You’ve just noticed a few too many yellow jackets buzzing around the eaves of your home. Upon closer inspection, you see their large, football-shaped nest tucked up in the corner. Your first instinct is to grab the can of bug spray and go to town, but you pause when you remember just how aggressive these wasps can be when their nest is threatened. Maybe leaving this to yellow jacket control pros is the safest bet.
Your instincts are spot on! If there’s one pest you don’t want to mess around with, it’s the yellow jacket. These wasps build nests in cavities like eaves and wall voids by chewing up wood fibers and bits of drywall from your property. Additionally, a mature nest can house up to 15,000 wasps, making DIY yellow jacket control a complicated and risky affair.
As yellow jacket control professionals, we have the right tools and expertise to remove the entire nest safely and effectively. This process involves treating the nest to kill all of the larvae, then sealing up any entrance holes the wasps may have chewed through your property’s exterior. Finally, we’ll apply repellents to deter secondary pests from invading the old nest area.
Furthermore, we’ll make a point of advising you on preventative yellow jacket control strategies, such as:
- Keep your trash bins tightly sealed at all times since yellow jackets are attracted to sugary scents.
- Clean up any food that remains in your yard after an enticing BBQ/cookout session.
- Introduce wasp-repellent plants, like thyme, to your yard.
Overall, we strongly advise that you leave yellow jacket control to us. At Brown Pest Control, we’ve been dealing with these aggressive creatures for over 40 years, and we know the best strategies to keep them from coming back. Call us immediately if you spot any nesting activity on your property.
