How to destroy earthen wasps and wasp nests in the ground

Earthen wasps - popular name for some os speciesliving in the sand, underground. These include sand, road, digging. These species do not build nests, live apart, build holes in the ground to find a victim to lay eggs. The people called earth wasps paper, who chose grass, folded branches of trees, various mounds, old stumps for the location of their nest.

Appearance Description

The wasps in the ground are setting up nests for several reasons - there is no suitable place in the nearest district, a rodent burrow, an abandoned anthill, is found too attractive. Outwardly, the earthen wasps in the country are no different from those that make the hive under the roof of the house, in the attic, balcony, tree.

Characteristic features are a bright striped color with yellow and black stripes, thin wings, a small head, and small antennae. As well as having sting, which uses an insect for self-defense, in the process of hunting when obtaining food. A photo of an earthen wasp is presented below, and a number is a representative of paper wasps living not in the soil.

Vespiary

Wasps in the ground are building the same hive as on the surface. The building material is wood - tree bark, wooden fences, household extensions. The insect spits out a special secret, waits for the top layer to soften, then scrape it off with its powerful jaws. Carries in the nest, digests saliva, the result is a sticky elastic mass.

Inside there are numerous cells located in several rows. The outer layers of the nest are more fragile, the material resembles toilet paper. The nest expands as the number of families increases. The average size of an earthen wasp hive is about the size of an apple. In some cases, can reach a diameter of 50 cm or more. It takes the form of a sphere.

Interesting!

True earthen wasps dig holes in the ground to find the larvae of the May beetles, other potential victims. Paralyze with poison, lay an egg on the belly, get out, bury the entrance. After a few hours, the larva appears, which lives on the body of the victim, feeds on its insides. In this way, the female provides the larva with favorable conditions for development, but she herself no longer participates in raising the young.

Earthen Wasps

Behavior, lifestyle

The wasp swarm by mid-summer has hundreds of thousands of adults. Each wasp performs its functions:

• some build a nest;
• others get food;
• some care for the larvae.

At the head is the womb, which deals exclusively with procreation. Adults feed nectar flowers, fruit, vegetable juices, honey.For food larvae requires protein food. For their sake, working females kill insects, circling near meat and fish products.

Earthen wasps on the site become extremely active by the end of summer, early autumn. Often penetrate the house, circling in the yard, do not allow to work quietly in the garden, in the garden. Insects are aggressive, the slightest movement of the hand in their direction is regarded as a threat, in a hurry to attack. Accidental finding of a person near the nest may result in numerous bites whole swarm.

Interesting!

Earthen wasps communicate with each other, giving special sounds, signals. Insect notifies others about the danger, threat, finding food. In a matter of minutes, a whole swarm appears.

Danger of being bitten

Wasps living in the ground bite quite strongly. At the scene of the attack, edema, swelling, redness, and a local temperature increase immediately appear. As the wound heals, itching is felt. With a normal reaction of the body, the proper first aid, the bite of an earthen wasp passes within 3-5 days. The bruise finally disappears within a week. To reduce the painful symptoms using folk remedies in the form of compresses, lotions, paste from soda, laundry soap.

If you are bitten by an earthen wasp, you must rinse the wound to remove leftovers. poisonsanitize the wound. Use medical alcohol, ammonia, as well as any alcohol tincture based on medicinal herbs - valerian, motherwort, glood, calendula.

Antiallergic ointment for wasp sting

On a note!

In field conditions, they are treated with the juice of plantain, celandine, dandelion. As well as vodka, lemon, cucumber juice, rubbed with a slice of fresh potatoes. Or moisten a sore spot with own saliva.

Poison earthen wasp causes allergic reaction different intensity. If the bite is compacted, it increases in diameter by more than 10 mm, we are talking about a strong allergy, which must be treated with antihistamines, anti-allergic ointments. Use drops, tablets for oral administration - Claritin, Fenistil, Diazolin, Elset, Supravtin, as well as ointments for the treatment of the affected area - Fenistil gel, Psilo balm, Elokom, Betamethasone, etc.

A severe allergic reaction is accompanied by a general deterioration of health - weakness, malaise, headache, nausea, dizziness, diarrhea, vomiting, incoordination, laryngeal edema, decreased blood pressure.Symptoms develop within 5-20 minutes after being bitten by an earthen wasp. Emergency care is required, the introduction of Adrenaline, antihistamines, hospitalization for several days.

How to get rid of earth wasps

If there are no allergies in the family, the nest is located in a safe place for a person, you should not fight with earth wasps. They attack only in case of danger, the threat of their own lives or of the larvae. With their presence they help to fight with many pests of garden crops. At the end of autumn the swarm disappears, the nest becomes empty. Working individuals, the old uterus is dying, young fertilized females are looking for wintering grounds in the wood.

If there is a danger for a person, wasps can be removed from the ground in several ways: destroy the nest, or reduce the number of insects in the area. The procedure for getting rid of the hive should be carried out in the evening, when the whole family returns to the nest to sleep, or early in the morning, when the insects have not yet managed to scatter.

• You can destroy the hornet's nest in the ground by burning it. Doused with flammable substance - kerosene, gasoline, engine oil, set on fire.
• You can destroy the nest in the ground with water.Pour into a hole bucket of boiled water. If necessary, repeat the procedure again the next day.
• A nest empty in the autumn must be dug up. Destroy in any way. This is required so that a new swarm does not live there in the spring. Wasps have properties to return to their original place.
• Another option for extermination is to score an aspen stake in the nest. The internal part is damaged, the family is compelled to move. But it is likely that they will settle in the immediate vicinity.

It is quite simple to get rid of earthen wasps on the plot on your own, all the difficulty lies in observing safety measures. With wrong actions, inaccuracies, a person is exposed to numerous bites. You need to do everything as quickly as possible, clearly. Wear a protective suit, on the head mesh, helmet or uniform of a beekeeper.

On a note!

To reduce the number of insects, place on the site plastic bottle traps. The neck is cut off, turned over inside, fixed with scotch tape, adhesive tape, staples. Pour inside honey, jam, kvass, beer, juice, lemonade, put a piece of meat. A few dozen wasps can be caught in one trap per day.

Remedy for earth wasps

Chemical methods of dealing with earthen wasps

Dangerous roommates can be poisoned. special preparations. Boric acid or broad-spectrum insecticides are used.

• On the site laid out gel bait, designed to kill ants, rodents - the Great Warrior, Fas, etc.
• Dilute a bag of boric acid - 10 g, 1 l of water, mix thoroughly until complete dissolution, add 1 tbsp. spoon in the bait - jam, honey, juice, etc., sprinkled with powder pieces of fruit, meat, fish.
• Insecticides are poured into the nest, they pull the soil at the entrance to the hole from above, they add it to the bait. It is better to use odorless preparations, so as not to scare off insects. Effective means - Lambda Zone, Geth, Delta Zone, as well as any dusts in powder form - Clean House, Baigot, Trianon, Super Fas.

The poison enters the body of insects by contact, intestinal way. Violates the functioning of the nervous system, causes paralysis, death. The complete destruction of the family is observed within a week. You can exterminate the hive without much effort. The advantage of poisonous baits is that they are dragged by wasps into the nest, fed by the uterus, larvae.Removal of pests by poison at the dacha requires caution.