Avispas

In common with alot of places, Los Ruices is pestered by wasps (avispas) as summer draws to a close. I was always told to fill a jar with water and jam and that would attract and drown the blighters.

Things are done slightly different here. My builder, Pepe, has constructed 2 marvellously effective devices which over the course of the last week have depleted the local wasp population of at least 100 individuals.

For reference, instructions are as follows:
i) Take 1 plastic water bottle with top.
ii) Undo top and make a small hole in it.
iii) Thread a piece of string through the hole and attach a small piece of sausage to the end (big debate going on as to the best sort but must be meaty)
iv) Put 2" of water in the bottle
v) Insert sausage in to bottle
vi) Trap string between top and bottle and screw down, adjusting top of sausage to mid-way up the bottle
vii) Take cigar (and make a number of holes in the bottle at the same height as the top of the sausage
viii) Hang bottle from suitable point (the sunnier the better)
ix) Watch the wasps throw themselves at the bottle never to return.

You'll never use jam again.