Wasps In Attic Winter

As winter starts drawing to a close you may wonder.

Wasps in attic winter.

In fact they re sometimes called umbrella wasps. However for the rest of the wasps in winter the outlook isn t good. A total release fogger may kill the wasps that are in your attic. It s survival of the queen.

In winter wasps are using your walls and your attic crawl spaces to hide from the cold. All members of a wasp colony do whatever it takes to keep the queen alive to lay eggs when the weather warms. 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. The motto of wasps is not survival of the fittest.

When the first frost comes most of the wasps in the colony die except for female wasps that are going to become queen wasps. Well actually many of them don t. Wasps are one of the most commonly exterminated insects during the spring and summer months when they awaken and are easily disturbed. Other wasps sometimes spend the winter indoors but paper wasps are notorious for ending up inside.

Here are a couple of tips to try if you are getting wasps in your living areas during the winter. They re the wasps that make those open comb nests outside that look like an upside down umbrella.