Ace's theme of the day...WASPS! We have received lots of calls already this week on wasps. They are swarming around porches and shrubbery making people duck and sending them scurrying for cover. Here are some facts about wasps:
Paper wasps get their name from the paper-like material (cellulose) out of which they make their nests. These nests resemble honeycombs.
Paper wasps are semi-social and live in small colonies. They feed nectar and other insects such as caterpillars and flies. They spend their day out feeding and pollinating, returning to their nests in the late afternoon. This is the best time to treat for wasps, after they have returned to their nests.
Paper wasps will hang their comb nests from twigs and branches of trees and shrubs, porch ceilings, the tops of window and doorframes, soffits, eaves, attic rafters, deck floor joists and railings, etc. In the fall, inseminated females will seek places to spend the winter, and may find their way indoors.
Although it seems otherwise, paper wasps are not an aggressive species by nature, but will sting if they are disturbed or their nest is threatened.
Ace has recently included wasps in our general pest control service along with ants, cockroaches, silverfish, mice, crickets and household spiders.
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