• Question: how does wasp spray work

    Asked by city46can to Amy Heather on 12 Nov 2019.
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      Amy Heather Fitzpatrick answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      The spray you use on wasps to get rid of them or move their nest, is a neurotoxin. So it works by opening the sodium channels of the wasps and preventing them from closing, so they can’t move.

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