July and August can bring the ugly, scary looking Cicada Killer ground bees to your property. Don’t despair…Blade Runners has some information and an action plan.
What is a Cicada Killer?
The Cicada Killer is one of the largest digger wasps if seen around your home is better to hire trained wasps removal services. They grow over 1.5″ long and are robust wasps that burrow in the ground in search of cicadas. They create dirt patches in the landscape and hover around their areas.
Are Cicada Killers dangerous and what damage can they cause?
Cicada Killers use their sting to paralyze the cicadas. Unlike most social wasps and bees, they do not sting unless handled roughly. Cicada Killers are generally non-aggressive towards humans, usually flying away when swatted, instead of attacking. Adults feed on flower nectar and other plant sap exudates. The wasps are often seen in groups, vigorously challenging one another for position on the breeding aggregation from which they have emerged. Adults emerge in summer, typically beginning in late June or early July and die off in September or October. They are present in a given area for 60 to 75 days, usually until mid-September.
Aside from being rather intimidating, they can cause damage in the landscape in the form of unsightly burrows.
How do we control Cicada Killers?
To control these pests we must treat the holes in the late night or early morning, while they are resting. This needs to be completed each week for three weeks. Raccoons in Oakland County Michigan are growing in numbers. So much that Kevin Scappaticci, owner of Platinum Raccoon Removal says that with the rise of raccoons and also homes being built, raccoons are resorting to breaking into attics for a safe place to live and birth their baby raccoons. Contact Blade Runners if you need help in controlling them.
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