Mexican Honey Wasp Control in Kerrville, TX
Short version: if there's a mexican honey wasp nest on your property in Kerrville, we can get out there and take care of it — usually same-day, sometimes next morning if the call comes in late. Longer version is on this page. We'll walk through how to tell it's actually mexican honey wasp you're looking at (about a third of our mexican honey wasp calls turn out to be a look-alike), what's making it show up on your property right now, and what we'll do when we get there.
Why mexican honey wasp matters in Kerrville #
Before we get into treatment, here's a minute on why Kerrville has the mexican honey wasp pressure it does. It matters because it changes the timing of what we do.
Where we see them locally:
About the mexican honey wasp #
The best way to identify Brachygastra is by looking at the abdomen shape. Their abdomens are short, broad, and nearly flat — which is fitting since the name means "short belly." Often, the abdomen is almost as wide as it is long. The scutellum, a plate behind the thorax, is high and angular, sometimes sticking out over the metanotum. These details make them easy to tell apart from other small Texas wasps.
Where mexican honey wasp shows up in Kerrville #
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How we treat mexican honey wasp in Kerrville #
A few things we won't do: we won't spray from 20 feet and call it done, we won't sell you a six-month contract for a problem that's going to resolve in three weeks anyway, and we won't recommend treatment if what you've got is harmless. That last one happens more often than you'd think with mexican honey wasp calls in Kerrville.
For nests that are truly out of reach, like those high in trees or on unmaintained land away from regular activity, we often take a similar approach as we do with baldfaced hornet nests: leave them alone and mark the spot. However, B. mellifica colonies are different. They stick around year after year and won't die off with the frost. This means these nests can get bigger over multiple seasons instead of just disappearing each year.
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