WASPS have cost Colchester Council £22,000 in lost income so far this year.
A six-month review of the authority’s finances has revealed the shortfall in cash received from pest control.
The council charges £61 for a pest controller to destroy a wasp nest at a house and poor weather is blamed for the low wasp numbers.
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