Wasps’ nests are quite familiar with their honeycomb shells and the distinctive umbrella upside down appearance. However nest shapes and sizes can vary with each wasp’s species. Paper wasps, hornets and mud-dauber wasps build open nests, meaning you can spot them easily. But you cannot easily detect yellow jacket wasps nest because they build nests in hidden spaces such as underground rodent burrows, cavities in tree trunks, deep crevices on the wall, thickets and dense vegetation. You should tread carefully when you are walking on your lawn because a yellow jacket wasp nest may be located right under your feet. Wasps have venomous stings that they use with great effect to defeat or harm enemies. They do this to protect their nest and the babies contained in the honey comb cells. If the infestation is already in place you would better call BBPP, the best wasp removal services Thornhill, and get the nest removed at once.
Here we will tell you about the likely places where wasps will build their nests and use the information to remove nests more efficiently and in real quick time.
These build their nests in hidden places and some of them are underground burrows that are abandoned by rodents. Here they build multi-layer honeycomb cells to keep a population of about 1,000 at a time. The nest may have more than one entry or exit points. After occupying they expand their periphery by digging and in the process open many exit points at different points of the occupied area. These are social wasps hence they live in groups. You will also find them camping in your basement, crawl spaces, dense undergrowth, under the lawn and deep crevices in the wall.
Paper wasps
Paper wasps build open nests that you can easily identify. Their nests are distinctly known because of their strange umbrella upside down architecture design. The honeycomb nest seems as an umbrella is suspended upside down with a support of a stalk attached to a solid ground such as ceiling. The nests are made with a paste made out of wood fibers and saliva. They don’t cover the cells like other wasps do and their paper like appearance has given the name paper wasps.
Hornets
Hornets are bigger size wasps that can grow up to 2-inches compared to other wasps that are barely an inch or less. Hornets like lofty places and the aerial nests look like a elongated football that has a single entry and exit point. The globular nest hangs from trees and lofty places. Inside the nest you will find thousands of them lodging together in large number of honeycomb cells.
Mud-dauber wasps
They are easy to spot because of their distinct horn or pipe like single nest. You can find them on your window frame, wall corners, attic, garage sheds and other lonely places. These thin waist metallic green or blue wasps are solitary wasps that build a series of mud nests on your surfaces. Inside each cell you will find a larvae and a dead spider as food for the pupa.
If you have an active infestation the above information will help identify the wasp species which will help in the eradication of the wasp nests. You must not remove the nests on your own as it is dangerous. Call BBPP, the most professional pest control service Thornhill in your area and for other nearby areas instead and they will do it without creating a fuss. Contact them on phone number 647-910-6315 or send mail to info@bbppcanada.com to get a free quote.