As the summer is approaching its end, yellow jacket nests are operating at full capacity in New Jersey.  These backyard pests are still causing trouble for area businesses and homeowners who are trying to enjoy their last days of the great outdoors.

A yellow jacket is a black and yellow wasp that is about ½ of an inch long.
Yellow jackets are considered social wasps.  They build their nests in wall voids, the ceilings of buildings, in abandoned rodent burrows, or they will make their own nest in the ground.  In a single season, a yellow jacket colony can have 1,500 to 15,000 insects depending on the species.

Wasps primarily eat spiders and insects.  These aggressive pests have become a nuisance for New Jersey residents because they also seek out human food sources of sugars and protein to supplement their diets.  You will often see yellow jackets hanging around uncovered trash cans, hovering over your picnic food, and slipping in and out of soda cans.

You should never try to eliminate a yellow jacket wasp nest on your own.  Instead you should always call a pest control expert who in trained in wasp removal services.  Yellow jacket wasp stings can be very dangerous, whether you are allergic to them or not.  More people obtain life threatening emergency assistance due to yellow jacket stings than any other type of insect in the United States.
 
Businesses always need to be mindful and protect their patrons from painful bee and wasp stings.  Homeowners too are at risk of an infestation from these nuisance pests.  Call Stern Environmental Group for 24 hour emergency bee and wasp removal service.  We provide expert service to Secaucus, New Jersey, the Greater New York City Metro and Connecticut Regions.