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  • Ants
  • Bed Bugs
  • Fleas
  • Perimeter Pest Control
  • Roaches
  • Spiders
  • Mosquitos
  • Rats and Mice
  • Pantry Pest
  • Bees and Wasp

Wasp and Bees

Carpenter Bee

Bald Face Hornet

Carpenter Bee

Carpenter Bee

 Carpenter bees resemble bumble bees, but the upper surface of their abdomen is bare.  Carpenter bees bore holes into wood.  So late spring early summer you might see the carpenter bee hovering around your house.  Male will be aggressive flying near humans but are harmless because they have no stinger. Female carpenter bees can inflict a painful sting but is rare unless you are handling her.  

Yellow Jacket

Bald Face Hornet

Carpenter Bee

Yellow jacket

Yellow jackets get their name from their from their yellow and black striped body.  These guys can build nest above ground but most of the time the yellow jackets will be found in the ground especially when mowing grass. Yellow jackets aggressively defend their nests and will be most aggressive in late summer.  

Bald Face Hornet

Bald Face Hornet

Bald Face Hornet

Bald Face Hornet

The Bald face hornet  is about 0.7 inch long and is black with whitish markings.   builds a distinctive pear-shaped  nest covered with grayish paper like material. It usually constructs this nest in a tree or under the eave of a building.  Baldfaced hornets are beneficial because they capture other insects and  feed them to their larvae. Treatment only recommended if in stinging distance 

Paper Wasp

European hornets

Bald Face Hornet

Paper Wasp

 Several species of Paper wasps occur in Missouri. All are about 1 inch long, slender and variously colors of brown, red and yellow. They build their nest along eaves and other sheltered buildings.  Have found many of these wasp using eave entry points to build nest in attics and wall voids.  The paper wasp builds a single comb nest.  As with other wasp only the queen will survive the winter.

Mud Dauber

European hornets

European hornets

Mud Dauber

 Mud daubers vary in length from 0.5 to 1.25 inches and are very slender with threadlike waists.  Mud daubers build tube shaped nest made from mud in sheltered areas. The female wasp stocks the nest with spiders and other insects that she has captured and stung into paralysis. After laying an egg on the prey, she builds a partition to make a small cell. Then she captures another prey, lays another egg.

European hornets

European hornets

European hornets

European hornets

European hornets in Mo are  dark brown with yellow and reddish markings and is about 1.2 inches long. This hornet usually will be found in hollow trees or logs.  Will also find itself on homes.  The European hornet will go towards light at night.  Should only be controlled if near human activity.

Cicada Killer

Cicada Killer

Cicada Killer

 The Cicada killer wasp is 1.5 to 2.0 inches long and brownish-black with yellow markings on the abdomen and face.   The female digs a burrow in the soil, captures cicadas by stinging and paralyzing them, and then carries them into the burrow. An egg is deposited on each cicada and a cell is closed off.  The larvae spend the winter in the nest cell.  Cicada killer wasp really cause very little problems other than being annoying and a little messy time to time.

Honey Bee

Cicada Killer

Cicada Killer

 Honey bees are about 0.5 inch long with a fuzzy light brown to black appearance and a brown-and-black-striped abdomen. They  are considered to be a extremely beneficial insect going around pollinating our plants and food supply.  Can become a pest when trapped in wall cavities of a home.  We recommend calling a bee keeper and try to relocate colonies.  Honey bees are the only bee that dies after stinging you.

Sweat Bee

Cicada Killer

Sweat Bee

Sweat Bees are attracted to human perspiration and females will sting.  The sweat bee builds its nest on bare dirt. So a good defense would be to grow and mulch your property.  Sweat bees are not aggressive and pose little threat.

Cost

$150-200 depending on situation please call for better estimate.

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