Why Are Wasps Attracted To Your Toronto Home?

Wasps can cause a nuisance to humans. They will find a way to ruin your fun wherever you are. You wouldn’t want them to be in your home as they can harm you and your family.

There are a few of the things that attract wasps more than others. It will help you if you find out those things so that you can take preventive measures.

If you have an infestation, then you have to call a wasps control service, but there are a few things that you too can do to avoid a wasps infestation. Here’s a list of 3 things which is undoubtedly going to attract the wasps to your property.

Safe refuge

One of the biggest reasons wasps get attracted to your house is that they find safe refuge in your home. Hidden cracks are one of the best places for wasps to build their nests. During the fall season, once the male wasps impregnate, it dies. Now the female wasp has to look for a safe and sound place for her colony, especially in winter. One of the places they love is the cracks and gaps that might be there in your walls.

Although, the wasps don’t usually care much about where they are going to build the nest. However, they always prefer the place near the weathered wood because it is beneficial to them. Paper wasps use wood fibre to make their nests. On the other hand, the queen wasp chews the wood fibre and then mixes it with the saliva to make the paper pulp. Once this happens, they will multiply quickly, and soon you’ll have a wasp infestation on your hands. Make sure to contact a reliable and effective pest control service when that happens.

Insect Availability

When it is summer, the wasps tend to go outside to hunt for food. If there are insects in or around your house, that is another incentive for wasps to create their nests in your home or as close to it as possible. Whenever you notice a wasp roaming above the ground, most probably, they are searching for insects on the soil like larvae. This type of wasps is known as digger wasps. On the other hand, a type of wasps called Cicada killer wasps only hunts for the cicada eggs.

Leftover Meat 

During summer and spring, they usually look out for the leftover pieces of meat. Wasps like to eat protein-based foods; that’s why they are attracted to all the leftover meat in the trash can of your house. If you are fond of grilling food in the yard, make sure that you do not spill the meat on the ground, as the wasps get an opportunity to get into your yard. They can even come to your

plate, too, because they are attracted to the meat on your plate.

Conclusion

So there are various reasons why the wasps get attracted to your home. However, these three of them are the most common ones which have been mentioned above. Make sure that you take precautions to get rid of the wasps from your yard or inside your house. But, if you have tried all the ways to keep the wasps away but you can still get rid of them completely, you should contact your pest control service for pest control treatment.

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