Environmental Pest Control is a professional hornet nest removal company in

Alexandria VA

that will quickly and safely remove hornet nests and provide hornet control services for your property.  Our pest technicians are trained and certified to be able to handle all hornet infestations issues.  We have one time services and quarterly pest control plans to solve all of your hornet removal needs.  We provide free over the phone estimates and free inspections to ensure we provide you the best solution each and every time for all of your hornet nest removal needs.  

There are two types of hornets in our market:  Bald Faced Hornets and European Hornets. Let us take a look at what each looks like:

Bald-faced Hornets - Are black with white or ivory-colored markings. They build large, rounded, papery, gray nests, usually in trees. There's a reason they're called bald-faced hornets: Although they are mostly black, these wasps have white or ivory markings on their faces.
European Hornets - Their bodies are brown with yellow stripes on their abdomens. European hornets have pale faces. They have two pairs of wings and six legs. European hornets have long bodies and antennae.

Hornets are more prone to sting when they feel threatened. A single hornet can sting once or multiple times, and sometimes hornets swarm and can cause tens or hundreds of stings.  Hornet stings can be extremely painful, and sometimes life threatening, which is why you want to hire a hornet exterminator right away to safely remove a hornet’s nest from your property!

All hornets are wasps, but all wasps are not hornets.  The major difference between wasp and hornets is size and color. Wasps are about 1/3 inch to 1 inch long. Hornets are larger. Wasps have black and yellow rings, while hornets have black and white rings.  Hornets are distinguished from other wasps by their wider heads and larger, more rounded abdomens; they also have a different life cycle.

The best way to get rid of hornet’s nest is to have professional pest control company remove due to the threat of upsetting the hive and risking multiple stings. At Environmental Pest Control, our pest professionals where full body protective suits so they cannot be stung.  We also have the appropriate equipment.  We use the proper chemical to safely remove the nest.  We have telescoping poles to easily reach hornet’s nests that are high in trees.  Additionally, as always, a quarterly pest control plan on your property will provide year round protection from all pests and rodents and we can ensure a hornet’s nest doesn’t form in the first place.

A standard guide for hornets is that they make above ground nests while wasps go below ground.  However, the giant ground hornet, otherwise known as the Cicada Killer, is actually a wasp!  The females burrow tunnels below ground to lay her eggs.  Measuring roughly 1 1/2 inches long, giant ground hornets are a huge and scary. However, only females are able to sting.  Therefore, if you find giant ground hornets in the ground, you know they are females and they are capable of stinging.  Do not attempt to treat giant ground hornets yourself.  Call Environmental Pest Control and our expert exterminators will safely treat and remove all giant ground hornet infestations.