Stinging Insect Identification Guide
What are stinging insects?
Stinging insects are a group of beneficial insects that are responsible for pollinating plants, flowers, and crops. Many species of stinging insects are predators and help to control nuisance insects and small garden pests. Common types of stinging insects living in our Utah service area are wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, and mud daubers.
As their name suggests, stinging insects have a venom-filled stinger coming off the end of their abdomen. They use their stingers to paralyze their prey or as a way to defend themselves. When stinging insects decide to place their nest near, on, or in your home, their threats outweigh their benefits, and they turn from beneficial pests to unwanted pests.
What kind of stinging insects are found in Salt Lake City?
The three most common types of wasps that you will have issues with are Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, Mud Daubers.
- Paper Wasps tend to be less aggressive. Usually, they only sting when they or their nests are in danger. Their nests are generally found hanging from eaves of homes, fences, etc.
- Mud Daubers get their name from the nests they make. They make their nests out of mud and are generally found on walls. They have skinnier bodies than paper wasps and Yellowjackets and like paper wasps, they are less aggressive than Yellowjackets.
- Yellowjackets are significantly more aggressive than Paper Wasps and Mud Daubers. They tend to have larger nests and larger colonies. Most of the time they make their nests underground or inside walls.
Are stinging insects dangerous?
Stinging insects can be very dangerous. The venom that stinging insects inject after stinging a person can trigger severe allergic reactions that require medical attention. Anaphylaxis can occur in those severely allergic or in the case of a group attack, and when stinging insects build their nest in a high-traffic area of our home or yard, the chances of getting stung increases dramatically. Care should always be taken around stinging insects. Nests placed in high traffic areas should be removed by a trained professional.
Why do I have a stinging insect problem?
The biggest reason why stinging insects become a problem on our properties is that there are ample places to nest and forage for food. Many species use trees, dense vegetation, and sheltered areas on our houses as nesting sites. Stinging insects feed on plant nectar, proteins, and sweets, and they forage for food in our yards around gardens, garbage cans, compost piles, recycling bins, and outdoor eating areas.
Where will I find stinging insects?
Where stinging insects build their nests depends on their species. Hornets, wasps, and mud daubers like to build their nests in protected areas like under overhangs, between rocks, or in woodpiles. They may also make their nests in trees, on utility poles, under decks, or in door frames.
Yellowjackets, on the other hand, nest on or in the ground. They build their nests under woodpiles, bushes, between rocks, or in the abandoned nests of small animals.
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How can I prevent stinging insects in the future?
Keep your Salt Lake City home and yard protected from stinging insects with the help of Pest Pro Pest Control and the following prevention tips:
- When eating outside, keep food and drinks covered until you are ready to eat.
- After eating outside, clean-up all food and drinks quickly.
- Remove areas of standing water from your property that stinging insects could use as a source of water.
- Don’t overplant flowering vegetation on your property.
- Remove fallen trees, logs, and tree stumps from your yard.
- Fill-in ground holes around your yard.
- Place tight-fitting lids on all garbage cans, recycling bins, and compost bins.
- Cut back trees branches and shrubs from your home’s exterior walls.
- Caulk up openings in your home’s exterior walls and roofline.
- Keep stinging insects out of your home by repairing loose or broken screens and placing tight-fitting caps on chimneys.
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