Will Waspinator work even if there is a real wasps nest nearby?
If there is a real wasps nest nearby, and a Waspinator is sited within the area the wasps see as their territory, it will not usually work because the colony’s defenders will be sent out to assess the threat of the new ‘wasps nest’ and will get close enough to realise it is not real. Foraging wasps – the ones who bother us – will not do this, as it is not their job. Wasp colonies have highly defined roles and responsibilities and behaviour patterns. Waspinator will then be neutral in effect. If you have a live wasps nest in your roof space or very near to where you want to spend time outdoors, unfortunately there are only two practical choices – one is to put up with them, the other is to kill the wasps. If you decide to destroy the wasps nest and kill the wasps we strongly advise to use a professional controller, wasps nests typically have thousands of wasps inhabiting them. Having said all this, we have had lots of cases reported to us where Waspinator has worked even though very clo
