Wasps return to their nest at dusk and remain their overnight. It is a good time to remove the nest, but this still has to be done very carefully. If disturbed, wasps will come out at night to get you. Contrary to popular belief, you can NOT destroy a nest by hitting it with a baseball bat – even at night.

Why do wasps keep coming in at night?

Wasps are active at night but are confined to the nest, carrying out nest duties such as tending to larvae and nest repair. Often customers report noises coming from a nest during the night; this sound is from the young wasp larvae.

What kind of wasp comes out at night?

A large, widely distributed group of common, social wasps known as Vespidae create papery nests for their young. Unlike other vespid wasps like yellowjackets and hornets that are active during the day, the European hornet (Vespa crabro) is capable of flying at night.