What you need to know about Wasps

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We have dozens of different types of wasps in Delta, some so small, you don’t even see them. Most are both pollinators and predators of pest bugs. Common wasps, including the paper wasp, yellow jackets and bald-faced hornet, yet it’s the yellow jackets that scavenge on our food and garbage. Wasps create a new colony each spring and never reuse the old nest. The nests are made of chewed wood fiber mixed with saliva. They can sting with their small barbs repeatedly, in defense of their nests and it’s usually the yellow jackets or hornets. A wasp’s sting is painful (trust me I know) and some people are allergic. Wasps are also edible insects and are being touted for their high-protein and low fat. Samurai wasps are now being used to fight the invasive stink bugs, the wasps lay their eggs inside stink bug eggs.

gogreenpestcontrol.ca Ladner Tsawwassen Delta B.C. Randy Bilesky

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