Barrier Pest Control

wasps are living amongst us, watch out for their nests to avoid getting stung. When you see a nest give Barrier Pest Control a call and we can remove it safely for you so can enjoy your yard

Sometime wasps build nests in the ground like the picture shows. Only once we killed the wasps another animal came in over night and made a meal out of the nest by digging it up.

Wasps can build a traditional hanging nest where the entire structure is visible. This is often in trees and bushes but can also be against structure such as fences, decks, and the home. These nests are treated to reduce activity, removed, and then the area is treated again with a residual insecticide. Activity is normally gone the next day. They can also enter void spaces and build a nest in the protected area. This is often above soffits or between bricks of the home. Discovered by frequent wasp activity to the area and into the hole/gap entry point.

This type of nest is very difficult to treat by home owners who often make the mistake of sealing the entry point. This is the worst thing to do as it causes the wasps to find another way out of the nest which potentially drives them deeper into the home. Sprays in this instance have little long term success, they may reduce the population for a few days but very rarely solve the problem. Proper treatment of a wasp nest in a void space is done by applying an insecticide dust into the entry point. Activity is normally gone in 2-3 days, but may take up to a week.

As the cold weather slowly passes and we get the gift of sunshine and warmer days you may be noticing those cute little red spotted bugs around the house. Maybe you don't have those ones and instead you have these giant noisy hairy flies, less cute.

This warmer weather is bringing life back to the cluster fly, lady bug, and box elder beetles. The cat might chase them and bounce around the wall, maybe you tried to kill one and left a lovely smudge on the wall, or you are too scared to close the curtain incase the flies developed intelligence and are worried they'll now have a plan to overthrow your rule of the home.

At this point the best option is going to be an interior treatment. These pesky little guys already made it into the house the fall and have been patiently waiting, enjoying the free shelter until the outside world became livable once again. So as they wake up and bounce along the windows, we can treat the inside of the house so they aren't doing this for days and weeks.

Once the interiors been treated, great you don't have bugs flying around anymore! Didn't you have this problem last year though? The best way to stop this from happening to by treating the outside of the house in the late summer, think early September. With fewer bugs surviving their attempt at overwintering in your house than obviously you will have fewer bugs bothering you in the spring, its a win win here

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