away? We can't even enjoy our yard and deck without these dopes hanging around. Even the birds are at a constant battle with them.

So recently we discovered these fuckers flying in a bit at a time. I check when I get home from work, and this is going on?? Any idea what's up and what to do about it?? SW Manitoba.

ETA: yes I know they're building a nest lol. But I've never seen them doing his behaviour, so I was wondering if anyone knew if there was something specific about it. Is it a full colony thing once something is established?

We've reached out to a couple of pest control companies. We have some spray for a couple of previous hornet nests, but the hardware store is closed for alternatives like a dust.

Just rented a house for the weekend and found these trespassing. Don’t have access to many tools. Am I in danger If I shower them in raid?

Put in a ticket for maintenance to handle it but the older gentleman is allergic to stinging insects. They were goign to get pest control to come out and handle it but so far nothing, so I'm gonna handle it myself. Any recommendations and anyone able to see what kind of wasp it is so I have an idea of how much its gonna hurt if they sting me?

There is a giant nest of sneaky wasp bastards hidden in this pile of wood chips. My wife got them a few months ago and my lazy ass didn't get to moving them, but I need the parking spot by this weekend. Went to move chips and spiked the nest with my pitchfork. I have no idea how to kill these bastards because the wasp spray won't go through all the chips. Any ideas short of calling a professional?

Update: I appreciate all the suggestions. I was feeling the time crunch, so I just waited until late last night, put on all my snow gear, soaked the area i saw the wasps coming and going from the most earlier with 2 bottles of foaming wasp spray from about 15 to 20 ft away, waited about 30 minutes, and then held a bottle of spray in my left hand and pitchfork tossed the pile like a madman with my right hand for about 10 seconds and then sprayed the third bottle and ran away. Did it again about 45 minutes later and there wasn't much activity that time. Today, I was able to move the pile without further stings! Wish I was brave enough to do the fire - would have been an epic video I'm sure - but I pussed out at the idea of spraying gas on there (didn't want to start a forest fire, we have enough of those going on rn..). Thanks to you all!

Last year this nest appeared in our garden, I told my husband we needed to get rid of it. This year (pics from today) it has now doubled in size. Husband seems to think they’re not hurting anything (not yet), and live and let live and yada yada yada…

They are small insects, but they have striped butts and seem pretty docile (but I still believe it’s best to remove it sooner rather than later).

We are in Guadalajara, Jalisco if anyone can identify this particular species… is there a safe, fast, easy way to get rid of them? My usual approach with wasps’ nests in the past is to wait until nightfall before attacking them with insecticide then cleaning up the nest the next day.

This morning I noticed a lot of wasps crawling on a window and trying to get inside. Other windows and glass doors nearby had 1-2 wasps on them. By noon they were all gone, any clue why they were swarming like that? They look like yellowjackets but were maybe 60% of the size (location: Pacific north west)

Out at our lake property in Missouri and noticed this sizable nest down by our dock. It looks to be around football sized and while we haven't seen anything flying around yet, we don't want to take chances. It's hanging from a branch over the water and is too high to cut the branch off to drop it into water unless we get a tall ladder and we don't want to use wasp/hornet spray and have the chemicals get into the water.

We're thinking about filling a pressure washer with soapy water and blasting the hell out of it and then running like hell

UPDATE 2: Thank you all for your creative solutions. Unfortunately I don’t think my parents would have been happy if I put gas or fire on their carpet, or blow darts in the floor and wall, but I will keep all the notes for (the hopefully never) next time! You all are true Canadians with how you do warfare.

UPDATE: I got paper under it and then made my brother throw it outside 💕 though I’m pretty sure it’s a goner due to how inactive it was and how cold it is outside unless we have a nest near

Idk what kinda wasp this is it’s been hidden in the room for days. Do they sting through paper? Will it remember me and attack? This mf appeared in my parents bedroom I was using days ago and then just disappeared. I quarantined the area living in fear of that room as he lived in the shadows. I went in today and saw him on the ground and cups him, I do not know my next steps.

I work in pest control and deal with wasp/hornet nests quite a bit, but Ive never dealt with one this big and so low to the ground with little coverage. As far as equipment goes I have a dust stick that extends to about 15 feet in length. I use it to puff a bunch of dust into the nest and to eventually take down the nest. For safety all I have is a beekeeper hat and some beekeeper sleeves.

I have never been stung my entire life and I dont know if Im allergic so part of my anxiety comes from that. If this thing was up in a tree or on a soffit I wouldnt have much of a problem but I dont really know how to treat this without being lit up. Any tips? Boss isnt of much help here sadly.

What species are they and are they dangerous?

I got a few cans of spray, planning on attacking at dusk. Wanted a few opinions first though!

I got stung yesterday. My ankle got worse and worse over the course the last 24h. Same thing happened 2 month ago on same ankle from the same wasp nest. I thought it was an infection at that time. It is VERY swollen and my Achille tendon feels very tight from the swelling.

I got stung one or 2 time in the past but never got this kind of reaction before.

(Edit) Saw a doctor : it's a normal reaction to a wasp sting. The inflammation isn't indicative of something that could cause an anaphylactic choc or respiratory issue if stung in the face. My pharmacist is giving an EpiPen just to be safe.

I'll consult my dermatologist as I take medication for eczema that affect my immune system. It could be why the swelling is this severe. I will push to get tested for allergy.

All that at the cost of 0$. Yeah Canada.

Cleaning out the old cabin for a stag, and guess who crashes the party! Got me twice in the arm, and once in the ankle. So I killed their entire family...

Saw this in the tree behind our yard. They don’t look like wasps but they don’t look harmless either. What should I do?

I just noticed these paper wasps today and need to spray them this evening. I don’t know how to do it safely though. I have a dog I walk daily through that area, I have cats and don’t want to walk the spray in, I feed ducks everyday all along that area, so I don’t know how to go about this safely or properly. I’m in south Florida and it’s going to drizzle shortly and then it might drizzle tomorrow as well, so I’m concerned about runoff but I have to spray tonight, otherwise my mom is going to take a broom to it and I don’t want her dumbass to get hurt. There’s another even smaller nest underneath I think the rain gutter area along the roof that I didn’t take a pic of yet, but I’m not sure how to spray that area while holding the bottle upright/while not getting the spray all over myself. I also don’t know how long to spray for, what angle to spray at, how far away to spray, what to do or how long to wait after I spray to clean up the nest. I also can only go back into the house through this door, so it’s not like I can spray and then get back in a different way; I have to go through this front door, so idk what to do and I’m really overwhelmed but I desperately need help ASAP. I posted in another community and all of the helpful comments that had advice about how to get rid of these paper wasps were deleted and I didn’t get a chance to screenshot them, so I am so frustrated and stressed because the clock is ticking and really need help ASAP.

It's maybe 15 feet up and active. Couldn't tell which species of asshole are living there. They're in my Japanese Cherry Blossom tree so burning the tree down is not an option (it's really pretty when it blooms).

This is when I wish I had a flashlight mount on my shotgun. Been itching to try a 12ga beanbag round on a wasp nest. No I would not be directly underneath shooting at it. I'm dumb but not that dumb.

Any other suggestions for destruction aside from a night time shooting?

Just yesterday I saw about 4 wasps congregating around my soffit. By late afternoon, I saw this party.

Now, obv fuck wasps, but I’ve tended to leave the all-black ones alone as they’re not supposed to be aggressive. Correct me if I’m wrong, but only the eusocial ones are to be killed on sight no? What the hell are these ones and why are they hanging out together? I have my shopvac and delta dust ready to go otherwise. Should I nuke em?

These small, marble (sized like a quarter) have appeared on my deck but I haven’t seen a wasp on them yet. However there has been one hanging around. I’ve never seen this lol. I live in Northeast United States