Wasp Nest In Attic Winter

While one or two small wasps won t cause much damage to the structure of your home several hundred certainly could.

Wasp nest in attic winter.

So if you intend to go up into your attic or do some renovations in the wall be aware that this hazard is much more prevalent in winter and take measures to protect yourself. Once winter is over any surviving queens come out of hibernation and start on the building blocks of a new nest. It s survival of the queen. All members of a wasp colony do whatever it takes to keep the queen alive to lay eggs when the weather warms.

The structure of a wasp nest is able to withstand the meteorological conditions outside but this doesn t mean the wasps will use it again a new wasp is made when the winter is over. However for the rest of the wasps in winter the outlook isn t good. Spray the nest according to the directions on your spray. After the initial structure is in place somewhere sturdy and sheltered which is why wasps often choose loft spaces and guttering the queen will start to lay eggs in the nest s cells.

During winter when the temperatures drop low only the wasp queen gets through the hibernation process the rest of the colony is wiped out completely. If your wasps have built a nest on the floor of your attic bomb style wasp poisons work very well. I am quite protective and never harm the queens. Nests are helpful when trying to identify the type of social wasp.

The motto of wasps is not survival of the fittest. Therefore it is a good idea to knock down any empty abandoned nests over the winter and thoroughly clean the area before the queen wasp reclaims the area come springtime. It can take 10 20 days for a wasp nest to die off when treated at this time of year compared with a few hours in july or august. From your description the nest is probably a bald faced hornet nest which are very common in our area.

If the nest is a hanging nest make sure you purchase a spray with a projectile shot so that you can completely cover the nest with it. They can damage the insulation in your attic and interfere with the structure of your walls. Another common place to see wasp nests and sometimes an occasional hibernating queen or two is in the loft or attic. Wasp nests in the loft or attic.

Although wasps will never return to a previously used nest several species of wasp will build their new nest on top of the old one. Wasp nests do take longer to die off after treatment in the autumn and winter mainly due to the lower metabolism of the wasps making the absorption of insecticide slower.