F.A.Q.

A mouse nest is a loosely woven ball of shredded material, roughly the size of a softball. Mice build them from whatever soft material is available: paper, insulation, fabric, cardboard, dried grass, or string.

Mice can fit through any opening roughly the size of a dime (a quarter inch), and they exploit gaps around foundations, utility lines, vents, doors, and rooflines to get inside.

All hornets are wasps, but not all wasps are hornets. Hornets are generally larger, more aggressive when their nest is threatened, and build bigger, enclosed nests. Most other common wasps, like paper wasps and yellow jackets, are smaller and nest differently.

Yes, rain creates new standing water for breeding and raises the humidity that mosquitoes need to stay active, so populations typically surge within a week or two after significant rainfall.