Insect bites and wasp stings are common occurrences and every one of you experience them at some point of your life. Mostly the sting by a wasp can cause moderate amount of discomfort, but it can turn out to be serious pain and injury if the attack is a concerted wasps attack consisting of several wasps. The intensity can vary from wasps to wasps and you can be high traumatized if the attack has come from a group of yellow jacket wasps or bald faced hornets. The intensity and pain will also vary in degrees depending on the number of wasps involved in the attack. When you have a wasp nest at home hanging from the ceiling or hiding under the garden grass you always have to be on your toes because the attack will be sudden and severe. If you find trace of wasps in your home you are better advised to call professional wasp control Vaughan such as BBPP, the most effective pest control in the area.
Identifying wasps is important because you can mistake the bite or sting to be of bees. Wasps have less hair on their body than wasps and you will easily identify them with this feature. However effect of their bite or sting is more or less the same.
What Types of Wasps can Sting you?
There are more than 20 thousand types of wasp species you will come across around the world. But in Canada there are 4 primary types of wasps that infest homes and attack inhabitants when they feel a threat to their nests.
Yellow jackets
You can meet yellow jackets if you hold a barbeque party in your garden as the unwanted guests will be there on queue. These are easily identifiable wasps with black and yellow stripes around their abdomen and are short legged. These are extremely aggressive wasp type which can attack you without warning.
Bald faced hornet
These are black and white wasps measuring an inch or more. These are fierce protectors of their globe like nests and can prove deadly when they administer a series of stings on your skin. There are reports of fatalities by attacks of the Giant Asian Hornets. You will be careful as not to cross their path. Their nests hang from trees or loft places of your building.
Paper Wasp
Paper wasps are social wasps that can pack venom when they attack human. They are smaller than hornets and they are reddish brown in color and have legs hanging when they fly around. They build nests akin to an umbrella hung upside down. These are territorial wasps that will defend their nest with fierce loyalty.
Cicada Killer Wasp
These are larger species of wasps that have black abdomen with white markings. However they rarely sting human as they usually hunt down insects and spiders but you cannot say that if you intervene with their routine.
What are the symptoms of wasp sting?
Wasp stings are extremely painful because they are venomous. The common symptoms are sudden and extreme pain, burning like sensation, swelling around the sting spot, redness of skin and itching. The symptoms can worsen with people having allergy and put them in shock needing immediate treatment for trauma and injury.
It is better to remove wasp nests than defending yourself from their attack. You should leave the task to professional wasp exterminators such as BBPP, the most effective pest control Vaughan in the town and for nearby town. You can contact them on phone number 647 910 6315 or by ending mail to info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote.