Mud wasps going into camera mounts

IReallyLikePizza2

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I have a big problem with mud wasps going into the mount of my cameras, which is SUPER annoying

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Does anyone have any suggestions before I'm force to caulk that gap?

I've tried putting CimeXa Dust Insecticide in there, spraying them, etc and nothing stops them
 
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+1^^^^^ for duct seal, such as Gardner-Bender brand at the orange big box store.

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Stuffed it behind my Reolink doorbell and behind a light fixture (not shown) because the brick facing is so rough and irregular, also straddled a mortar joint....does the trick.

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Also in slots for an outdoor POE-powered switch. Keeps 'em out.

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That's not on the camera lens, it's the shadow of a wasp drone flying overhead; the ones that drop Modelo beer cans at @IReallyLikePizza2 's house all the time.

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The mud dobbers are thick as mud around here. I have used the regular window/door weather stripping to seal the gap, and it has worked perfectly. Use it on All the outside cameras. Do not even take off the seal for the adhesive strip, just stuff it in the gap and it stays put and just falls out when you remove camera.
 

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I'm glad that works for you but we've got some daubers and wasps of all sizes so those gaps circled in red would allow them in which is why I have to use the duct seal. :cool:


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Regular 4/0 steel wool is excellent for keeping rodents and bugs out, but it would rust in the weather. This is 304 stainless wool. Won't rust and should basically last forever. It should allow some air movement around the housing for heat dissipation.
 
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Get yourself some Syngenta Demand and a cheap pump sprayer. The residual lasts for three months. It will kill them if they walk on it.