Crazy circumstances

[747skys]

Ok, so I've had my 4 camera system now for 2 weeks, and other than a pesky squirrel, has been working great! But now I have a new problem...seems that one camera is attracting curious wasps who keep setting off the motion sensor. Anyone have a similar situation and how did you solve it. Thanks

[jguerdat]

Wasp spray? 😄

Hard to control the wildlife.

[JamesC]

747skys,

This will take some trial and error but adjusting the cameras sensitivity may help. For instructions on how sensitivity is adjusted, see here: How do I adjust motion and sound sensitivity?

JamesC

[747skys]

Hi James,

If I reduce the sensitivity (now 80) it may not detect a person say 20 feet away, but the wasp is landing right on the front of the camera, and I would need to turn the sensitivity almost off then.

[Schorschi]

Happens to me too. Sometimes I have several triggers by hovering wasps per day, sometimes I have nothing for weeks.Though spring seems to be the more busy wasp season.

I'm not aware of a fix.

It's actually not such a bad thing, because it alerts me to check near a triggered camera on the house or under the roof overhang for wasps starting nests and I can kill them with spray before they succeed in building a nest.

I live in West Central Florida.

[jguerdat]

I've gotten interesting videos of large bumblebees that are apparently interested in the camera at dusk so the camera switches to B&W.  Looks ghostly crazy - a white flying apparition bumping time and time again against the camera...