Electric fly swatter that works on Wasps?

Factual Questions
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Hi,
This is my first post, so I hope its in the right section, but here goes:

I’m sure many of you have seen those battery powered electric fly swatters that look like small tennis rackets. I have a very large deck near the woods that is infested with a dozen or so yellowjacket wasp nests, and while I wait for the exterminator to come and take care of the situation I want to be able to stop anything that may attack me. They have shown to be very aggressive so far.

Does anyone know if any commercial electric fly swatter’s are capable of killing something like a wasp, with its thick exoskeleton?

Thank you

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let the insect land or crawl on the device. legs or antenna contacting the electric wires will zap it.

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Right, I understand how to use it, but I don’t want to waste money on one if it’s charge isn’t capable of killing the Wasp. Flies and Mosquito’s are very “thin” compared to the exoskeleton of an average Wasp. I was wondering if these sort of devices really have the power for this use.

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Wasps are not normally a problem. In fact I love them. We now have wasps so we don’t have yellow jackets any more.

Several years ago my sun lent the snow cone makers his electric fly swatter at a music festable. they killed a lot of bees and yellow jackets with that thing.

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Right, I understand how to use it, but I don’t want to waste money on one if it’s charge isn’t capable of killing the Wasp. Flies and Mosquito’s are very “thin” compared to the exoskeleton of an average Wasp. I was wondering if these sort of devices really have the power for this use.

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Yellowjacket’s are a kind of Wasp

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i have used the device, used for fruit flies, on wasps in the indoors.

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Can of WD-40 and a grill lighter; be careful not to burn down your house.

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I don’t live in the south, lol.

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to me they are really different.

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You’re wrong. I wonder what type of critter the “wasps” are that have gotten rid of your yellow jackets, though.

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Facts aren’t subjective.

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The tennis racket-like bug zapper I have runs on two AAA batteries and I’ve been able to insta-kill bees and wasps with it before (when they come inside our house and charge menacingly at me). It stings like crazy when you accidentally zap yourself, so I’m not surprised.

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Yellowjacket’s what are a kind of Wasp?

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That is why I say they are really different. Their physical shape are completely different.

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Vespula germanica, Vespula vulgaris, Vespula maculifrons, Vespula pensylvanica are some.

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Use your vacuum cleaner with the extension wand and the crevice tool. Sucks them righ up. Leave it in the garage for a day or two.

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many tough bugs, including wasps, can survive the ride.

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I use an Executioner Prothat I bought from Amazon and it will kill wasps and yellow jackets, or at least burn their wings off so you can squish them.

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I’m very confused. Yellowjackets aren’t just a type of wasp. They’re THE type of wasp. The most recognizable kind, that everyone means when they say “wasp.”

Can you post a picture of the type of wasps you’re talking about?