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Yellow jackets aren’t friends in your backyard.

If you’re dealing with an invasion, it’s best to call a pest professional.

Learn how to make an DIY trap to helpget rid of yellow jacketsand secure your deck from distress.

DIY yellow jacket trap hanging under arbor

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What Are Yellow Jackets?

They swarm most prominently in summer and fall.

Are Yellow Jackets Beneficial Insects?

Materials needed to make a DIY yellow jacket trap

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This is when an outdoor trap becomes helpful so your family can enjoy outdoor activities.

That will draw the wasps into the trap.

It is a good addition to the water and dishwashing liquid solution in the DIY trap.

Steps for how to make a diy yellow jacket trap

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Yellow jackets usually become a nuisance to humans when they can no longer find food sources in nature easily.

Cutting a plastic bottle with a box cutter to make a DIY yellow jacket trap

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Pouring apple cider vinegar into a plastic bottle without the top

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Flipping and placing the cut top of the plastic bottle inside the trap

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