There is a nest of hornets inside my car

By Will Roy · August 7, 2010

What the hell.

This is not cool in so many ways.

EDIT: The Conclusion

I attacked under cover of darkness armed with a spray-can of raid while the little bastards were asleep. I managed to coat both nests in a fine foam of death before retreating unharmed.

Tomorrow I will return with a broom to assess the damage. I should be able to remove both nests unhindered.

FURTHER EDIT:

Every single one of the bastards died to my midnight raid, leaving none to guard the nests as I scraped them off. My car is now insect-free, and there's a little bonfire in the backyard where the nests are smouldering. Also there were a bunch of dead hornet larvae inside the nests. Ewwww...

Thanks for the moral support, everyone. Crisis resolved.

Comments 8

Genj Aug 7, 2010

And I thought it sucked having a hornets nest next to my parking spot in the driveway. How hell do hornets make a nest in a car? I mean, did you leave the window down and they nested in the interior? Or did they get under the hood, in the tailpipe, or something like that?

Be careful when you get rid of them. Killing a hornet releases an "alert" pheromone that will cause the entire nest to attack.

WilltheGreat Blogger Aug 7, 2010

They've nested in the driver's side doorjamb, and under the hood.

I'm getting some fucking raid. The seal in the doorjamb looks like it's kept them out of the interior, which is good because if they'd nested in the air vents then I'd never get them out.

They're both pretty small nests though., no more than a half dozen hornets between the two. Stay tuned for updates.

EmP Staff Aug 8, 2010

What a ludicrous place to store a hornet's nest.

blood-omen Aug 8, 2010

maybe u shud wash your car more often....

wolfqueen001 Aug 8, 2010

Awww... people post in your topic about hornets but not mine about a(n apparently nonexistent) skunk? I'm sad. =(

In all seriousness, though, that really sucks. If it makes you feel any better, I've found a small wasp's nest inside the window (like, between the window and the screen) of the window on the second floor landing. I've also killed probably about 5 wasps in both my brother's and my room throughout the entirety of the summer.

Not the same as a large nest, mind, but... still kind of freaky. >_>

I hope you're alright.

EDIT: EmP, you double-posted. >_>

Suskie Aug 8, 2010

Wow. Just last night I almost crashed because there was a cicada squealing and buzzing around in my car. And I thought I had it bad...

WilltheGreat Blogger Aug 8, 2010

blood-omen: Washing one's car does not usually entail chasing hornets out from under the hood or inside the doorjamb. You do know what a doorjamb is right?

zippdementia Aug 10, 2010

This is why I don't own a car.

Well, not really. But I'll add it to the reasons.