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Old 07-09-2007, 06:18 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default What would eat a yellow jacket nest

I once saw a raccoon go after a nest. He must have been pretty hungery

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yup. skunk. they go after bees as well. Ingrid

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:43:22 +0000 (UTC), enigma
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Cheryl Isaak wrote in
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After digging it up. I never saw the live nest as it was in
the center of a bed, but spotted the freshly turned soil
this AM...


skunk. they *love* yellowjacket larvae & this is the best
time to get the fat juicy ones.
my barn skunk seems to have died, or at least he's gone this
year. he has been living under the barn & eating with the barn
kitties for 5 years, which is about the lifespan of a wild
skunk... he has done an excellent job of yellowjacket control
over those 5 years & i miss seeing the "other black & white
cat" in the barn. if another moves in to replace him though, i
hope it has the same easygoing nature. my skunk never sprayed
in or near the barn, although he did occaisionally have
residual stink from an argument elsewhere
lee