Wasps are natural-born engineers and can make intricate homes out of materials in their immediate environment. Some make their nests out of mud, wood pulp, saliva, etc. The nest size can range from the size of a golf ball to 100 kilograms in weight!
While it’s great having wasps and hornets in the wild to manage the population of other bad bugs, they’re not so great when they’re near your home. They can be dangerous to have around especially in a home with young children.
If you need one more reason to want those nests out, let me remind you those wasps don’t even share your mortgage or rent — rude!
To help you identify a nest when you see one, here are some common wasp and hornet nests, what they look like, and where they’re usually found.
Mud Wasps
As you can guess by the name, these are wasps that make their nests using dirt or mud.
Potter wasps, for example, create nests that resemble clay pots. Their nests have round bodies connected to a narrow neck and circular entrance. It’s commonly made of dirt or clay and tends to be a bit small as this type of wasp is more solitary.
It is also believed that early Native American potters based their designs on the shape of a potter wasp’s nest! How cool is that?
Hornets
Although sometimes classified differently as wasps, hornets are the wasp’s angrier and more brutal cousin. A group of 30 giant Japanese Hornets can kill 30,000 bees in one attack and are far happier to sting someone who wanders too close to their home.
A hornet’s nest is similar in terms of building material with the nests of yellowjackets and paper wasps. However, their nests get a lot bigger and are always above ground. Hornet nests can commonly grow to the size of soccer balls by fall or late summer.
Yellow Jacket
Yellow jackets are commonly mistaken for honey bees due to their similar appearance, but these insects are far from cute and fuzzy. Yellow jackets are aggressive stingers that patrole in your garden waiting for someone to wander near its home.
This type of wasp creates both aerial and ground nests, the latter is a bit harder to detect but are usually marked by holes in the ground.
Paper Wasps
Probably the most recognizable wasps for their nests, paper wasps create homes that resemble, well, paper! These nests are very lightweight and are usually found hanging on the underside of the roof or in a dark corner of a shed.
Reliable Wasp Nest Removal in Toronto
While these nests may look very fragile, don’t go around poking one when you spot it! These nests could easily fall and unleash a wasp bomb on you. Trust us, that’s the last thing you want.
Instead, call in the experts from Power Pest Control. We provide reliable pest removal services for residents of Vaughn, Markham, and other parts of the GTA. Let our experts take care of your problem and provide you with the best pest proofing tips in Toronto.
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