[Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"? Mark - read Robert Skinner's Reply

[elle]

Ed,

I prefer not to use something that will foul the air I breathe. Just because you make a suggestion doesn't make it the gold standard.

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Tue, 7/15/08, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"? Mark - read Robert Skinner's Reply
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 4:10 PM
> Mark,
> 
> Mud dauber wasp are prolific on Lake Hartwell.  There is a
> lot of red mud
> for them.  I have used the no-pest strip with great sucess
> and ease for
> years.  
> 
> I tried to convince Elle to use them but because I
> suggested it, she tries
> other high falutin methods that are a PITA.
> 
> The price has gone up on these yellow strips, and they do
> emit an odor, but
> they work.  Nuff said.
> 
> Sometimes they are hard to find.  You get all kinds of
> sorry excuses for not
> finding them.  But like space aliens, they are out there.
> 
> I have seen them in ships stores that are independent and
> want to serve
> their customers.  I have gotten them in independent variety
> stores. 
> 
> BTW if you use microsoft it spell checker would recommend
> the correct
> spelling...  I wondered where you kept your boat when I
> parked recently
> south of the Lincoln Memorial and saw boats...
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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> 
> No-Pest strip comes to mind.
> Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.
> 
> /Robert
> -------------------------------------------------
> mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.? 
> >
> > I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this
> summer for work reasons
> > and I recently went down to check on it and found that
> it has become
> > "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with
> mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or
> > dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically
> the wasps hover
> > around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt
> cocoons filled with larvae
> > growing into more of the buggers.? 
> >
> > One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right
> word, but it's a large
> > clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and
> fast to the side of a
> > wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment
> next to the head
> > and the other was under the sink.? There are probably
> more hidden
> > elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my
> engine serviced over the
> > winter, apparently they found one inside the engine.
> >
> > I don't know if I'm even spelling
> "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried
> > searching the archives via google and could find
> nothing, but maybe I'm
> > misspelling it.? 
> >
> > Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any
> advice about how to deal with
> > this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not
> particularly aggressive,
> > but that they are hardy and have a good memory for
> where they were born.?
> > Are there any treatments or traps you would
> recommend?? Have any of your
> > dealt with the same problem?
> >
> > I figure this is either something that all of you
> already know about and
> > I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any
> emails on it?... or
> > maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands
> of the Potomac River.
> >
> > Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers
> would be much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > - Mark P.
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