Help with cicada killer wasp extermination?

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I recently removed a wooden deck that had begun to crumble.  The framework was recessed in the ground, so it left a big hole.  I had a friend offer to bring dirt to my house and fill the hole.  Well, he brought sand.  So, I was outside just a little while ago and saw a GIANT flying insect (about 2 inches long, one inch in diameter at the biggest part).  I looked it up online and have discovered that it's a cicada killer wasp.  <shiver>  I am allergic to bees, and this is one HUGE stinging insect.  I really can't afford an exterminator.  Any suggestions???  Oh, I live in Southeast Texas if that makes a difference.

Lar · Accepted Answer

you will see when it digs a nest...1 nest is only 1 wasp.  Apply any liquid or dust insecticide down the opening and as they crawl through, it will get contaminated and die. I have never known anyone to be stung by one, I have heard stories twice that a person was stung when they accidentally stepped on the female (male has no stinger)

franciosa · Answer

some years in the past, whilst i became into gathering spiders from wasp holes, I bear in mind analyzing approximately somebody who appeared into that. I never checked it myself, yet as suitable I bear in mind, the wasp venom extra or much less wore off interior each and every week, however the spiders looked heavily broken and that i don't think of any of them ended up surviving. for sure that wasn't a cicada killer, so the outcomes could selection, yet this is a beginning estimate. in case you have an interest, it ma be attainable so you might unquestionably discover out - basically dig up some nest holes and notice whether the cicadas unquestionably get well.

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Help with cicada killer wasp extermination?

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