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Wasp control in Georgia

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Wasps in Georgia: what to know

Around Georgia

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see wasps, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Wasps in Georgia: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which wasps actually live in Georgia, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

five active nests in the Wilmington Island area

Yellow-legged hornet nests removed near Savannah in the first year (2023)

Georgia is the US point of entry for this invasive hornet.

Clemson Cooperative Extension HGIC

nearly 200 nests were removed

Yellow-legged hornet nests removed (most recent year reported)

Activity now reaches inland to Statesboro and south of Fort Stewart.

Clemson Cooperative Extension HGIC

Wasp species recorded in Georgia

Eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) — UF/IFAS lists it with the southern yellowjacket as Florida's two yellowjackets; OSU lists it for Ohio; Texas A&M notes it is 'generally found in eastern Texas'. Ground nests 9.5…
Southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa) — Texas A&M: 'Colonies can contain up to 4,000 workers', 'In Texas, some colonies can survive for several years and continue to grow', and southern colonies '6 ft across' have bee…
Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) — Penn State: 'found in most of the 48 contiguous states and D.C., throughout Canada and in Alaska'; actually an aerial yellowjacket that builds the football-shaped gray paper nes…
European hornet (Vespa crabro) — Penn State: 'first detected in the 1840s', 'well established in the eastern United States', 'first reported from Arkansas in 1999'; workers 'up to an inch (25 mm) long', nests '…

When wasps are busiest in Georgia

Colonies start in April–May and peak from late summer into fall; in the Gulf South some southern yellowjacket colonies survive winter and grow into multi-year 'super nests' (Clemson, Texas A&M).

Clemson: 'In the summer of 2023, the Georgia Department of Agriculture announced that yellow-legged hornets (YLH), Vespa velutina, were observed "hawking" beehives near Savannah, GA.'

Rules that apply in Georgia

For context, nationally

788 — Deaths from hornet, wasp, and bee stings, 2011–2021 (US). CDC MMWR
72 deaths per year — Average annual sting deaths, 2011–2021 (US). CDC MMWR

Sources: Clemson Cooperative Extension HGIC; CDC MMWR; Yellowjackets and Hornets, Vespula and Dolichovespula spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae); Southern Yellowjackets - Field Guide to Common Texas Insects; Baldfaced Hornet; European Hornet. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Wasp control in Georgia

Wasps in Georgia: what to know

Around Georgia

What to note

A useful next step

Wasps in Georgia: what the public record shows

Wasp species recorded in Georgia

When wasps are busiest in Georgia

Rules that apply in Georgia

For context, nationally

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