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We constantly strive to provide you with the best information possible. You may find yourself dealing with a pest problem if you have any of these things on your property. Finding any type of unexpected bug in your yard or home can be annoying, but there are few insects that provoke the kind of fear that wasps do. Not only are they plentiful, with over 30, varieties of wasps living across the seven continents, their painful stings can cause a long list of health problems, from pain at the site of the sting to anaphylaxis among those susceptible to wasp venom.
However, it's not just bad luck that may lead you to discover an increase of wasp activity on your property—or even inside your home—this summer. Read on to discover what could be attracting wasps to your yard, according to exterminators and entomologists. Those fruit-bearing trees on your property may provide you with healthy treats on a regular basis, but they could also be providing a home for wasps on your property.
If you have fruit trees, "you probably have a wasp problem," says insect expert Josh Matta , a senior biologist for Spectrum Garden Brands. While you may not want to clear cut your property to avoid wasps, picking up rotten fruit as it falls on the ground and keeping them in lidded trash cans or compost bins can help. For more home safety tips delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.
Those brilliantly-colored flowers in your yard don't just look good to you—they look pretty good to your local wasp population, too. Another option is to rub the under-roof area liberally with bar soap; ordinary soap like Ivory soap will do. One application can last through an annual wasp season. Products like the Bee Free Wasp Deterrent will trick territorial wasps into believing that other wasps already live in the area. Most predatory wasps will avoid building a nest within a few hundred feet of another nest.
Plant some of these around your patio and outdoor sitting areas to repel wasps. Photo by soufiane koraichi on Unsplash. There are varying opinions on the effectiveness of using traps to reduce the wasp population in specific areas. This is partly due to the distance wasps will travel when foraging. Wasps have been known to fly from to yards to meters from their nest in search of food. Traps are more likely to be useful in small areas. Setting out traps in the early spring, when only a few wasps may be evident, is most effective.
You can buy wasp traps or make your own. Use a razor knife to cut the top from a two-liter plastic pop bottle. Cut just above the shoulder of the bottle. Discard the screw top. Fill with water about halfway.
Coat the neck with jam, invert it and set back on the bottle. Use two small pieces of tape to hold it in place. Wasps will go down the funnel to get the jam, but will find it difficult to get out.
Most will drop into the water and drown. A few drops of dish soap in the water will make it hard for the wasps to tread water, and will hasten their demise. Note: In the spring and early summer, wasps are attracted to protein-based baits; use jam or other sweet baits in later summer and into fall. As more wasps are caught, they create a raft on which other wasps can survive for a considerable time.
Some of these wasps then find purchase on the plastic of the bottle and eventually crawl out. The longer the trap is untended, the more wasps will manage to escape, which may result in swarming. Empty the trap daily and discard contents some distance away from the spot where the trap is located. This sturdy, colored glass trap will take a bite out of your wasp problem. Simply add the included lure, a bit of water, and replace the stopper. Hang or place in an area with high wasp concentrations.
Wasps fly up through the bottom hole, become trapped, and drown in the water. After two weeks replace the lure, or just add sweet liquid lemonade works. Click for more info, or to buy the Glass Wasp Trap.
The Bee Free Wasp Deterrent repels wasps, it does not harm or kill them. It works on a very simple principle: wasps avoid the nests of other wasps. No chemicals, folds flat to bring on picnics, environmentally safe. Click for more info, or to buy the Bee Free Wasp Deterrent. The Oak Stump Farms Yellowjacket Trap safely and efficiently catches yellowjackets and other wasps by baiting and capturing them in a reusable plastic jar.
A translucent cover over the jar hides dead wasps from view. Click for more info, or to buy the Yellowjacket and Wasp Trap. There are many recommendations for homemade wasp repellent, most of which include dish soap. However, because wasps can be aggressive, an attack from a wasp swarm is potentially fatal.
For this reason, never spray anything on wasps directly. However, if a wasp nest is located too close to the home or in a location that is in conflict with human activity, then you may need to remove the nest. Wasps flying directly in and out of a single location may be entering and leaving their nest.
Before approaching the nest, be sure to wear protective clothing that covers the whole body, including gloves and a veil that covers your face, ears, and neck. Wear several layers of shirts and pants.
Tape clothing cuffs at wrists and ankles close to your body. Check carefully to ensure there are no exposed parts of the body; wasps may target even the smallest exposed areas. Wait until well after dark before removing the nest. Wasps are drowsy and slower to react during the night, but you should still exercise caution during the nest removal process. Use a headlamp if you have one; otherwise have a helper to hold a flashlight for you.
Filter the flashlight by wrapping the lens with red cellophane or thin red cloth, as wasps are attracted by yellow light. A headlamp with a red light setting is even better. Step lightly and try not to talk when approaching the nest; wasps are sensitive to vibrations. Place a cloth bag over the entire nest and quickly tie it off at the top; as you draw in the tie, pull the nest free. The bag should be well sealed. Set the bag in a pail of water; drop a rock on the bag to keep it fully submerged.
If the entrance to the nest is easy to see, it can be blocked using a large, clear bowl. Use caution as there may be more than one entrance to underground nests. Set the bowl over the nest entrance and work it into the ground a bit so there are no exit routes for the wasps. The bowl should remain in place for several weeks. Nests in wall voids or underground are more difficult to remove, and should be left to the professional.
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