Wasp Control Service
About Wasp
- Wasp, any member of a group of insects in the order Hymenoptera, suborder Apocrita, some of which are stinging.
- Wasps are distinguished from the ants and bees of Apocrita by various behavioral and physical characteristics, particularly their possession of a slender, smooth body and legs with relatively few hairs.
- Wasps also generally are predatory or parasitic and have stingers with few barbs that can be removed easily from their victims. Similar to other members of Apocrita, wasps have a narrow petiole, or “waist,” which attaches the abdomen to the thorax.
Cicada Killer Wasp
Cicada Killers are large wasps, approximately two inches in length. They are black or dark brown, with colorful yellow markings on several segments of their abdomen. Their wings are amber.
Thread Waisted Wasp
Thread-waisted wasps (superfamily Apoidea), contain forms of more diverse habits, with some nesting in wood, pithy plant stems, or in nests made of mud. Spider wasps (Pompilidae) usually build nests in rotten wood or in rock crevices and provision them with spiders. The potter, or mason, wasps (subfamily Eumeninae) of the Vespidae build nests of mud, which are sometimes vaselike or juglike and may be found attached to twigs or other objects.
Paper Wasp
Native paper wasps are smaller than European Wasps, and lack their vivid yellow markings. They tend to only be aggressive when defending their nests, and are otherwise beneficial insects to have around the garden.
Sand Wasp
Sand wasps include many related genera and species, including all wasps in the genus Bembix. Most sand wasps are yellow and black, or white and black, often with a banded (beelike) pattern. Many have pale greenish markings. All dig nests in the ground for their eggs and provision their nests with insects, including various types of flies. Often, many sand wasps make their nests in the same small, sandy area, but they are not social or communal the way paper wasps and yellow jackets are.