Wasp Trap!

Wasps and summertime are synonymous. They are everywhere out here in the country! I found a cheap and easy way to deal with the situation around our house and all you need is a few items you probably already have laying around:

plastic bottle
box cutter
string
duct tape

First, cut the top off of your bottle with the box cutter:

Make a hole in both sides of the bottle top and thread with string to make a hanger:

Invert the top and place inside the bottle.
Run a piece of tape around the cut edge to secure.

Fill (not all the way to the bottle opening) with a strong sugar solution or crushed fruit. Apparently, the wasps go in to eat but they are not quite smart enough to fly out! They fly around frantically, get tired, fall into the water and drown.

We didn't catch any wasps today, but it might take a while for them to figure out where the yummy stuff is....or as John Paul likes to call it, the sugar water of death!!!!
Muah-ha-haaaaa!