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Pest Identification |
Bees & Wasps |
Honey Bee |
Bumble Bee |
Honey bees may be various shades of yellow, black brown, or orange, with the head, antennae, legs, and a prtion of the abdomen being dark. The body is covered with light-colored hairs, thickest on top of the thorax. Africanized honey bees are similar to the common wild and domesticated honey bees of the United States in appearance, except that they are slightly smaller in size on average. (Specialists should be consulted for certain identification of specimens suspected to be the Africanized strain) Recommended products: Tempo WP , Delta Dust |
Bumble bees are social insects that generally nest underground. They do not make holes or tunnels in wood (see Carpenter bees), but will nest in abandoned mouse burrows under piles of grass clipings or leaves, stones, logs, or other such locations. A number of species may be commonly encountered, some of which are more likely to sting people than others. Whenever the nest area is directly threatened, bumble bees will attack and sting the intruder as a defensive reaction. Recommended products: |
Carpenter Bee |
Cicada Killer |
Carpenter bees resemble large bumble bees but have very different nesting behavior. They bore long tunnels into wood and divide these tunnels into cells where individual larvae will develop. While several to many females may be nesting in wood of the same structure or other site, each is acting in a solitary fashion, as these are nonsocial bees. Carpenter bees complete one generation per year in most areas of the United States. Tunnels are prepared and eggs laid in the spring. Larvae and pupae develop in the closed cells in early summer. Adult bees emerge in late summer and return to the same tunnels to hibernate for the winter months. Recommended products: Carpenter bee kit |
Cicada killers are a large insect, up to 2 inches long. The body is black and strikingly marked with yellow, so that its general appearance bears some resemblance to a large hornet. The female wasp excavates a large burrow about 1/2 inch in diameter. Soil is thrown out of the burrow, leaving a small but unsightly mound of dirt at the entrance. Female wasps will not sting unless they are handled, but their sting can be painful. Recommended products: |
Bald-faced Hornet |
Mud Dauber Wasp |
The Bald-faced hornet is moderately large and has whitish or yellowish markings on the front of the head, between the eyes. The basic color of the body is black, with white markings on the thorax and abdomem. Some of the most universally recognized and fear-provoking wasp nests are their large grayish brown carton structures often seen hanging from a tree or bush. These nests generally resemble very large, inverted tear drops or bloated soccer balls. Recommended products: Delta Dust |
Female mud dauber wasps construct cells of mud. They stock these with spiders or insects as larval food for their offspring. When the cells are full, a single egg is deposited and the cell is sealed. Mud daubers serve as beneficial insects because they contribute to the control of spiders, including black widow spiders, around buildings and in attics. These wasps are usually few in number, and they are not aggressive like bees or yellow jackets. Their mud nests may be unsightly and may occasionally attract carpet beetles. Recommended products: Tempo WP |
Paper Wasp |
Yellow Jacket Wasp |
Paper wasps build rather simple nests consisting of only one tier or layer of cells. The cells open downward and are not covered. Collectively, this layer of cells is called a comb. Nests are usually suspended beneath horizontal surfaces, commonly hanging from the eaves of houses and beneath window ledges or porch roofs. These nests are rather small, rarely more than 6 to 8 inches in diameter, so there are seldom more than 100 to 200 workers on the nest at any one time. Recommended products: Tempo WP |
Yellowjackets are the smallest of the common wasps at about 1/2 inch long. Most species typically build their nests underground, so workers will come and go from the nest via an earthen tunnel that ends in a hole at the soil surface. As many as several thousand workers may be produced in a colony in one season. Yellowjacket workers tend to be somewhat unpredictable in their response to humans who approach the nest. Often, a person approaching the nest is completely ignored, but sometimes a person simply walking nearby will be stung. Many experts consider yellowjackets to be the most dangerous of the wasps because of the insect's nesting and foraging behavior and the potential for its venom to induce severe, life-threatening allergic responses in certain sting victims. Recommended products: Delta Dust |
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