The Yellow Jacket's Last Day

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@porwest It's better than seeing the smug look and the "I TOLD YOU SO" escape from her loving lips!

Now THERE'S truth!

@porwest you said the pesticide was expired

@NJChicaa Well, I don't know that it actually expires. It certainly loses potency. It's more than 10 years old. Ideally, though, dust works better and the stuff they sell over the counter is crap compared to professional grade... So, it may not have been AS practical or effective the method I would have used, but pest control, as I recall, was also never a "one size fits all" kind of thing. It was a bit of a creative process based on experience.

I am not sure she did. I literally know what I am doing. I did probably more than 100 yellow jacket jobs in my time as a pest control guy. lol

@porwest It's all about planning and executing a stealth attack on the nest. Hit 'em hard before they have time to figure out what happened. lol

Well, that was the original plan, especially since I was of course, IN pest control. But the wife was sure I'd be under a second attack. lol

@moffittjc Exactly. I stood there a good amount of time studying their flight patterns and determined they were mostly going into the open lot across the street, so I thought I'd fill my back pack sprayer with some Termidor I still have left (even though it's 10 years old) and blast them from the other side from about 15-20 feet away. Then I would have waited for activity to slow and blasted directly into the hole, waited a day or two, checked activity and reapplied treatment or determined dormancy, then dug the nest out ultimately. Normally we would have used dust, but... I told the wife the plan and she said, "Just call them," and gave me a look. I caved and called. lol

@porwest I hope those buggers are gone.

@porwest That's good to hear.

He came and went. He will be back on Friday to check activity and we'll go from there.

@MarieCoyle Fire is a good description.

@porwest Those and those terrible fire ants...pure pain!

@porwest I am very glad. When they sting, it literally feels like FIRE!!

I originally suggested to my wife I could take care of it. I did pest control for better than four years in a past life and probably did over 100 yellow jacket jobs. She still said no. lol

@porwest She must have read what I wrote about my ex-husband and his baggy shorts and lack of underwear!!! The ER at the hospital loved him!!! They got a great laugh out of his experience.

@porwest I wouldn't have, I'd told you what I just said & let you do your thing, but it's good to know you do listen to her when you want to.

@just4him Me too.

That's what she said. lol

I WAS an expert. lol. Granted, 10 years ago. But I used to do it for a living!

In an odd way I REALLY wish there had been a camera on me during the original encounter. That HAD to be a sight to behold. lol