Wasps are stinging insects that can create problems in your yard. Their stings can be painful and can cause swelling or other reactions. Eliminating nests from high-traffic areas such as play areas and porches can be important, especially when someone nearby has a known allergy to insect stings.
To deal with wasps around your home, it’s important to contact a good Tulsa Pest Control company. Wasps can sting more than once because, unlike honey bees, many wasps do not leave their stinger behind. Their venom can cause immediate pain at the sting site. Oklahoma State University Extension provides information about wasps, their nesting behavior, stings, and control around homes.
Some people can have a severe allergic reaction to a wasp sting, and that can become a life-threatening emergency. Anyone who develops signs of a serious allergic reaction after a sting should seek emergency medical attention. For ordinary local reactions, basic first aid can include washing the area and using appropriate measures for pain and swelling. CDC/NIOSH provides guidance about insect stings and severe allergic reactions.
Wasps include both solitary and social species, and their nesting and hunting behavior varies. Many solitary female wasps build or prepare individual nest cells, hunt insects or spiders, sting prey to immobilize it, place the prey in a cell, and lay an egg with that food supply. The larva then feeds on the stored prey as it develops. Social wasps, such as paper wasps and yellowjackets, live in colonies with multiple nest cells and workers that help maintain the colony and feed developing young.
Overwintering also varies among wasp species. In many social wasps found in temperate areas, most of the colony dies as cold weather arrives while newly mated queens survive winter in protected locations. They emerge when conditions warm and begin establishing new colonies. Solitary wasps have different life cycles, and many overwinter in immature stages rather than as adult females.
If you think you’re having a problem with wasps or other insects, contact a good Tulsa Pest Control company that can help eliminate the problem. TermMax Pest Control can help with wasps and other pest-control issues around your home. Call us today.
