Wasp Control in Your Home

You call in a professional. This is not the time for a DIY solution.

It depends on the kind of wasp you have. Paper wasps eat nectar and other insects including caterpillars and flies. Cicada killer larvae feed on cicadas and other insects. Adult cicada killers will feed on flower nectar, fermented sap from trees, and other large plants in their habitat. Adult mud daubers feed on plant nectar, honeydew, and body fluids from the spiders they capture. Some species of mud dauber even feed on dangerous black widow spiders.

You call in a professional. While wasps are usually less aggressive than yellow jackets or hornets, they will defend their nest. This is not the time for a DIY solution.

If you do have wasps, it’s because you have a nice spot for mud daubers to build their nest. Typical mud dauber nest locations include sheltered sites under eaves, porch ceilings, open garages or sheds, barns, protected building walls, and attics. If you have any of these and you have spiders around, mud daubers will be attracted to the area. The only way to keep them away is to make your yard less attractive to them.

Wasp stings can be painful and cause a reaction ranging from hives to breathing trouble. The good news is that many wasps only sting when they feel threatened.

The lifecycle of a wasp depends on the species, but in general a worker wasp’s life can last from 12-22 days, while a queen can live up to a year.

A wasp is social winged insect that has a narrow waist and a sting. It constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects.