Wasp nests found and treated at the nest
A steady line of wasps in and out of one spot means a nest: in a bank, a wall cavity, the eaves or the roof. Stu follows the line, finds it and treats it where it sits. Free quotes.
If Stu’s up a ladder or under a floor, the phone is still answered and he returns your call.
- Rats, mice, cockroaches
- homes, rentals and businesses
- Tauranga to Te Puke
- the Mount, Pāpāmoa, Katikati, Ōmokoroa
- 20 years in pest control
- a family business since 2002
- Make it right, or money back
- free quotes, no hidden fees
What happens next
Before you ring
What changes the cost?
Where the nest is, how high it sits, how easy it is to reach and how big it has grown. Quotes are free.
Can it wait?
A nest keeps growing through the summer and sends out new queens in autumn. Treated early in spring, it’s a smaller job.
What happens on the visit?
Stu finds the entrance from the line the wasps fly, suits up and treats the nest where it sits.
Who comes out
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Tauranga Exterminator is Stu of Professional Pest Control.
Stu or one of his technicians comes out to look at it, Stu quotes, and he and the team do the treatment, right across Tauranga.
- 20 yearsin pest control
- Since 2002a family business
- 10+ yearsacross Tauranga
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Where wasps build
German and common wasps nest underground and in cavities in trees and buildings. In spring the queen looks for somewhere warm, dark and dry: a sunny bank most often, but also attics, roofs, eaves and wall cavities. The nest grows all summer, sends out new queens in autumn and dies off over winter, though some survive and grow much bigger.
Paper wasps are different: small, open, grey nests hanging under eaves, decks and fences in gardens and scrub. They’re less aggressive, but they chew weatherboards.
A queen can fly up to 70 km looking for a nest site, so a garden that was clear last year can have a nest this spring. German and common wasps live in farmland, forest, scrub and town gardens alike, so an orchard edge or a rural block is as likely a spot as a town garden.
Why it’s a job for Stu
New Zealand has the highest densities of wasps in the world, with nothing here to keep them down. A nest in a bank by the lawn or in the wall by the back door means a lot of stings waiting to happen, and poking it with a hose or a can only stirs it up.
The best time is as early in spring as you spot it, at dusk when the wasps are back in the nest. Stu suits up, treats the nest itself rather than the wasps flying round it, and digs it out where it can be reached.
What Stu does about it
Follows the flight line
Wasps fly a straight line home. Stu follows it to the entrance.
Suits up
Bee suit on, so he can get right to the nest.
Treats the nest
At the entrance and inside, so the whole colony dies off.
Checks it’s finished
No more traffic in and out. Where the nest can be reached, it comes out.
What customers say
Best service I've had and we have used a few!!
Very good service. Highly recommend to anyone
Questions
Another question? Call 0800 164 102, or put it on the quote form and Stu will answer it.
When is the best time to treat a wasp nest?
As early in spring as you spot it, while the nest is small. The wasps are back inside at dusk.
Do you take the nest away?
Stu treats the nest so the colony dies off, and digs it out where it can be reached, like the one in his photo from a bank.
They’re paper wasps under the deck. Is that the same job?
Much the same. Paper wasp nests are small and open, so Stu treats them where they hang.
Get a free quote for the wasp nest
Tell Stu what you’re seeing and where, and he’ll come back with a free quote.
What to send Stu
- A photo of what you found: the droppings, the bug, the holes or the nest
- Where you’ve seen or heard it
- How long it’s been going on
- Who’s at home: children, pets
- For a business: the kind of premises and your trading hours
Once it’s sent, Stu looks over what you’ve told him and any photos, then gets back to you to work out what you’ve got and give you a free quote. What he quotes is what you pay.
Thanks, we’ve got your details.
Stu will be in touch to work out what you’ve got and give you a free quote. If you’d rather talk, call 0800 164 102.