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DITCHLING CORPORATION LIMITED
"Supplying professional Pest Control products since 1964"
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DITCHLING CORPORATION LIMITED
"Supplying professional Pest Control products since 1964"
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Wasps & Hornets are dangerous to man because of their ability to inflict painful stings. Some people are extremely sensitive to the protein material injected by these stinging insects, and such people may become extremely ill or may even die as a result of being stung only once.
Among Wasps there are species with different habits; some are social and some are solitary.
Social Wasps develop as a family unit with the queen remaining with her eggs and feeding her young. The social WASPS belong to the family Vespidae and include Hornets, Yellow Jackets & Paper Wasps.
Solitary Wasps include Mud Daubers and Digger Wasps, and commonly belong to the family Sphecidae.
SOCIAL WASPS
Paper Wasps: Some of the most dangerous Wasps are "paper-making" Wasps. They may be identified by their habit of folding their wings lengthwise when at rest, making them seem only half as wide as they are actually. These WASPS build nests of a paper-like material.
Polistes Wasps: This is probably the most common form of paper Wasp, building rather simple nests of only one layer of cells, and commonly seen hanging from the eaves of houses and beneath window ledges and porch roofs.
Hornets: One of the universally recognized Wasp nests is a brownish-grey structure resembling a large football. The nest consists of tiers of paper cells surrounded by a continuous paper envelope. These insects are moderately large with a body that is basically black and with a face of whitish or yellowish appearance.
Giant Hornet: This is the largest paper Wasp in North America. It is an imported species, introduced along the Atlantic coast and steadily spreading westwards. Unlike the native Hornet it does not build exposed nests. The Giant Hornet builds its nests in cavities such as hollow logs and stumps.
Yellow Jackets: This is the smallest of the paper Wasps, about ½" long. The nest is typically underground, and as many as 10,000 workers may be produced in a colony in a season. Situations are known in which Yellow Jackets have built extensively within wall voids in concrete block foundations. The workers tend to be unpredictable in their response to humans who approach the nest. The intruder may be ignored or he may be subject to massive assault and stung severely. In the opinion of some experts Yellow Jackets are the most dangerous social Wasps in North America.
SOLITARY WASPS
Cicada Killer: This is a large insect and may be as much as 1½" long, the body is black with yellow markings. The female excavates a large burrow about ½" diameter and lays a single egg therein.
Mud Daubers: These nests are found commonly in attics where they are plastered against the underside of the roof and other structural timbers. The nests should be approached with caution. The Wasp overwinters as a full-grown larva in the cell of the mud nest.
Direct treatment of nests whether above or below ground is not difficult.... the trick is to accomplish this without being stung! The "Aeropole" enables treatment of up-high nests with relative safety.
In situations where there is no nest to treat, or where chemical treatment is not suitable Wasp Trap#460 & Wasp Trap"DCL" will give relief.
See Bees & Wasps for more information.
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INSECTICIDES
WASP & HORNET AEROSOL is also effective, and can be used with the "AeroPole" Dispenser for those up-high locations.
Non-toxic Wasp Traps are effective for local protection.
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