When I find nests, I kill them, but I live outside of town where they have lots of places to hide. Maybe I'll try to hunt them out tonight. Wish me luck :)
Thanks for your reply!
Yes, they do look like yellow and black wasps. I have no idea where they are nesting and probably could never find and kill all of them.
I tried to pick the tomatoes a little before they are ripe and the wasps then attack tomatoes before ripe.
Ive…
...peace be with you mark...really...
...i have found that attacking wasp command-central (the nests) is the best strategy...in early morning's light, find/destroy all nests that you can...watch the critters as soon as they appear:
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