# In Which I Go Skittering About My Yard Like A Maniac.. \[wasp question\]

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 29, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-go-skittering-about-my-yard-like-a-maniac-wasp-question/544957 "2010-06-29T17:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-go-skittering-about-my-yard-like-a-maniac-wasp-question/544957/21 "2010-06-30T21:13:51Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> For some reason, I missed that the nest is indoors. Dang.

Mmmm hmmmm. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Storm\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Storm\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Storm_Girl)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-go-skittering-about-my-yard-like-a-maniac-wasp-question/544957/22 "2010-07-01T14:45:53Z")

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The wasp’s main base of operations is in my attic. They fly in and out of the attic vent into the yard, hence the skittering…

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-go-skittering-about-my-yard-like-a-maniac-wasp-question/544957/23 "2010-07-01T14:55:12Z")

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> [@Storm\_Girl](#):
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> bordelond, I suppose I could host a party in the attic- **think cigarette smoke would do the trick?**

Doubt it – I don’t think cigarette smoke gets thick enough.

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-go-skittering-about-my-yard-like-a-maniac-wasp-question/544957/24 "2010-07-01T15:04:49Z")

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Some exterminators are bee and wasp experts. Both vacuuming and smoke can work, but I’d leave it to an expert.

My house had wasps in the eaves last summer. My partner and I fixed all the loose soffits and then on a rare warm day in late autumn, I caulked their one remaining access point. No chemicals. Now they are back trying to build their nests outside the house, where I can actually see the nests and do them damage.

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