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-Published on March 24, 2023
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Swimming pools act as your private oasis all summer long, providing endless hours of relaxation and outdoor fun. But when wasps move in, your time around the pool can turn from delightful to disastrous. Fortunately, a few simple solutions can keep wasps away from your pool, letting you get back to enjoying the water.
Wasps are naturally attracted to big, open sources of water. Because they have a hyperactive sense of smell, they tend to prefer bodies of water with strong odors. The chemicals typically used to treat pool water, such as chlorine, emit odors that wasps are often drawn towards.ย
Additionally, the bright colors and scents of common backyard flowers and grass can attract wasps. Meats, sugary drinks, and sweet-smelling fruits that you serve poolside will often capture the attention of wasps searching for a new food source.
Unfortunately, wasps can be tricky to get rid of, especially in expansive outdoor areas, making it hard to know what to do about wasps around your pool. Certain natural remedies can help prevent wasps around your pool, control where they spend their time or make areas of your yard less appealing. To keep wasps away from your pool areas, follow these tips:
Keeping wasps away from your pool is easiest when you hire a professional pest control solution company like Hawx Pest Control. We offer individualized zone treatments around the perimeter of your yard to prevent wasps and keep your pool area safe and fun. Hawx uses a three-fold process plus high-quality tools and qualified technicians to create an environment that lets you get back to relaxing by the water all summer long. Call us today for a free estimate.ย
Wasps are flying insects that are either predatory or parasitic, meaning they can attack their prey or feed off a host to survive. They have pincers in their mouthparts, and most varieties have stingers with barbs that easily detach. In stinging species, only females have a powerful sting, which releases venom. Adult wasps are attracted to sugary drinks, foods, or anything with a sweet, fruity smell, but they can also eat other pests like flies, aphids, and centipedes.
Wasps can be solitary or social. The most common backyard wasps are social, operating as a system with one or several queens, a few drones, and sterile workers. The queen starts a colony in the spring by building a small nest and laying eggs that hatch into workers. These workers enlarge a paperlike nest composed of chewed dry plant material, usually wood, mixed with saliva. Depending on the species, you can find nests in soil cavities, tree trunks, or hanging from leaves, branches, or the eaves of buildings.
All hornets are wasps, but not all wasps are hornets. A hornet is a specific type of wasp. Most of the hornets found in the United States are related to the yellow jacket โ a well-known backyard pest. Hornets are typically larger than a standard yellow jacket wasp with duller colors and are usually far more aggressive than a typical wasp. If someone or something threatens their nest, they can become dangerous and produce a very painful sting.
Luckily, wasps are not known to carry or transmit any human diseases. The most concerning risk from wasps is if a person is allergic to their venom. Allergic reactions can range widely from swelling and redness to anaphylactic shock. In some cases, nausea and vomiting can occur.
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Edited by
Kurt Freudensberger
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Michelle Sanchez
Scientifically reviewed by
Daniel Baldwin. BCE. CCFS, CP-FS
Edited by
Kurt Freudensberger
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Michelle Sanchez
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