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They use a variety of neurotoxins to disrupt the nervous systems of insects. Insects don’t breath like humans, through a mouth into lungs, they are covered in tiny holes that and they breath through those, their whole body is a sort of mouth/lung system.
Once the spray touches them, it immediately disrupts their nervous system, they go into spasms and their hearts stop. It’s almost on contact.
These same toxins can hurt mammals as well, so it’s not good to breathe them or have pets around.
In case you can do so safely, a less noxious way of handling these bugs is by dosing them with soapy water. The soap suds block the holes I mentioned and they suffocate rather quickly. It’s hard to do this to an airborne swarm, but pouring a gallon of soapy water on an underground wasp hive is a good way of eliminating them.
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