Moakmeister
Arachnodemon
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- Oct 6, 2016
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I have a big dilemma here. At the start of the summer, my residential area became infested with Polistes carolina, the Red Paper Wasp. These things are everywhere. At any given time, there are probably three in my front yard. These wasps are territorial and defensive, and my dad has been stung three times and is apparently allergic to the stings, since each one hurts worse and affects the stung area more badly than the last. I also have several milkweed plants in my backyard, and I've seen Monarchs laying eggs on them and there are a lot of leaves with holes eaten in them. But I see wasps landing on those plants all the time, and I can never see any caterpillars because the wasps eat them. Do you guys have any suggestions as to how I can get rid of them? As I am to understand it, the nests are some of the largest of any wasp species in the world with 3,000 to 5,000 workers.