Before you meticulously begin inspecting your property for possible carpenter bee presence, you must be first equipped with the knowledge to actually know what you are looking for. Carpenter bees are often mistaken for bumblebees because of their strikingly similar appearance. The main distinguishing point to look out for is the abdomen. Carpenter bees are…
Carpenter ants are well known for their skills to damage wooden structures. They are a big problem in homes in their search for food. Carpenter ants, surprisingly, eat both animal matter and plants in their natural diet or eat insects and other invertebrates and body fluids from other insects. They look for food around the…
Before getting to the bottom of the problem. Recognizing the pest must be the very first thing before you try to remove the nest by yourself. After all, every wasp species has different rabbits, nest, types, and physical traits that distinguish one species from the other. Most Mud daubers are 12-25 mm long and have…
The main problem with resolving an ant problem yourself is that it usually takes a large amount of money for finding temporary solutions. Most of the websites offer only temporary relief and always advice on the use of natural treatments or harsh chemicals. Not only are treatments claimed to be very effective the truth is…
Carpenter bees are some problematic pests that really can damage the integrity of your wooden structure once they find some suitable wood to tunnel their way in. Different from another wasp that you are used to seeing, carpenter ants do not construct a nest from scratch. Instead they see out uncovered pieces of wood, usually…
Carpenter ants are fascinating creatures and are remarkably different than what you regularly would find in your regular tiny ants. Each carpenter ant has a certain role in the colony. The queen is the most important carpenter ant in a colony because of her ability to lay eggs and to give birth to future generations. …
There are many wasps that wasp control experts come across very often. As the summer months are coming near and the weather seems to be warming up day by day. Residents can expect more wasps on their property since it is generally the time when wasps come out of their pupae and start to seek…
Contrary to popular belief carpenter ants do not have any interest in consuming wood, unlike termites. Rather, carpenter ants use their mandibles to construct an interaction network inside of wooden structures by tunneling and digging their way into it including mulch outside. Carpenter ants can have devastating consequences when they decide to move inside. They…
Carpenter bees are normally known as solitary bees. Solitary species differ from social species. Solitary bees tend to be sociable and fond of company and often have several nests of solitary bees that are near each other. In solitary nesting, the founding bee forages, builds cells, lays the eggs, and guards. Normally, only one generation…
Carpenter bees, like any other bee species, usually overwinter in wood before they emerge in the warmer months in spring and the summer. They usually emerge around April and May and start mating. The female lays its fertilized eggs in the drilled holes which are called cells or galleries by vibrating their bodies against the…