- What is a wasp’s nest? – Wasps require dry, safe, and structurally sound areas for building nests, often choosing human-made structures.
- How do wasps build their nest? – The queen starts the nest using wood pulp mixed with saliva and lays eggs, with worker wasps expanding the nest.
- Why are wasps dangerous? – Wasps can become aggressive when threatened, leading to painful stings and potential allergic reactions. They can also cause structural damage.
- Wasp pest control – Avoid DIY removal; contact professionals for safe and effective wasp nest management and removal.
- How can I prevent wasps from returning? – Keep windows closed, secure bins, and check for early signs of nests to deter wasps from nesting near your home.
Wasps are nobody’s favourite pest to deal with, even when there are only a few of them. But when you discover a wasp nest in your home, it’s a far cry from the mild annoyance of them disrupting your picnic. If you’ve noticed a lot of wasps around your property, you might have a wasp nest on your hands. So, how do you remove it? Can you do it yourself? Let’s take a look at what you need to know about wasps.
What is a wasp’s nest?
Of the over 7000 species of wasps, only nine build nests for their colony. Many nests are built in trees or other natural structures. However, wasps also often find human-made structures to build their nest, such as your North Shore home. After all, all wasps need is a dry, safe, and structurally sound place. So, peaceful indoor areas like barns, attics or garages are a good option.
How do wasps build their nest?
Like their stripy pseudo-cousins, bees, wasp colonies have a queen as their leader. Most active in the summer, wasps start building their nests in your Sydney home after the queen wakes from hibernation. The queen begins to build using a pulp of wood mixed with saliva. She then lays her eggs in the nest cells. When they hatch, these will be the first worker wasps. The workers will then keep building the nest as the queen lays more eggs, expanding the colony.
Why are wasps dangerous?
If wasps build their nest in a peaceful, rarely-used area of your North Shore home, like a garage or attic, they can go undetected for a long time. This makes the wasps more likely to be aggressive when you do discover them, and they think that their nest is under threat. If you try to remove the nest yourself, the multiple stings that may result could cause swelling, redness, and anaphylactic shock if you or a member of your household discovers you have an allergy. Pets, children, and older adults could all suffer extreme effects of wasp stings. Because of this, you’re likely to need proper wasp
pest control for wasp nest removal.
Larger wasp nests can also cause structural damage to your building. Some wasp nests are even built in holes in a home’s brickwork. Depending on where in the building, the damage wasps cause can lead to crumbling and falling debris. That being said, you can leave a wasp nest in a garden or other peaceful outdoor area alone if you want.
Wasp pest control
Since wasps can become aggressive when they feel threatened, you should not try to remove them yourself. You should also avoid blocking up the entrance or exit to the wasp nest, since doing so will just cause the wasps to get more agitated, as they cause more damage to your Northern Beaches property when trying to exit by chewing through the walls.
Instead, a professional wasp pest control organisation will be able to figure out the best thing to do. Wasp pest control professionals like Everest can identify the species of wasp and a range of treatments to deal with that particular wasp. We also have special gear to protect us from wasp stings. We will offer to remove the nest a few days after the treatment. However, we may be unable to remove a nest heavily embedded into your building’s structure.
How can I prevent wasps from returning?
Wasps build a new nest every year and will never come back to an old nest once they have left it. But they may still make a new nest nearby, or even in the same structure. So, how can you stop wasps from entering your home?
One good thing to do is to keep windows and doors closed in your Sydney home during a wasp’s more active summer months. If this isn’t possible during the hotter months, fly screens can keep your home pest-free while letting air circulate.
Another thing that attracts wasps is open bins, particularly during summer. So, be sure to keep your bins securely closed. You could also keep your bins as far away from your house as possible.
Another good idea is to do a quick basic check at the beginning of the warmer months of spring for signs of wasp nests in all your nooks and crannies. Young wasp nests will be much smaller, typically around the size of a golf ball, but they’ll also be easier to deal with. Sheds, garages and attics are all potential wasp nest hiding places.
If you have a problem with a wasp nest and need wasp pest control you can trust, contact Everest Pest Control. Our team of fully licensed professional wasp exterminators will use safe, effective pest control methods to keep you, your family and pets safe at every step. With the proper pest control methods for every property and the most effective methods for every pest, you’re in safe hands.
