However, if a wasp nest poses an immediate safety risk—when it’s in a high-traffic area or if someone in your home is allergic to wasp stings—you can use the paper bag wasp decoy trick.

Around 225,000 emergency room visits and 100 deaths per year are due to wasp stings. When wasps feel their nest is threatened, they can coordinate a defensive attack.

What kind of wasps are in the Lowcountry and how can you avoid stings? Here’s what to know about these pesky summer insects.

Wasps can become very defensive when their nest is disturbed. Discouraging or eliminating nests Early in the season, simply knocking down newly started paper wasp nests will cause the founding ...

The nests usually grow up to 6–8 inches in diameter and house dozens of wasps. During the fall, dozens or hundreds of reproductive females hang out around tall buildings or towers.

If the nest is dead, or if you need to do additional work to dispatch it, there is no guarantee another wasp nest won’t form in the walls or in your yard. Wasps forage over a wide area and might ...

If you’re facing hornets or bigger wasp nests, there’s no substitution for professional help. Hundreds of angry wasps stinging you at the same time is a recipe for hospitalization or death, ...

Why do wasps harass us so much in August and September? To figure this out we need to learn a little more about wasps, their life cycle and habits. Click here for important updates to our privacy ...

Still other wasp species burrow into the ground to construct their egg chambers, and some wasps construct no nests but, instead, deposit an egg or eggs directly inside the bodies of specific prey ...

Later that day, I took care of that hidden wasp nest. Paper wasps are common in Florida. They frequently construct and attach their paper-like nests to building eaves or to the ceilings of porches.