I remember my dad doing the burning bag worm thing. He's strap a propane torch to a long pole and go at it.
I remember my dad doing the burning bag worm thing. He's strap a propane torch to a long pole and go at it.
Not bug related, but we had a chinaberry tree which was growing through a fence. Like mimosas, chinaberry trees grow fast and aren't really useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach
This one would break fence boards. So my dad cut it down, the damn thing kept growing back. We finally dug around it, cut it off below ground level and spent a whole Sunday afternoon burning the thing, kept dumping gasoline on it for a good 3-4 hours. Then we filled the hole back in.
Next spring the damn thing was BACK. 
Marjorie Suddard wrote: Flashing back to a childhood memory of a neighbor burning bagworms off their tree...
My grandfather would do that every year. He used a roll of toilet paper soaked in kerosene in a coffe can on the end of a long stick. He would also put a plastic sheet under the "bag" so that any that fell out would land on it instead of the grass.
He said that if he didn't put the sheet down some that didn't get burnt up would crawl away in the grass and start a new infestation. My brother and I liked that idea becasue we got to "squish" any that were still moving when they hit the sheet.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:pinchvalve wrote: To the OP, my apologies. We don't have such things in this area and I made an assumption. I was incorrect. I see a lot of bad grammar on the web and just try to do my part to help out. To GPS, you roll like an A-Hole.You do realize that I am the OP, right? A-Hole or not... you stepped on your own tongue twice. I put that in bold face. On purpose.
Holy pwnage Batman!
With bagworms, we used to cut out the affected areas, make a pile, soak in gasoline from a garden sprayer(works great for killing weeds, cheap too) and light. More organized to remove the nest complete and burn it on the ground.
I'm not 100% on BFH but I know yellow-jackets can not see red light. Red celophane over a maglite after dark allowed me to really berkeley up a nest of those last year. Not sure how it will affect the helmet cam though...
superblackser wrote: I have a nice nest in the door of the minivan. It's impressive and going down tonight ;D https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2359592606339&l=87bbf8a113
Dude, i'd just get a new van lol.
J308 wrote: I'm not 100% on BFH but I know yellow-jackets can not see red light. Red celophane over a maglite after dark allowed me to really berkeley up a nest of those last year. Not sure how it will affect the helmet cam though...
when yellow jackets have found me while cutting grass... after I get away, I ease back so I can spot the hole ... then when they've calmed down I'll usually leave a stick in the ground near the hole and come back at night ... the jackets are nearly all in the hole after dark so a regular flashlight doesn't seen to create any problems ... pint of gasoline and a burning wad of paper .... problem gone 
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