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Wasps are a unlike typical pests in several ways. While they are unlikely to try to enter your home and eat your crumbs, as ants, mice, and roaches do, they can actually trap you in your own home, building nests over your doorways that they will protect with painful stings that can be deadly in large enough numbers. Wasps are unlikely to spread disease to homeowners, but they will attack you directly. They are among the most aggressive of pests. A quality they possess that is unlike virtually every other type of pest affecting American homes is that they will not flee or try to hide from you. Rather, they will set up a home base and attack you virtually any time you are nearby. Really, wasps think of you as a pest and will try to get rid of you. No homeowner should put up with this. When hornets, yellow jackets, and paper wasps move into your home or garden, you will want to eliminate them before they threaten you, your family, or your pets. However, they do serve an important purpose. Wasps pollinate your beautiful plants and help deter other pests that can kill your plants. Of course, they can easily do these things from a distance, working your garden by day and nesting outside your property by night. They really only pose a threat when they move into your property. After all, wasps are most aggressive toward humans when their nests are nearby. When they live offsite but venture into your garden, they are more likely to flee when they feel threatened. When wasps move in, can you get rid of them yourself, or should you rely on the services of pest control experts like H. T. Treadway, Inc.? Here are some facts about wasps and your ability to deter and kill them yourself: • The best method of preventing wasp stings is to deter them. Do not leave food outdoors--pet or human food--and keep any drinks covered, especially if they contain sugar. • If you own fruit-bearing plants, pick the fruit when it is ripe and do not let fruits rot on the ground. Frequent food sources will encourage wasps to move into your property permanently. • If wasp nests are already present in your yard or if you see wasps on a daily basis, then you should try to eliminate them. • Their nests are not always visible. Yellow jackets often nest in holes in the ground or in trees and shrubs. You will usually not see a hive for a yellow jacket or a hornet, as hornets also nest in trees. • Paper wasps, on the other hand, usually build nests that resemble small beehives--possessing comb-like holes and a rounded shape--under awnings, archways, and other ceiling-surfaces on homes. • Some people believe that taping a crumpled paper bag to awnings and ceilings will signal to wasps that another nest has been established, deterring them from building there. However, this does not do anything to deter ground, tree, or shrub nests, which also pose a significant threat. • The best time to get rid of wasps is springtime. At this point, the queen will not have moved in. Wasps will aggressively defend the queen of a nest during the summer and early fall. • You can try to use a store-bought wasp killer. Follow the instructions and spray the nest directly. However, this requires that you face a nest, stand very close to it, and attack it. Should you miss the nest or any of its inhabitants, you may likely be attacked by a horde of furious wasps. • Wasp nests in trees and shrubs will be a bit more difficult to eliminate, as some pesticides can actually harm the plants. • Ground nests are difficult to eliminate because the wasps will be hidden inside. Also, there may be more than one entrance. The best way to eliminate wasps once they have arrived is to rely on the expert help of pest control professionals like H. T. Treadway, Inc. By leaving the work to them, you can guarantee that the wasp problem will be eliminated and you will not have to risk severe stings in the process.
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