Wasp Nest Removal
Single visit treatment with professional-grade insecticide. Same-day callouts in season (April-October). Wasps die back; the nest is treated, not just sprayed.
From £80Wasps in the eaves, the loft, the shed or the chimney? We match you with a vetted Cornwall pest controller for same-day or next-day treatment — professional-grade insecticide, the nest treated (not just the visible wasps), and proofing advice to stop it coming back next year.
Wasp nests are an April-to-October problem in Cornwall. Queens emerge from hibernation in spring, choose a site (eaves, loft, shed, cavity wall, garden bank, occasionally a chimney) and build a small starter nest. By August a busy nest can contain 5,000-10,000 wasps and be the size of a football. By September the wasps are increasingly aggressive — searching for sugar, ignoring food, more likely to sting on contact — and that's when most callouts happen.
Cornwall wasp treatment prices (2026):
What a treatment involves:
Why DIY usually fails: Aerosol sprays from a garden centre kill the visible wasps but rarely reach the queen or the developing brood. The colony recovers and you've made the remaining wasps very angry. Worse, blocking the entry hole to an active nest — common advice on the internet — means stressed wasps inside the cavity will chew through plasterboard, find another route out, and often end up in the living room. Don't do this.
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Getting a vetted wasp nest removal specialist in Cornwall shouldn't be a guessing game. Here's how the match works.
Fill in the quote form: your Cornwall postcode, the pest and where you've seen it, how long it's been a problem, and whether it's a home, holiday let or commercial property.
We pass your details to a vetted Cornwall wasp nest removal specialist covering your area. They contact you direct with a written quote — usually within hours, often same-day for wasps and rodents.
Your matched controller attends, treats and (where the pest needs it) returns for follow-up visits and proofing advice. You sign off and pay them direct — no middleman markup.
Need something other than wasp nest removal? We cover the full range of Cornwall pest control — wasps, rats, mice, seagulls and pigeons, bedbugs and commercial contracts.
Single visit treatment with professional-grade insecticide. Same-day callouts in season (April-October). Wasps die back; the nest is treated, not just sprayed.
From £80Rats in the loft, shed, garden or stables. Two to three-visit programme: treatment, follow-up, proofing advice. CRRU-stewardship-compliant rodenticide use.
From £180Mice in walls, behind the oven, in the loft. Treatment plus the proofing that stops them coming back. Cornwall rural and HMO specialists. Discreet visits for landlords.
From £150Spikes, netting, post-and-wire systems, scaring deterrents. Cornwall coastal seagull specialists. We work within Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 and Natural England licensing.
From £300Holiday lets, restaurants, hotels, food businesses, schools, landlords. Contract inspections, electronic site logs for EHO, BPCA Servicing Members.
From £30/moIndicative Cornwall prices. The pest controller gives a firm written quote after attending — figures below are typical 2026 starting points.
Single visit, accessible nest. Roof, two-storey or cavity-wall nests typically £120-£200.
Two to three visits — treatment, follow-up, proofing advice. Stewardship-compliant bait stations.
Per room, insecticide programme. Heat treatment whole-property £400-£800. Holiday-let priority slots available.
Per site, monthly inspection + call-back cover. Holiday lets, restaurants, hotels, food businesses.
We cover the whole of Cornwall — find your nearest town to connect with a vetted local pest controller in your area.
Everything you need to know about wasp nest removal in Cornwall.
£80-£200 typically. Accessible nests in eaves, sheds or garden banks run £80-£120. Roof, two-storey or cavity-wall nests typically £120-£200. Hornet nests £150-£250. Bank holiday and out-of-hours callouts usually add around 30%. The pest controller gives a firm quote when they see the access.
Usually yes during weekdays from April to October. Same-day callouts get harder on summer Saturdays and bank holidays — these book up fastest. Submit your request via the form and we'll match you with whoever has capacity. After dark is rarely possible — wasps are active during daylight, so treatments happen in daylight.
Not usually. Garden-centre sprays kill the visible wasps but rarely reach the queen or the brood deep in the nest. You end up with angry surviving wasps and a colony that recovers. Worse — blocking the entry to an active nest forces stressed wasps to find another route, often chewing through plasterboard into a room. Leave it to a professional with the right insecticide and the right approach.
The same nest will not be re-used — wasps build a fresh nest each spring, and a treated nest leaves residue that deters re-occupation. However, the same site may attract a new queen the following year if it's a particularly inviting location. Once the nest is treated, ask about proofing the entry point — gable-end vents, soffit gaps, cavity-wall openings.
The common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) and German wasp (Vespula germanica) account for almost all Cornwall nests and respond to the same treatment. European hornets (Vespa crabro) are larger, less aggressive than wasps, but their sting is more painful — treatment is the same approach but with extra caution. The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) is a notifiable invasive species — if you spot one, report it via the Asian Hornet Watch app and the pest controller will advise.
Don't worry — the colony is already dying off. Wasp colonies are annual: workers die in late autumn, the old nest is abandoned, and only fertilised new queens survive winter (in a different sheltered spot). A winter-discovered nest is empty and harmless. You can remove it physically if it's in the way, or leave it — it will not be re-colonised. Worth proofing the entry point before next spring.