Crocheted Wasp Nest -update 1
We have a wasp problem, and don’t want to use pesticides to kill them. Well, actually, we don’t really even want to kill the rotten little beasties…. they are part of the grand plan of nature, after all. We just don’t want the little stinkers to set up shop around our house, barn, hayshed, tool shed, garage or the farm machines. Is that too much to ask? LOL!
So, I designed a pattern for a fake wasp nest to trick them into to bugging off somewhere else.
So far, the crocheted wasp nests seem to be working! The deck has been wonderfully wasp free, and Jim hasn’t seen any more of them in the tool shed or hay shed.
Our daughter, Chloë , got inspired and has designed a sewn fake wasp nest. I haven’t heard from her about how it’s working at her house, yet. Will need an update from her on that.
Jim decided that he’s interested in the family ‘anti-wasp campaign’, so he turned a fake wasp nest on the lathe:
It’s hanging in the barn, and when I was out there, taking pics, didn’t get buzzed by a single one. Good for the horses!
We shall see how this goes…. hopefully, the wasps will avoid us. There are some kinds of beasties that are just not a treat to hang out with.
Now, if I could just make the mosquitoes hang out somewhere else!
And, oh yes, about those spiders! eegads! there was one the size of a moose in my undie drawer yesterday!
Ah, life down on the farm…..
:o)
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15 opinions for Crocheted Wasp Nest -update 1
Chloe
May 27, 2008 at 8:05 am
Ah, the famous Canadian Moose spider!
Noreen
May 27, 2008 at 9:55 am
And in my undie drawer too! the nerve of it!
ROTFLOL!
carolee
May 27, 2008 at 12:45 pm
spent summers on my Grandpas ranch have seen the Wyoming Moose spider (barn spider) but not in the undie drawer!! UG! I finished my first nest and wraped some yellow yarn with black and sewed it to the opening of the nest. my hubby will hang it tonight for me. I will let you know the out come in my area. also Chloe I really liked the colors you picked for your nest. This is fun!!
Noreen
May 28, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hi Carolee
It sure is un-nerving when you suddenly come upon a HUGE spider! EEP!
Spider bites are NO fun!
I need to get more wasp nests crocheted…. the ones we have up seem to be working, so that’s a very good thing!
Hope they work for you, too!
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carolee
Jun 3, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Noreen, update on the wasp nest. It was hung about two feet from the door last week and had the french doors open for the last three days not one wasp in the house. husband said they are still at the back of the yard and the front so will need to finish up a couple more. had to put them on hold to finish a baby blanket Red Heart in camo came out cute. I think these fake nests WORK!!!!! and safe for the fur kids (I like that word) Thanks Norren
Catie
Jun 4, 2008 at 8:14 am
get a bat house. It may take a season or two, but once the bats move in, they will enjoy snacking on those pesky mosquitos! nature at it’s finest!
Noreen
Jun 4, 2008 at 10:10 am
This is great, Carolee!
We are finding the same thing…. the nests really work!
But… I just have to find the time to make more of them!
:o) Yay!
Noreen
Jun 4, 2008 at 11:19 am
Hi Catie
My dad gave us a purple martin house, and they sure help, too! I agree with you on working WITH nature!
I quite like bats. Building a bat house is definitely on our ‘to do’ list.
:o)
Michelle
Jul 15, 2008 at 11:40 am
So how does the dummy nest deter wasps? Are they territorial? Do they just think, “oh this space is occupied, I’ll go somewhere else” ?
Noreen
Jul 15, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Hi Michelle
The commercial fake wasp nests say that they work by creating the illusion that the territory is spoken for.
I don’t know exactly how they work, but I am happy that they do.
:o)
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