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Summer brings with it the dreaded wasp season. These flying pests can deliver painful stings and even cause serious breathing difficulties or severe swelling if you are allergic to their venom. If you have a swarm of wasps buzzing around your garden or home you’ll probably want to get rid of it quickly. Here are three ways to get rid of these pests.
In the UK, we are plagued by two types of wasp, common wasps called Vespula vulgaris and German wasps called Vespula germanica, but was is drawing them in?
What attracts wasps?
Ever found yourself getting more attention from wasps than others around you?
This could be because you are wearing brightly coloured clothes.
Wasps are particularly attracted to bright colours so in a bid to keep yourself wasp free it might be worth ditching that yellow t-shirt for your al-fresco lunch.
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Do not do this, if you squash a wasp this will release a chemical that alerts other wasps to attack.
You could end up being harassed by a swarm of wasps, so here are five things to safely deter or get rid of these pests.
Grow strongly scented plants
Wasps don’t like the smell of certain plants so will hopefully steer clear of your garden if you plant them.
Marigolds, fresh mint and tomato stems to us may smell glorious but wasps hate these smells.
DON’T MISS:
Blue, purple, white and yellow flowers are most attractive to wasps so avoid these where possible.
Closed and doubled-flowered plants such as roses could be neutral flowers to plant in your garden.
While these will provide you with a pop of colour they will be too hard to access so wasps won’t be overly attracted to them.
Burn citronella candles
There is a reason why citronella candles fly off the shelves over the summer.
These are great for keeping not only wasps away but all insects too much as pesky mozzies.
Turn off the lights
Many Brits leave an outside light on at night but this could be attracting wasps to your garden.
Be sure to close your windows at night at wasps will also be attracted to these lights.
Place sugar and water traps outside
If after all your best efforts to deter these pests they are still buzzing around you, sugar water traps may be your only hope.
Simply mix water and sugar together inside an open bottle.
The sugary mixture will prove irresistible to wasps, who will likely crawl inside, become trapped and die.
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