Overwhelmed exterminators: numerous and very aggressive wasps this year

The large amounts of rain may have contributed to the proliferation of wasps. Meanwhile, which in addition to being more aggressive this year, multiply at high speed, giving a hard time to exterminators which are completely overwhelmed.

“The nests are smaller, but there are a little more. In addition, The major difference is that wasps are much more aggressive this year. Nevertheless, One in two people who calls us has been bitten, ”explains the director general of slaughter extermination, Samuel Genest.

The small size of the nests also makes the extermination work more complex. For example, these being more difficult to locate, adds Mr. Genest.

Need protein

The exterminator believes that due to the heavy rains since the beginning of the summer, the wasps have had much less time to go out, as they cannot fly during rainy weather.

They therefore have enjoyed good weather for two weeks now to go out. since if the adult needs sugar and pollen during thaw, babies need protein, he says.

“The larvae eat protein so when you do BBQ, for them it’s the perfect time […]. They [les guêpes] want to make sure to protect babies. for that, they need our food, so we become a predator and […] Cut yourself from there because they will prick you for sure, “he warns.

Winter favorable

According to the extermination company Maheu & Maheu. a sharp increase in interventions related to wasples is also explained by the softer winter as we have known, followed by an early and warm spring.

The company explains that these conditions allowed the Wox Queens to get out of their diapause earlier. start building their nests quickly.

“If the weather remains mild during the construction holidays, we can expect a strong increase in active populations from the beginning of August, which will necessarily lead to a significant increase in requests,” said the company.

This is also an opinion shared by Nicolas Barbasch, president of EXTERMINATORSQUECUBE.CA, who says he is doing fifteen interventions a day recently, and this, only for wasps.

“Difficult to say if there are necessarily more than the previous years for the moment as it is always early. but it is certain that with softer winters, there are fewer queens that will die and there will also be more overwhelmed exterminators: numerous very aggressive reproduction,” he concludes.