Wasp Extermination for Edmonton
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Edmonton Wasp Treatment
Professional Pest Management is a trusted provider of comprehensive and professional services for effectively treating and eliminating spiders in a variety of structures, both residential and commercial.
Spiders naturally help keep bugs away, but that doesn't help when one drops down on you while you're trying to finish something important. To keep spiders away, remember they come inside for two main things: food and a place to live. They're like unwanted delivery people, coming after the bugs you have, and then hiding in dirty spots. Remove their reasons for being there, and they'll go back outside where they should be.
Spiders naturally help keep bugs away, but that doesn't help when one drops down on you while you're trying to finish something important. To keep spiders away, remember they come inside for two main things: food and a place to live. They're like unwanted delivery people, coming after the bugs you have, and then hiding in dirty spots. Remove their reasons for being there, and they'll go back outside where they should be.
Wasp Identification, Prevention, and Treatment
In Edmonton, you'll often find these three troublemakers in your yard: Yellowjackets hide their nests in walls and around roots and fiercely protect them. Paper wasps make umbrella-shaped nests under roofs; they are less aggressive but will sting if trapped. Bald-faced hornets, which are actually wasps, build large gray nests in trees and might chase you for about 20 meters for no reason. Knowing which one you're dealing with is important to decide if you should use powder, spray, or move the nest, and when to do it – yellowjackets are most active in late August, while hornets are more active earlier in the year.
Besides just causing pain, wasps can trigger strong allergic responses and force outdoor activities to stop, which can cost businesses like restaurants and daycares a lot of money. Unlike bees, wasps can sting repeatedly and also release a scent that signals other wasps to come help. This means if you try to hit one, you should watch out.
Wasps look for meat in the spring, like bits of old hamburgers, and sugar in late summer, such as spilled soda. Keeping garbage cans tightly closed, washing out compost bins each week, and cleaning off outdoor tables makes it harder for them to find food. Change hummingbird feeders with sugar water every two days, or you will be attracting wasps.
When there aren't many cars around, walk around the outside of the house early in the morning or late in the evening. Watch where the insects are flying; they fly in specific routes directly to their nest. If the nest is hidden, use something like a doctor's stethoscope to listen along the walls; this can help you hear buzzing sounds behind the wall.
Trying to get rid of wasps yourself with spray cans usually doesn't work well. Homeowners often get stung, and the wasps might not all die, only to come back meaner. Experts protect themselves and use: • A special dust made with silica that they blow into wasp hiding places. The wasps clean themselves, the dust dries them out, and they die in a couple of days. • Liquid bug killers that don't scare the wasps away. The wasps carry the poison back to the nest, killing the whole colony. • Long poles that reach high nests, keeping the nest from falling on you. After killing the wasps, we remove or bag up the nests that are easy to see. Old nests can attract new wasp queens in the springtime.
Close any openings in the soffit bigger than 3 mm, fix broken vent screens, and use caulk to seal around pipes. Put plants like peppermint or wormwood by entrances to discourage wasps; they aren't perfect, but every small thing that bothers wasps helps. Last, put up fake wasp nests only at the beginning of May. After wasps build real nests, the fake ones are just for show and don't work.
Edmonton's Trusted Wasp Exterminators
Why should you choose Professional Pest Management? We have local certifications, a large insurance policy of $5 million, and use plain vans so we don't stand out in areas with homeowner associations. Our environmentally friendly products use much less chemicals than store-bought foggers, and we guarantee you won't have pest problems for 90 days.
Spots for service on the same day are available until 4 p.m. There's no extra charge for weekend visits, since wasps are active at all times. Here's a tip you might find helpful: Every fall, wasp queens that can reproduce hide in stacks of wood to survive the winter. Keep your firewood at least 15 cm above the ground and 2 m away from walls to prevent a wasp problem next year.