COMMON PESTS
Yellow Jackets
Yellow jackets are social insects that live in nests. They are medium sized black wasps with yellow or white markings. Depending on the type of yellow jacket, they build aerial or subterranean nests. Aerial nests are built in trees, on utility poles, or house eaves. Subterranean nests are constructed in rodent burrows, tree cavities or ground holes. When a nest is disturbed yellow jackets can inflict multiple stings that are painful and may be life threatening to individuals hypersensitive to the venom. Unlike wasps, yellow jackets may attack without being provoked.
In late summer months, when yellow jacket populations increase they can create a nuisance in parks by scavenging for food from picnic areas. They can cause structural damage to a home when they construct nests in walls or attics. Adults of some species are beneficial to man because they prey on flies and other insects. Foraging yellow jackets are often mistaken for honeybees by the untrained eye because of their similar appearance and the fact that they are sometimes attracted to the same food sources. Honeybees are slightly larger than yellow jackets and are covered with hair, which is absent on yellow jackets.
The removal of a nest may be necessary to eliminate a yellow jacket problem, if it is located near human activity or near a residence. Our service technicians will use control methods, which won’t cause yellow jackets to become aggressive or scatter and attack their customers and neighbors. SAWYER has the equipment necessary to treat hidden nests in the ground or in hard to reach locations. Nest removal can be dangerous and extreme caution must be used because of the danger of attack by a large group of wasps. Let SAWYER relieve you of the risks and uncertainty of dealing with yellow jackets.
Yellow jackets are social insects that live in nests. They are medium sized black wasps with yellow or white markings. Depending on the type of yellow jacket, they build aerial or subterranean nests. Aerial nests are built in trees, on utility poles, or house eaves. Subterranean nests are constructed in rodent burrows, tree cavities or ground holes. When a nest is disturbed yellow jackets can inflict multiple stings that are painful and may be life threatening to individuals hypersensitive to the venom. Unlike wasps, yellow jackets may attack without being provoked.
In late summer months, when yellow jacket populations increase they can create a nuisance in parks by scavenging for food from picnic areas. They can cause structural damage to a home when they construct nests in walls or attics. Adults of some species are beneficial to man because they prey on flies and other insects. Foraging yellow jackets are often mistaken for honeybees by the untrained eye because of their similar appearance and the fact that they are sometimes attracted to the same food sources. Honeybees are slightly larger than yellow jackets and are covered with hair, which is absent on yellow jackets.
The removal of a nest may be necessary to eliminate a yellow jacket problem, if it is located near human activity or near a residence. Our service technicians will use control methods, which won’t cause yellow jackets to become aggressive or scatter and attack their customers and neighbors. SAWYER has the equipment necessary to treat hidden nests in the ground or in hard to reach locations. Nest removal can be dangerous and extreme caution must be used because of the danger of attack by a large group of wasps. Let SAWYER relieve you of the risks and uncertainty of dealing with yellow jackets.
