Around Mississippi
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local wasp information
Wasp control in Mississippi
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Wasps in Mississippi: what to know
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 Mississippi: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which wasps actually live in Mississippi, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Wasp species recorded in Mississippi
- 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 '…
- Native paper wasps (Polistes spp. (e.g., P. fuscatus, P. apachus, P. exclamans)) — Open umbrella-shaped nests under eaves, porch ceilings and railings. UC IPM: paper wasp colonies 'vary between 15 to 200 individuals'; Penn State: queens 'establish nests in May…
When wasps are busiest in Mississippi
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).
Bald-faced hornet range per Penn State covers most of the 48 contiguous states and D.C. European hornet is established across the eastern United States (Penn State). European paper wasp is reported less common in the Southeast and Great Plains (Penn State).
Rules that apply in Mississippi
For context, nationally
Sources: CDC MMWR; Southern Yellowjackets - Field Guide to Common Texas Insects; Baldfaced Hornet; European Hornet; Yellowjackets and Other Social Wasps (Pest Notes). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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