Wasp Pest Control

 Wasps

Yellowjackets, paper wasps and hornets sting can be a potential health threat to people who are allergic to the venom. Persons who develop difficulty breathing or swallowing, wheezing or similar symptoms of venom allergic reaction should seek medical attention as soon as possible. Itching, pain and localized swelling can be reduced with antihistamines and a cold/ice compress. Honey bees have a barbed stinger. Only the honey bee leaves her stinger in the skin. Yellowjackets, paper wasp and hornets have a lance-like stinger without barbs and can sting repeatedly. Please contact us to get rid of wasps in a professional way.

Yellowjackets
These wasps tend to be medium sized and black with jagged bands of bright yellow or white on the abdomen, and have a very short, narrow waist. Colonies, which are begun each early or late spring by a single reproductive female, can reach populations of between 1000 and 10,000 individuals, depending on the species. The wasps build a nest of paper made from fibers scraped from wood mixed with saliva. Immature yellowjackets are white, grublike that become white pupae. The pupae emerge adult and change coloring just before they emerge as adult wasps. Immatures satges are not normally seen unless the nest is torn open or a sudden loss of adult caretakers leads to an exodus of starving larvae.

Paper Wasps

Paper wasps tend to be golden brown, or darker, with large patches of yellow or red. Preferring to live in or near orchards or vineyards, they like to hang their paper nests in protected places, such as under eaves, in attics, or under tree branches. Each nest hangs like an open umbrella from a pedicel (stalk) and has open cells that can be seen from beneath the nest. White, legless, grublike larvae sometimes can be seen from below. Paper wasp nests rarely exceed the size of an outstretched hand and populations vary between 10 to 100 wasps. Paper wasps species are relatively unaggressive, but they can be a problem when they nest over entrance door.

Bald faced hornet

A single, over wintering queen begins building the nest in the spring. Queen lays eggs and tends the first batch of larvae that develop into workers. These workers tend new larvae and expand the nest throughout the summer. A mature colony can have several hundred workers by the end of the summer. In fall, workers die and next year's queens find over wintering sites. Baldfaced hornets are generally more docile. But they can become aggressive and will sting when their nest is disturbed or threatened. A baldfaced wasp nest is usually constructed high in a tree. A mature nest is bigger than a basketball, but pear-shaped, with the larger end at the top and an entrance hole near the bottom.

Mud Daubers

Mud daubers are black and yellow, thread-waisted, also called solitary wasps. They build a hard mud nest, usually on ceilings and walls, attended by a single female wasp. They are not social wasps but may be confused with them. They do not defend their nests and rarely sting.

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