A gasoline-in-a-cup wasp nest hack has been making the rounds on TikTok for some time now, and the pest control trick promises users the ability to kill throngs of the winged, stabby critters ...

Wasps make a nest out of chewed-up wood ... Once a new queen is inseminated (usually in the fall), she will seek shelter for the winter, and then begin the cycle again the following spring.

Known as the “gasoline trend” on TikTok, the hack involves taking a jar of gasoline and covering the glass’s mouth over a wasp nest. One by one, the wasps collapse from asphyxiation and die ...