Stingers · SWFL Pest Identifier

Paper Wasp

Keep an eye on it Fine in small numbers — repeated sightings mean a source.

How to identify it

Size

Medium (dime to quarter)

Where you'll see it

Lanai / patio · Attic / walls

Looks like

Wasp / bee

Did you know

They hunt caterpillars all day to feed their young — a nest away from doors is quietly working your garden.

What it means for you

Leave nests you can ignore; remove the ones over doorways (early morning, or have us do it).

Text a photo and a licensed local tech will identify it for free — or run it through the interactive identifier.

Organ-pipe or urn-shaped mud tubes on walls

Ground nest — steady traffic in and out of a hole in the yard

Fuzzy, golden-brown, carries pollen on hind legs

Steady bee traffic in and out of one gap in soffit, wall, or meter box

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