Wasps are dangerous airborne hunters capable of dealing you with painful stings. Their venomous stings can send you to hospital if you are not careful enough. It is important to identify wasp infestation in the initial stages are you will have to pay it with pain and allergies. It is also important to identify the wasps because each of these species has different life habits that will help exterminate them when it comes to that. Here we will provide few tips that will enable you to identify the type of infestation your house have and in the meanwhile you can call a professional wasps nest removal Brampton, preferably BBPP, the most experienced wasps exterminators in the area and remove the infestation.
How to identify wasps and their nests?
There are 3 main types of wasps infestation found in Canada and they are from paper wasps, yellow jackets and hornets. Though they differ slightly with each other their aim of stinging enemies and ferocity is the same. Let’s go through each of them:
Paper Wasps
Paper wasps have thin waist with six legs and in appearance are like yellow jackets. They are almost triangular in shape from sides and are with brown and yellow coloration mostly. They have two wings and antennae. They grow from 3/4th to 1-inch and are also known as umbrella wasps. They prefer to live in sheltered areas of a home hence mostly found indoors. They are found in attics, eaves, wall voids, door frames, window sills and their nests are umbrella in shape and it will have honey combed shells. Paper wasps are mostly harmless but when you disturb their nest they will become agitated and sting you repeatedly. You can confirm paper wasp infestation by identifying the nest and the appearance of the wasp.
Yellow Jackets
Yellow jackets are fierce predators and their body is marked with yellow and black stripes. Their head is with black and yellow while the abdomen is made of black stripes over yellow. They grow from 3/8th to 5/8th inches and are smaller to hornets. They are backyard dwellers and have thin and well defined waist and hairless hind legs. They are easy to identify with their abdominal pattern and their social characteristic of forming large colonies of wasps. They are characteristically identified by their side-to-side flight pattern before landing. They are carnivorous and will feed on insects, caterpillars, flies and honeybees. They have fierce temper and when in hunger they will raid beehives and kill the whole colony of them. Yellow jacket is the most vicious of the wasps and keeping a distance from them safe for health. Yellow jackets build their nests in wood cavities and underground and can build thousands of cells inside to breed an entire colony.
Hornets
Hornets are largest of the three, and they are mostly known as bald faced hornets in North America. They are from 1-2 inches long and it is thin between thorax and abdomen like a wasp. They are easy to identify with their black and white coloring and their distinct larger size than the yellow jacket. Another giveaway is the nest they build, which is oval like and globular covered with paper like material. You will find rows and rows of cells facilitated by a single entry from the top of the nest. If they are European hornets they could be yellowish and the Asian variety will grow up to 2-inches in length and are lethal stingers. Hornets are not as aggressive as yellow jackets but can pack a mean sting and put you in emergency with multiple stings.
Despite their differences in appearance and their nest building habits wasps are dangers because they will sting painfully with or without provocation. Your best bet to get rid of them to call the services of BBPP, the best Pest Control Brampton and do away with them safely. You can contact them on 647-910-6315 and get a free quote.