Test is unfair. Amount of, and type of, bait differs. Especially amount; there’s 3 goodly-size chicken bits, and I think I see bacon. And available surface area (full & massive for the simple device, whereas access on the store-bought ones are is restricted by small holes. And colour differences. And…
Don’t get me wrong. I love simple solutions and will be recommending this to my favorite chip-truck. They have four store-bought ones and still have a wasp problem.
Take care. Those domestic sprays can take a while to work, can’t attack the whole nest and its inhabitants all at once, and angry wasps get angrier when threatened. If you can afford it, indoor wasps nests may be better handled by a pro. (Round here that is not overly expensive. YMMV - then again YMMV on what sort of poison you’re allowed to buy domestically where you live - what do I know?)
The boiling water (or my personal favorite, half a cup of kerosene, poured down the hole just after dark, then lit) mainly works for nests in the ground. If it’s in a building, I second the idea of having a pro excise it.
If you’re lucky, once you kill off the nest in the ground, a trash panda will dig up the remains and eat the leftovers. MMMmmm, BBQ.
There’s seriously nothing to a fruit fly trap. Any small glass jar or bowl, a half-inch of apple cider vinegar, and a drop of dish soap. Put it near the highest concentration of flies, refill it every couple of days, your flies will be gone in less than a week.
My Dad raised honeybees and those seemed to keep the Yellow Jackets from establishing nests nearby. Everywhere else my town was thick with Yellow Jackets and Bald-faced Hornets.
Ten hours later, my hot dog trap has caught exactly one fly and one yellow jacket. They must not like processed meat. I think I’ve had some luck with the spray, will continue to dose the entrance as long as I see any yellow jackets.
My fruit fly trap is just water, cider vinegar, and soap in a saucer. Keep it close to the garden produce on the counter, and it works well.
While we’re enjoying our communal hatred for hornets, it’s worth knowing that hornets and some other wasps make nests, but then there are “solitary” wasps that don’t build nests, but basically act on their own as insect serial killers. They include such beautiful creatures as this
And all of them have insect capture/consumption habits that are nightmare fuel, but really help explain what the sting does for them aside from defense.
