[Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"?

[mputnam1 at aol.com]

This sounds like a great idea.? Thanks Jerry,

- Mark P.


-----Original Message-----
From: cjlowe at sssnet.com
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 4:56 pm
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"?



In the cabin ,I've had good luck with bounce fabric softener sheets ,the
wasps don't seem to like that smell,and stay away. We put them in first
thing in the spring,so I would think that the wasps might not leave if
they have already nested,more like preventive maintainence.I'd think a
no pest strip in the laz. would cover the cockpit area.

Jerry Lowe




On 7/15/2008, "Robert Skinner" <Robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:

>No-Pest strip comes to mind.
>Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.
>
>/Robert
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>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 y
ou 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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