BEST Yellow Jacket Nest Removal Near Vancouver, WA
The most aggressive member of the wasp family, yellow jackets are common stinging insects in the Pacific Northwest. Yellow jackets bear distinct markings, are predators, and are capable of stinging rapidly and repeatedly. Removing yellow jacket nests is the best way to eliminate the risk in your Vancouver home or yard. Our team of experts can help!
Yellow Jacket Description
Size
Full-grown yellow jackets typically measure ½ half to 1 full inch in length.
Color
Yellow jackets have distinct black and yellow markings. Their abdomens feature alternating stripes of black and yellow, yellow legs, and black with yellow heads and thoraxes.
More About Yellow Jackets
Yellow jackets live in colonies, building their nests in abandoned animal burrows, trees, and other hidden areas. Their nests are round, as big or sometimes bigger than a basketball, containing upwards of a thousand insects. Although they are wasps, they are different from paper wasps – as they build different types of nests and a have slightly different body type.
What are yellow jackets?
Yellow jackets are colony-dwelling wasps consisting of males, workers, and queens. Males are also sometimes known as “drones.” The males exist to mate and are not capable of stinging. Queens essentially lay eggs in order to expand the colony, and workers take on a variety of tasks to protect and maintain a healthy colony.
How did I get yellow jackets in my Vancouver yard?
Yellow jackets are avid hunters, predators who feed on a wide variety of insects and are even drawn to food that people consume, and have no hesitancy in pursuing it. If there are food sources present and other conditions accommodating to nesting, then your home is the perfect place for yellow jackets to colonize.
What do yellow jackets eat?
Yellow jackets, much like us, love carbohydrates and sugar and find these in nectar, fruits, and tree sap. Yellow jackets also feed on a wide variety of insects, fish, and meat. This is why yellow jackets can behave aggressively during picnics and other outdoor activities where food is present. Unlike many other insects, yellow jackets have highly developed jaws for chewing.
Where are the yellow jackets in my yard near Vancouver coming from?
Yellow jackets prefer to build their nests in hidden places, like high eaves, abandoned animal burrows, bushes, and shrubs. Yellow jackets are also known to build nests underground, often going undetected until the nest has been disrupted. If threatened, workers will defend the nest, swarming and stinging whatever they deem a threat.
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Here’s the thing you need to know about yellow jacket’s straight away: they’re extremely aggressive, even for stinging insects.
Unlike their “cousins” the hornet or the paper wasp, both of which can act aggressively if they suspect their nest is under threat, yellow jackets are much more offensive in their defense of their nests.
Sometimes, just being in the general vicinity of a yellow jacket nest will cause them to act aggressively and sting passersby.
What’s more, the yellow jacket can sting a person repeatedly, unlike certain bees who can sting only once, yellow jackets will sting you over and over again if they feel threatened, and these stings can cause considerable pain.
Yellow jackets can cause allergic reactions — steer clear!
Not only do these stings hurt a great deal, but they can also trigger allergic reactions in some people, resulting in symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, confusion, lightheadedness, and more.
Milder cases may only necessitate the removal of the stinger, washing the affected area, and taking an over the counter antihistamine, but you really can’t be too safe when it comes to these situations.
If you or someone you’re with is stung by yellow jackets and has an allergic reaction, seek medical attention immediately.
We say all this because interacting with and attempting to treat yellow jackets, as well as remove their nest from your property, is an incredibly dangerous task, one that truly should be left to professionals.
Leave treatment of aggressive yellow jackets near Vancouver to professionals
Yellow jacket nests can sometimes be as large as basketballs, housing literally thousands of the aggressive stinging insects, most of whom are devoted to protecting their nests from perceived aggressors.
Without the proper training, equipment, protective gear, and commercial grade treatment products, you’re putting yourself (and potentially your loved ones) in danger by attempting to remove yellow jackets on your own.
The professionals at Aspen Pest Control are not only trained to treat stinging insects like yellow jackets, every technician on our team is licensed, insured, and possesses a level of detail in their work designed to create the results you’re looking for in pest control near Vancouver, WA.
That’s another thing to understand about yellow jackets: They’re not always easy to find. Yellow jackets are more covert in their nest building, despite how large their colonies can grow.
Commonly, yellow jackets will build their large nests, which are made of a material that combines their own saliva with plant matter and other organic materials, in difficult to find areas like deep within thick shrubbery, in hollow logs or trees, or even underground in abandoned animal dens.
Without proper training, you may not be able to find these nesting sites, resulting in an ineffective pest management experience.
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Are YELLOW JACKETS Harmful?
Yellow jackets sting multiple times and are very aggressive.
Yellow jackets are the most aggressive type of wasp in the Pacific Northwest. Yellow jackets will act with hostility unprovoked and are capable of stinging multiple times in quick succession.
How can I stay safe from yellow jackets?
Sometimes, just being in the near vicinity of a yellow jacket nest will cause them to attack. Because yellow jacket nests are often hidden, these attacks can occur without warning.
What happens when you get stung by a yellow jacket?
Yellow jacket stings can be both startling and extremely painful. The initial pain of the sting is often described as a feeling similar to being shocked and can leave a person feeling somewhat confused and disoriented. If you or a loved one is allergic to yellow jacket stings, seek medical attention immediately after being stung. Yellow jacket stings can cause anaphylactic shock, nausea, headaches, and other symptoms.
Are YELLOW JACKETS SEASONAL?
Yellow jackets are active from spring to fall in yards near Vancouver.
Due to the Pacific Northwest’s temperate climate, yellow jackets have a long active season. Yellow jackets typically nest in the spring, thrive throughout the warm summer and early fall months, and overwinter as the weather turns cold.
can i treat YELLOW JACKETS on my own?
We do not recommend removing yellow jacket nests or treating by yourself.
Due to their aggression and the sheer number of yellow jackets in any given nest (again, these can number in the thousands!), we highly recommend you seek professional assistance when exterminating yellow jackets. You want someone experienced and effective who understands how to deal with the living colony and the nest removal.
Aspen Pest Control’s yellow jacket removal experts can safely and successfully rid your home of a yellow jacket infestation through the right combination of experience, equipment, and commitment to a job well done.
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Why should I call professional pest control?
Treating yellow jackets can be dangerous and difficult. Due to the potential size of the nest and the highly aggressive nature of these insects, homeowners should seriously consider getting their problem treated professionally. Regardless of nest size, total colony elimination can be expected in 24-72 hours. Nest removal is included in the extermination cost, and results are always 100% guaranteed.
Can I prevent a yellow jacket infestation?
Yellow jacket prevention is based on a few simple techniques. One is treating your home and property for the pests that are attracting yellow jackets and other predatory insects or arachnids to your yard. The fewer sources of food they have, the less desirable your yard will be to them.
Similarly, items like trash, recycling, or compost bins stored outside the home will attract pests if they’re not correctly sealed. We recommended turning your compost frequently to encourage quicker breakdown, proper washing and preparation of recyclables, and the use of trash cans that have lids that can be tightly secured.
Lastly, one of the best methods for preventing further yellow jacket infestation is to ensure that their nests are removed and that areas where yellow jackets will build nests are regularly monitored. Yellow jackets are insects that maintain regular flight paths, and breaking this cycle includes nest removal.
Early intervention is crucial for yellow jacket extermination
Since yellow jacket colonies can comprise several thousand individuals, early intervention is vital to quickly disrupting and eradicating your infestation. The longer you wait, the larger the colony can grow, which increases the danger associated with the colony. Again, we highly recommend professional assistance when yellow jacket extermination and nest removal are concerned. Proper equipment and experience are necessary to ensure safe and effective results. Call our team of Vancouver and Portland, OR pest control experts today!
Yellow Jacket Treatment
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INSPECT
Because yellow jackets can nest in the most hidden of areas, including underground, it’s important to work with a team that has the experience to locate where your infestation is coming from. Aspen Pest Control’s yellow jacket extermination experts have the skills and know-how to identify the root of your yellow jacket problem and devise the best solution for your unique situation.
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Apply products
Aspen Pest Control uses pet- and child-friendly products that are 100% guaranteed to be effective. Typically, the treatment process will take one to three days for the colony to be fully affected. Afterward, we can remove nests as high as the second-story eaves to prevent future infestations from recurring.
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ONGOING OBSERVATION
Proper pest control is not a “one-and-done” affair. True and total eradication requires diligence and periodic review of infestation sites. Most of our new customers choose our Home Protection Plan because it’s a quarterly service that not only exterminates existing pests but helps to avert pests returning to your home.
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Pest eradication is a process, not an event. If your yellow jacket infestation returns between regular quarterly service, we’re happy to return to your home and treat the infestation to ensure you’re completely satisfied with our services. That’s our commitment to you!
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- Stink Bug Exterminator Vancouver
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- Spider Pest Control
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Vancouver, WA 98682
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