I'm also curious if anyone has ever been stung by one of these wasps! He got pissed but was still able to fly off.

This is the strongest and most effective Pyrethrin based pesticide I have found to get rid of cicada killers. It hurt, but wasn't any worse than a bee sting (I don't think I'm particularly allergic). Then I turn them face down in the hole so no others go into the hole . It doesn't take long to learn their habits and know when to swing the racket.

Not only that, but the squirt bottles make it easy to get the boric acid deep inside the nest. One is a year and the other a 5 month old puppy as we lost our other two a year ago for one and a couple of months ago with the other and l would hate to see something happen to them. I need to mow the area and I have guests that won't come because they are fearful with allergies. The tricky part is you have to find the holes during the day and mark them. They refuse to die!!! Also, we don't have any bare dirt, yet they continue to infest our property.

With this type of boric acid, you can expect quick results. Any safe suggestions?I live in Virginia.

Then fill a watering can with water and pour it down the hole .

Their offspring seems to return to the same spot every year only in growing numbers. Not sure if it has the same poisons in it.We have over 100 holes,gardner thought it was an armadillo which is difficult to catch and exterminator had no idea, finding this site was helpful! Oh I forgot the first day I had my exterminator shoot them heir holes and shoot the man in the air.

The wasps have made a home in between the brick and the concrete.

I also purchased a "puffer" to blow the powder further into the holes. If you have used another method of treatment not mentioned here, please let us know—whether it worked or didn't. The Cicada Killer is focused on cicada, and not bothered by Elias’ finger. Guess we'll see if we've gotten them before they've gotten the eggs laid and fed based on how many we get next year. I got stung 2 times and my son 3 (hubby not at all).

I believe this has helped with limiting the population each year. Interestingly, a professor at a large university in Georgia told me I should be happy since it's free aeration.

I bought a trout net (tight weave for $5 at discount stores, although a butterfly net would work, but it is not as stout) and with the net in one hand and a rubber mallet in the other, I caught them and then hit them with the hammer. I have tried ammonia, gas, water, blocking the hole....The sheer amount of liquid for hundreds and hundreds of holes isn't reasonable.

I read if you don't kill the bee and the eggs they come back every year and as long as they do every year you will get more and more unless you kill every one of them and the eggs.

I have had success limiting them using cypermethrin sprayed into the nest in the evening. Thanks for confirming it.I have found that swatting them with a tennis racket works well.I have been stung by a cicada killer and trust me it was the worst pain I have ever felt. After locating several cicada killer holes in my yard, I armed myself with my Cypermethrin and simply squirted the liquid down into the holes. In general, if you can get them a little wet with the solution, you can then come in closer and soak them well. This product was safe and easy to use. They are present in a given area for 60 to 75 days, usually until mid-September. (I'm now getting a new glass sliding door since obviously the wood must have some rotting and was inviting to the wasps).Here's one I haven't seen on any of the posts. Remember to be mindful of any pets you have around.If for whatever reason the household products fail to eradicate these insects, there is still a couple of other things you can try before calling in a professional. When I tried this product I found dead wasps as soon as they came in contact with the product. I know that they prefer bare dirt, but their dirt mounds are throughout the grass in some areas of the wild lawn past my garden where we killed so many. I had better residual results using Viper Insecticide. If it doesn't work I am going to move.

I used a 2 gallon sprayer 1 gallon ammonia, 1 gallon water. While they are not aggressive you absolutely do not ever want to be stung! Cicada killers seem to want to build a nest around concrete or the base of a bush.

I have taken to hand to hand combat! So time for them to go. This product was a win for me either way.Despite their intimidating appearance, these wasps are pretty mild-mannered. Scary thought, isn't it?If you only have a couple of ground digger wasps flying around, then you can probably eliminate the problem yourself. It is not unusual to see two or three male wasps locked together in apparent midair combat, the aggregate adopting an erratic flight path until one of the wasps breaks away. Their sinister buzzing and ¼-inch long stingers are enough to make most gardeners turn and run from the 1 ½ to 2-inch long cicada wasp hunters, commonly known as the cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus).Although they may give you a scare, cicada killer wasps are actually beneficial garden insects, only inflicting painful stings as a last resort.

!We live in east central Iowa.

I was not amused. Ammonia was useless, boric acid helped, delta dust helped.I use a combo of bleach wasp killer and malithion (sp?)

I shot puffs of Delta Dust into every hole I came across. No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked.

If the baby will be a male, it only gets one cicada to feed on.

I had only heard that gasoline works. | Source. They had gone from the ground to the wood around my glass sliding door. Last year it seemed like thousands swarming everywhere.