![]() ![]() If she is lucky, the cicada will stay put. She will find a cicada in a tree and sting it into paralysis. The female wasp is a real wonder of nature one of the hardest working women in the show business of the natural world. Females do, but don't want to waste a sting on you-those paralyzing punches are reserved for unlucky cicadas. But-like the ground nesting native bees that many of you are frightened of right now-these big wasps are harmless. Pests that spread disease or sting aggressively should not be tolerated, and I have no touchy-feely attitudes towards them. I'm no orthodox Buddhist if you click on our previous questions of the week about yellow jackets, fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, you will be presented with control options that are deadly to the dangerous creature named (just not deadly to humans, pets and the environment). Rather than move the risk of future cancers up a notch for everyone in the area, I suggest installing nice big signs that say something like: "These wasps do not sting." Although I'd prefer something more along the lines of "Just leave them alone" or "Hey! They live here too!" She'll let her kids and pets play on a toxic and dangerous lawn rather than try and educate people that although, yes, they do look kind of fearsome, these wondrous wasps are 100% harmless and even a little beneficial. I realize that I'm more stridently against garden chemicals than most, but emails like Amy's make my heart sink. They make it impossible to use our front yard for at least 2 months of the summer." Unfortunately, we have kids, pets, neighbors, friends, babysitters and postal workers who are scared of the wasps. Her reply? "I agree that these chemicals aren't good for people. ![]() Well, of course the first thing I did when I got Amy's email was to yell at her for turning her front yard into a toxic waste dump to try and destroy a non-stinging wonder of nature. I'm thinking of calling in a professional pest control company….Ī. I've tried wasp sprays and Sevin powder in the holes, but they won't be deterred. Every summer, annoying, large cicada killer wasps swarm my front lawn, digging holes all over and scaring people. (Although I must admit that no one has been stung by them and they aren't aggressive.) I'm turning to you for help before they emerge this season. The wasps always emerge from the same general area in the lawn, which happens to be adjacent to my pool, so the situation is quite problematic. I have a "Cicada Killer" wasp problem in the summer time. ![]()
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