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Hornets Pest Control Facts and Prevention
Ernie's Pest Control services Toledo, Northwest Ohio and Lower Michigan.
Preventive measures for all pests you can take are :
- Do not leave piles of clothing, papers or other miscellaneous things laying around
- Regular cleaning and maintenance of your home or business
- When cleaning, check under carpet edges and baseboards
- Do not have dirty dishes piled up and sitting for long periods of time, especially not in old water
- Especially in hot weather, put your food scraps in plastic before disposing of them
- Schedule regular pest control maintenance
- If you see one pest or insect, chances are you are not seeing rest. A call to Ernie's Pest Control should be made to schedule an appointment as soon as possible.
Hornets Pest Control General Information
Hornets Nest
Other Information About Hornets
Hornet is a name commonly applied to members of a group of social wasps that make nests of papery material composed of chewed plant foliage and wood. Their nests are usually surrounded by a football-shaped paper envelope.
Hornet or wasp stings can be dangerous or fatal if an allergy is present. Disturbing a wasp or hornet nest can cause repeated stings by the swarm of wasps, which can be life threatening.
Bald Faced or White Faced Hornets Pest Control
Bald Faced or White Faced Hornet (Vespula Maculata)
Characteristics
- 1.2 inches long
- Black with white markings on most of its segments and face
Habitat
- Throughout North America
- Builds nests, gray in color, and that are usually suspended from tree limbs, bush or side of a building
- Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed
- Hornet nests are usually located out of reach and are best removed by a professional pest control company
European Hornet Pest Control
European Hornet (Vespula Crabro)
Characteristics
- 1 inch long
- European Hornet is reddish brown in color
Habitat
- These hornets build their nests inside hollow trees, rock crevices, or on human structures
Diet
- Like many of the smaller hornet species, they eat insects and their larvae, and ripe fruit
**In several Hornet species, no workers are produced. Instead females lay their eggs in the nests of other wasps, where the eggs hatch and the young are fed.**