How To Get Rid Of Yellow Jackets Naturally
Yellowjackets are insects with distinctive yellow-black striped heads and thorax. They are among the most aggressive stinging insects on Earth, and they are more dangerous than other insects like bees or wasps.
Yellowjackets defend their nest until death, in large numbers, when they are under attack. In most cases, however, they emerge victoriously. The main prey of the yellowjacket is insects, flies, and spiders. They can travel up to 1000 feet looking for food and water.
If you spot a few yellow jackets in your yard, it’s likely that they will soon invade your home. There are natural methods to get rid of yellow jackets.
1. Bushes
Avoid traps
Setting straps is a great way to eliminate yellowjackets from bushes. Sugary foods are a favorite of yellowjackets. It’s possible to use it against them. You can recycle a 2-liter bottle. To entice them, fill it with water and add jam or another sugary substance. Then hang it in the bush where they will be most likely to find it.
Any yellowjacket who lands on the bottle will drown. You have many options for traps to catch yellowjackets in the bushes. You can choose the one that is most effective for you.
Plant Lemongrass
Lemongrass is used extensively for its medicinal properties. Recent studies have shown that lemongrass is effective in repelling yellowjackets and other flies like mosquitoes.
The Environmental Protection Agency has listed lemongrass as one of the best natural insecticides. Lemongrass can be planted in bushes to help prevent yellow jackets.
2. In Sidings
Use Essential Oil Mixture
A combination of essential oils can make a yellow jacket repellent. A combination of clove, lemongrass, and geranium essential oils can make a strong repellent to keep the yellowjacket away. Make an essential oil mixture and spray it on sidings where yellowjackets might nest.
Peppermint oil can be used
The smell of mint is a deterrent to yellowjackets. The natural repellent peppermint can be used to eliminate all kinds of insects, pests, and flies, including yellowjackets. The Pest Management and Science conducted a 2013 study that found peppermint oil to be an excellent repellant for yellowjackets.
You can use peppermint oils by soaking a cotton pad in peppermint oil and placing them on the siding.
3. On The Ground
Eliminate easy food sources
An adult yellowjacket’s diet consists mainly of carbohydrates, sugar, fruit juice, tree sap, and nectar. Yellowjackets will invade homes that have foods they love.
Eliminating their food source in the ground is the best way to prevent them from invading your home. To avoid them coming into your home, dispose of your trash in a sealed container.
4. The Wall Of The House
Repair Wall Cracks and Crevices
Blocking their breeding areas is one of the best methods to eliminate yellow jackets from walls. This insect loves to nest in cracks and crevices within the walls of the house and then breeds. Use a sealant to block their nesting spots in the wall.
5. In Gardens
Put Dry Ice on Their Nest
This natural method is very effective in eliminating yellowjackets from your garden. Simply place some dry ice at the nest’s entrance and then cover it with dirt.
Dry ice mixed with soil will release carbon dioxide, which will cause their death. To protect yourself from the dangerous sting, we recommend wearing eye protection glasses and heavy-duty gloves before you try this technique.
5. Brick Walls
Use Fresh Cucumbers
Fresh cucumbers are a great way to repel yellowjackets from brick walls without the use of toxic chemicals. Fresh cucumber is an effective way to repel yellowjackets.
Simply cut up a cucumber and place it in aluminum foil. The chemical smell produced by cucumbers when they react with aluminum foil is not detectable to humans but deadly to yellowjackets.
6. Under the Porch
Use a glass bowl to trap them.
Yellow jackets can be trapped under a glass bowl. You can place a glass container under your porch to trap yellow jackets.
The yellowjackets fly directly into the container and will starve to death. To avoid the nasty sting, we recommend you do this at night. [1]
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You realize that picture is not a picture of a yellow jacket, right? Yellow jackets have two pairs of wings and a much more pointed abdomen. The black and yellow pattern is much more distinctive also. Most likely that is a bee fly.
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