Around Oregon
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 Oregon
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Wasps in Oregon: 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 Oregon: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which wasps actually live in Oregon, 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 Oregon
- Western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) — UC IPM: 'the most commonly encountered species and is sometimes called the "meat bee"' in California and the Western states; ground and wall-void nester and aggressive scavenger…
- 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 paper wasp (Polistes dominula) — Penn State: 'first reported in 1978 around Boston', now 'coast to coast ... although they are apparently less common in the Southeast and Great Plains'; nests in 'eaves of struc…
- 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 Oregon
Western yellowjacket queens start nests each spring, colonies grow through summer and scavenge aggressively in fall before dying off; only fertilized queens overwinter (USU).
Bald-faced hornet range per Penn State covers most of the 48 contiguous states and D.C. Western yellowjacket is the dominant scavenging wasp of the Western states (UC IPM).
Rules that apply in Oregon
For context, nationally
Sources: CDC MMWR; Yellowjackets and Other Social Wasps (Pest Notes); Baldfaced Hornet; European Paper Wasp. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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