Mud daubers
Just wondering if anyone has an idea on how to prevent mud daubers from making nests in various places. Last time camping our fan motor wouldn't spin. when we got home I took the cover off the top a...
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RoyF wrote:
To protect my furnace, I have a wire screen over the hot exhaust-gas outlet. (Before putting on the screen, I had to pay to have daubber nests removed from the furnace manifold.)
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My trailer came from the factory with the screen covers.
We have a pond about 200' from the tractor barn/trailer sheds. Fighting mud daubers in the summer is a daily battle.
For the AC cover I take it off and cut hardware cloth to cover each louver. Then add a bead of 35 year caulk and lay the screen on it and let it set up. Just make sure a dauber/wasp can't squeeze in a small hole.
I do all the doors/covers with louvers or a hole such as the battery compartment this way. I also use the wire to enclose the back of the pin box to keep daubers/wasps and nesting birds out.
