Pest ID · Stinging Insects

Stinging Insects in Tennessee

Wasps, yellowjackets, and bees get mixed up. Nest shape and color tell you what we treat and how close we get.

Tap the one that looks like what you see

Look like a bumblebee with a shiny black abdomen. They drill a perfect round hole in bare wood and nest in the gallery.

Solitary wasps. They do not live in a paper colony. They build mud tubes on walls, in garages, and under eaves. Thin waist, dark body, some…

Brown with yellow marks, long legs. Open-comb umbrella nest under an eave — no outer shell. Semi-social, smaller colonies than yellowjackets…

Bright yellow and black, defined waist. Colonies can pass 4,000 workers. Nests in the ground or a wall void — not an open comb under the eav…