Hello! My home has a fireplace and I use it to heat the first floor duing winter. However, wasps like to hibernate in the wood outside and wake up when I bring the pieces into the home.

I know I could swiftfully end the poor souls as they fly around my house confused, but I feel like I can do better. Too much needless death and destruction in the world.

Is there any way I can get them out of my house that won't result in their death from the cold? I've got one right now in a half-sealed jar with some apple slices. She's still warming back up, and recovering after my cat found her.

Thank you in advance!

Hi All!

We just moved into this house some time in August, and we have had these insects trickle in since then. We have had at least 50 since we moved, and they normally don't live very long. They die by the window trying to escape to the light, and we never see more than two/three alive at a time. We've heard the same thing from the same insect company with no real solution. They're cricket hunter wasps, They are harmless, and we have to tough it out because they die off anyway. They're trying to bring their queen to safety and warmth, but I am extremely tired of these things and the company didn't even tell us where they are coming in from. They are very localized to the master bathroom and my room, and I don't know what to do. I don't wanna wait it out honestly they gross me out so much and their buzzing makes me wanna gag LOL. Any advice? pls

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Just an odd tale for you all, and I'm curious if you have any insight.

A couple of weeks ago as I was cleaning my apartment, I noticed an unmoving, presumably dead wasp behind a shelf. I meant to dispose of it but got distracted by other tasks and it was left there.

Today, it's below freezing outside, and the wasp suddenly revived and began wandering around, even slightly lifting itself up/buzzing. I would have liked to release it outside, but it would simply be a death sentence in this weather. And now it's stopped moving again, so I suppose it may again be dead, but I am worried that if I disrupt it again it will revive and start buzzing around my bedroom.

It's a beautiful creature, but obviously I couldn't keep it as a pet, even if I wasn't also pretty sure it was dead. I supposed it would be most merciful to kill it, but unfortunately, I am inept at catching bugs and I don't really want to smush it somewhere either. Anyone have any advice? I suppose my current plan is to just let it be for a while longer until I'm 1000% sure it's dead and then throw it outside.

https://preview.redd.it/yh8ljgxn425e1.png?width=1390&format=png&auto=webp&s=f26aaf9450b7951ead9c201164c9da4fce134fd8

I have no idea what species it is, iNaturalist suggested the Eutanyacra genus however.

Texas, USA.

Best picture i can get of the wasps from my previous post. You can clearly see the banded one to the left. One swarm seems to be coming from my neighbors tree and the other from somewhere beyond the other side of my house but they were having a ranger on my porch lamp as shown in the previous video