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[MiraclesHappen]

Since you live in Atlanta, call Massey Services.

[CelticCrafter]

On 3/31/2014 sfnative said:

You know that cold spray that you use to clean your computer keyboard? You could zap it with that or purchase a small fire extinguisher and blast it with that.

We once had a wasp nest under our second storey deck and the exterminator guy blasted the nest with by turning on a fire extinguisher, which stunned them, then knocked the nest off into a special bag.

Perhaps if you could stun it with cold, as above, you could then take care of it for good.

If they are in the house, don't use the fire extinguisher on them unless you are prepared to spend hours cleaning the mess it will make.

I had to use it once for a small stove fire, just one shot and it sent yellow dust all through the house.....

[jlkz]

Sometimes the bees get in via cracks near outside floodlights too. Check there.

[RedTop]

My thoughts are that you've had the wasps as roommates all winter; they are just coming out of hiding now that the outside temperatures are getting warmer.

[DoneTryin]

Yikes! I once had a wasp caught between the screen & slider on my balcony door; don't know exactly how he got in. I hate killing bugs & usually try to direct them out a window or door, but I couldn't corral this guy so had to hit him with a couple of shots of hairspray. Yuck. Then I had to pull him off the glass with a paper towel & flushed him.

[gidgetgh]

On 4/2/2014 RedTop said:

My thoughts are that you've had the wasps as roommates all winter; they are just coming out of hiding now that the outside temperatures are getting warmer.

My husband thinks they're in the attic and dormant all winter. We go through this every spring for about 2 weeks, but this year has been especially bad. We killed one early this morning that we saw last night. Went all day without another one. Went to the grocery store and when we got home a few minutes ago, we had 3 more. We've killed two of them and one is up too high for us to get it yet.

[JustJules]

On 4/2/2014 gidgetgoeshawaiian said:

On 4/2/2014 RedTop said:

My thoughts are that you've had the wasps as roommates all winter; they are just coming out of hiding now that the outside temperatures are getting warmer.

My husband thinks they're in the attic and dormant all winter. We go through this every spring for about 2 weeks, but this year has been especially bad. We killed one early this morning that we saw last night. Went all day without another one. Went to the grocery store and when we got home a few minutes ago, we had 3 more. We've killed two of them and one is up too high for us to get it yet.

Have you considered getting a bug bomb and setting it off in your attic? They sell different ones, sure they have one for wasps and flying insects. Of course, if you have anything stored in your attic, you would want to cover it up and protect it first, but that might be a solution if you think they are migrating out of your attic.

[gidgetgh]

That's a good idea Jules. We don't have anything in the attic. One of our furnaces is up there, but that's it. We've now had 7 in here just today. My husband doesn't want me to call an exterminator. I know not why.