Most common types of Wasps in Toronto
In the Toronto area, there are three main types of wasps you have likely encountered: paper wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets. These types are known as social wasps, and you see them annoyingly flying around garbage cans or always waiting around at your door when you go outside. Paper wasps are brownish in color with red markings,
hornets are brown with yellow stripes, and yellow jackets, have a distinct yellow and black color pattern. All three types can sting and cause a nasty bite!
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What i need to know about a nest removal in Toronto ?
Once you have determined that you have seen wasps buzzing around your Toronto home a Power Pest wasp removal Toronto technician will need know the following information:
- Is the physical nest can be seen from the outside of the home or are the wasps entering a crack or a gap into the house
- How high the nest is from the ground if the wasp activity is not in the ground
- Length of time the activity was noticed around your property
What do wasps eat?
Wasps are most active during the day, making use of the natural daylight hours to search for food, feed their young, tend to the queen, and tend to their nest. Wasps live off bugs and larvae found on plants and crops, and may also even eat some dead plant matter. Parent wasps will find larvae on plants and bring it back to the hive to feed their young, while yellow jackets will feed on dead insects.
Where do wasps live?
Wasps live in a hive, building their nest from wood and paper
fibres which they collect from sources like trees, logs, fences, and cardboard. The wasps bring the
fibres to the queen who digests them with her saliva and jaws to form a paper pulp. She takes this to the nest site, where worker wasps create their nest.
How are wasps beneficial?
While it is easy to think of wasps as a nuisance who
are only there to sting us and cause damage, they are actually beneficial to our gardens, plants, and trees, and should to be respected. Wasps can act as a helpful addition to your garden as they eliminate unwanted crop-destroying bugs. In addition, they use the larvae of some unwelcome pests to feed their own young back at the nest.
How do I know if I have a wasp problem?
It is
usual during the warmer months to see lots of wasps flying around – at the park, in your garden, by your windowsill – and as a result, it’s natural to assume that you have a wasp problem. You may also wonder whether they may have built a nest on your Toronto property that needs removal or requires professional attention. Failure to identify the presence of a nest could be dangerous for you and your family, setting up the risk for being stung or attacked by a wasp, or worse yet, being swarmed by a large group. With that in mind, it’s important to recognize when you have a wasp problem. For example, do you notice that you see more wasps around your property than you have in recent years? Do you notice that the wasps generally congregate in the same area, but at night, there is no wasp activity? If any of these things are true, you may be dealing with a wasp problem that needs your attention.
Should I get rid of my wasp nest?
Some people are hesitant to go through with wasp nest removal on their Toronto property because doing so destroys the insect’s home. And while this is completely true, and as mentioned above, wasps can offer
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great deal of benefits to your garden and property, it is not worth it if it comes at a risk. If the nest is located in an area where there is a lot of foot traffic, if it is in an area where children regularly play, or if it is in a place where it is likely to get disturbed, these are all valid reasons to prioritize having a wasp exterminator come to your Toronto home and make them disappear. Finally, if it worries you to have the nest there and would give you peace of mind to have it removed, this too is a good enough reason to get it done!
What to do about a wasp nest from your Toronto home
Because of the risky nature of wasps (those stings hurt!), nest removal is not really something you should play around with. When it comes to eliminating
them, and getting the wasps under control on your
Toronto property, it’s a job best left to the professionals.
Like many pests, once they move in, they are there to stay. Wasps will occupy the nest for a long time if left unbothered, and more than
that, will continue to develop and build the nest even larger. Worse yet, wasps don’t hesitate to reuse their nests even if they are pushed out. If you have identified that you need to get rid of a wasp nest, it’s best to take action and research options for wasp extermination on your Toronto property. Power Pest is always here to meet your wasp nest removal needs and help you out. We offer tailored services that are geared towards you and your specific pest situation, and we are committed to using natural methods whenever possible. When you work with us, not only will you be able to have peace of mind that the wasps and their nest are gone and that your family is safe, but you also won’t be doing it yourself and putting yourself at risk for some nasty stings.
What to do after you get rid of wasps
The bad news with wasps is that after finding a place they like to nest, they tend to stay there – even if they have been inconveniently kicked out. This means that it is not uncommon to have the wasps rebuild their nest in the same place next second season. Once you have had your Toronto wasp exterminator crew in, it is important to do your part in keeping the wasps away: pay attention to the area and watch for signs of new nests, or watch for regular wasp activity near where the previous nest was. Sometimes wasps that were not in the nest at the time of elimination will continue to come back to the area looking for the nest, and once they
realise it is gone, may just start making a new one! If you do see fresh evidence, call Power Pest and let us put your wasp problem to rest.
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