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Frogger

Piddlin' around the Edge yesterday & kept hearing that familiar drone of winged critters zipping around, saw a wasp eyeing the AC intake vents on the side & thought to myself, "If I were a bee, what a nice place for a nest"...so I went inside & snatched a pair of hunting socks from a plastic tub, rolled 'em up & gently blocked the entrance. Left enough sticking out so I wouldn't forget they were in there...the open galley w/ speakers made for a laid back party of 2 last night listening to a local oldies station...

Sharon_is_SAM

Good for you @Frogger - making the best of things! I wish we could wear shorts here in Cleveland:)

Frogger

We had a fairly warm winter here in Va., almost wish it had been colder, ticks & assorted bugs are gonna be even worse; w/ the all the state & Fed park closures, this may be our norm for a good while...I can deal w/ it, hoping we all get through this regardless of how long it takes...

Joabmc

Good catch. It’s warming here as well and I need to do the same!

Bob297

We are expecting snow.....Have a lot of mods I want to do, but it’s been too cold. Doing what I can on good days. Nothing flying around here...no worries. Besides hornets for some reason don’t like to enter my carports.

ontheroad

@frogger..our sponges are still up there from our return trip in February..and they'll probably still be there when we finally get to our first campsite of the season...unless backyard camping happens first

Frogger

@ontheroad...dang neat idea, gonna pick up a cheap big yellow car wash sponge & trim to fit, easier to see & such; thanks for the tip...

HikinMike

My vents have screens on the inside so those critters cant get in. But I hadn't thought of them building a home in the chrome piece.

Frogger

@HikinMike...yep, made sure the screens were in place when I bought ours, then saw a wasp hovering around the housing & BAM!, knew what he was thinking lol; every spring I go around the house & check for nests that I found the "hard way", by getting stung...wall mounted garden hose holder etc...one year I couldn't get my key into the starter on the riding mower, dang little mud dauber of some type had nested in the slot, had to take a paper clip end & dig the dirt out, so now I keep a tiny zip tie stuck in the slot...lessons learned the hard way are lessons learned lol

ontheroad

Sponges also help to keep some road dust out..happy driveway camping everyone!

WilliamA

Wasps....ugh.... I learned everything I ever wanted to know about 'em while cutting hayfields as a kid. I did my personal best 4,000 meter sprint with high hurdles that day. As far as I know, the tractor and sickle are still goin'.
It's probably run out of gas by now. Dad thought it was really funny. I do too.....now.....

WilliamA

GigHarborTom

During my eleven years around VA while in the Navy and with IBM, there was some dang cold Icy winters and dang hot humid summers. Never saw shorts this time of year. That was late 50s into late 60s. The bugs did not bother me as much as the snakes in the woods and swamps.

Frogger

@GigHarborTom--things have changed weather wise, cold winters/hot as hay summers up up it seems til the 90s, then the winters seemed to get milder in general, summer still dang hot; bugs/snakes still all over the place lol...

GigHarborTom

Frogger- June,1966, new home in Manassas, the day our baby girl came home and granny came to help, air conditioner quit. 104 degrees 96 humidity. I was in nearby Quantico on a service call for IBM. Lots of quarters for the phone, lots of calls, finally after additional profanity to a compressor mfg. President. AC operational by end of the day. I did have to threaten to rip out of the wall and set in the middle of the Cul-de-sac.
My baby girl is now a grandma.

WilliamA

I did a couple of 12 month stints up at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It was summer in wooden barracks. I was mostly just hot and moldy most of the time. We'd go out to run at 4 a.m. to beat the wet bulb.
Good fishing off the shore though for catfish....
Oh yeah...and the Friday night blue crabs and beer. I enjoyed most of it.
WilliamA

Frogger

Did my time at Ft Benning Ga. (Infantry School) in the wormy germy wood barracks lol, extreme heat & humidity, but you were so dang tired you went to sleep as your head was heading toward the pillow...think all the military bases went futuristic in the early 80s maybe...

WilliamA

https://teardrop-trailers.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/comment/7366#Comment_7366

Exactly! As long as the temperature was between 20 and 100 and I had a blanket/Brillo pad, I was out before I even got horizontal. Good times.

WilliamA

GigHarborTom

Several years after my navy days, I was in an Army Reserves AIT group. Several trips to Ft Polk as Infantry Instructor and Drill Sgt. Hot, Humid, every snake you can think of, scorpions etc. Had to take care of a our troops during a major storm. One of the guys had lost his M16 in the swamps. Still have my old DI Snake stick. Just about died the first before breakfast mile run. Being a DI we got 3 sets of starched fatigues a day. Felt that was mean.

Bob297

Bzzzzzzzzz Is about the military? I thought it was about flying insects that sting? This morning looked like this:

Anyone know why hornets dont like carports?
I spent my whole life serving the gov starting with being drafted.

TomD

Very nice Car Port! Actually..very nice carport!!!

Bob297

@TomD said:
Very nice Car Port! Actually..very nice carport!!!

Why thank you TomD! There are hornets on my property, always starting nests in the spring. But for whatever reason.....they leave whatever I park under the carport alone. Ain’t never figured that one out. Maybe luck? Birds like it though. The cover on my T@G, is for a pop up camper. It works for now, till it doesn’t. Don’t know when the hornets will show up...expecting more snow tonight—-love it. Yep, I love the cold....

Frogger

@Bob297 never seen 'em on carports either, especially metal ones; strange, have seen em on the front & side eaves of wood garages & in trees, hard to tell..any time I post, things usually head south lol, not a stickler for "post integrity", any topic can be included...so far no hornets en mass, but generally have to fight ground yellow jacket nests & wasps; been many years since I was stung by a hornet, they hurt like a muther

WilliamA

Just anecdotal observation from an old remodeling carpenter but I think they don't like the heat of metal surfaces. Probably baked the little buggers. I have seen a few inside fan vents for bathrooms but not many. Same with honeybees...
WilliamA