Wasp control and removal in
West Yorkshire. £60+VAT fixed fee.
Call 07904 189445
Wasp removal West Yorkshire
We specialise in wasp removal and control in the whole of the West Yorkshire area. All of our wasp removal work is guaranteed and we undertake both domestic and commercial work. There are no hidden fees, so the price you are quoted is the price you pay. Wasp nest treatment/removal is a fixed fee of £60+VAT
We work 7 days a week and will arrive in unmarked vehicles for a discreet service. Our wasp removal working hours are 8.00am to 6pm.
To get rid of a wasp problem in your home or garden, CALL 07904 189445 now for a quick service
At THS Pest Control, we provide pest control services across West Yorkshire, covering both urban centres and rural communities.
Wasps
Wasps can be regarded as generally useful insects, helping to control other pests and cleaning up dead insect carcasses. They can even act as pollinators, but in general they are regarded as nuisance pests and a threat to health. Many people have a genuine phobia against them, in some cases, with good reason. Wasp stings may be unpleasant to most of us, but to some they can prove fatal. The ability of these social insects to inflict multiple stings means that for certain individuals, they can kill. Insects are no respecters of rank, the first recorded instance of a fatal wasp sting was the death of King Menes of Egypt in about 3000 BC.
Although eleven species of true wasp are found in Europe, only two, the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) and the German wasp (Vespula germanica), are important as pest species and increasingly examples of the genus Dolichovespula are being encountered. All overwinter as queens, the common wasp usually hibernating in buildings or underground, the German wasp typically in tree cavities and Dolichovespula is normally found well away from buildings.
The young queen emerges in the spring, feeding on nectar and sap and begins to construct her new nest from wasp paper, a mixture she concocts from chewed wood, plant debris and saliva. Favourite places for nests are in the ground, hollow trees, eaves, attics or garden sheds. Her first batch of eggs is produced within a few days and the larvae develop within the nest. The mature larvae construct silken cocoons in which they pupate, still within the cells of the nest. Four to six weeks later, the first generation of workers emerge. They are smaller than the queen and all female – male wasps emerge later in the season.
The workers then take over the ongoing nest construction, enveloping the whole nest in wasp paper, which could by now extend to eight tiers. They also forage for food, ventilate the nest (by vibrating their wings) and nurture and feed the developing wasp larvae. The queen now spends all her time egg laying, each cell being used numerous times to rear larvae. By the end of the summer, a nest may house over 20,000 wasps. With the onset of autumn, new males emerge to fertilise new queens who go on to search for hibernation sites. During the winter months the old queen and workers die and the nest will not be reused.