It’s important to get rid of wasps as soon as they appear to protect your family and pets. With European wasps being particularly aggressive and the chance you may experience an allergic reaction if stung, DIY wasp treatments are not recommended.
Far better to contact the professionals at Termites VIC, as we have the necessary safety equipment and specialist products to get rid of the wasp problem safely and quickly.
Before carrying out a wasp treatment it is important to identify the species of wasp and the location of the nest or nests.
If we can locate the nest we will carry out a direct nest treatment, which will eliminate the nest in a matter of minutes. The nature of the treatment depends on the type of wasp and location of the nest, but will either involve a high volume liquid spray or blowing insecticide powder into the nest.
As long as we can access the nest, we will remove the nest after treatment. We will leave any underground nests where they are.
Although we consider ourselves pest managers, as keeping a home pest free is more than just spraying insecticide, when it comes to wasps, we are really are just a “wasp exterminator”. You want the wasp nest eliminated and there’s not much we can do to stop another nest moving into your area next year, especially if we’re talking about European wasps.
There’s very little we can do to stop European wasp nests moving into your area, but a general pest spray to the exterior of the building can prevent native wasps building the nests for many months. Keeping vegetation trimmed back from the perimeter of the building will help too.
To make your outdoor areas less attractive to foraging European wasps
A wasp trap can also be beneficial, to trap any foraging wasps arriving on your property and prevent them returning to their nest to pass on the location of house as a potential food source.