Teh One Who Knocks
09-05-2015, 12:41 PM
By CarolineW_LE - The Lincolnshire Echo
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Lincolnshire could be invaded by swarms of wasps and flying ants this month.
It's set to be something of an Indian summer for wasps as they take to the air across the region and the rest of the country.
Garden centres have reported a "bumper year" for insect control products which have risen by 300 per cent at Wyevale Garden Centres, which has a store in Louth.
It follows a summer where flying ants led to a 300 per cent increase in the sale of insect control produces.
Last week, products related to wasp control shot up by 180 per cent, the company said.
Wasps, in particular the worker variety, will be very active at this time of year.
As the weather cools, the queens go into hibernation to get ready for building a new nest the following spring and the worker wasps become very active.
However, a hot start to the summer caused a bigger increase in its population, prompting a steady sales growth in wasp control products over the past four weeks.
Duncan Mclean, buyer for garden nourish and control at Wyevale Garden Centres, said: "It is definitely a bumper year for insects, and homeowners can expect the "invasion" to continue for the next few weeks.
"It's very likely you will see plenty of wasps around, as they have become more active recently. People should be aware of them, although they are part of the balance of nature, as the temperature drops, wasps become more sluggish and aggressive.
"As for garden spiders, we have also spotted more numbers of these, not great news for the arachnophobes amongt us, but buoyant numbers of the eight-legged creatures are great for pest consumption in gardens across the country."
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Lincolnshire could be invaded by swarms of wasps and flying ants this month.
It's set to be something of an Indian summer for wasps as they take to the air across the region and the rest of the country.
Garden centres have reported a "bumper year" for insect control products which have risen by 300 per cent at Wyevale Garden Centres, which has a store in Louth.
It follows a summer where flying ants led to a 300 per cent increase in the sale of insect control produces.
Last week, products related to wasp control shot up by 180 per cent, the company said.
Wasps, in particular the worker variety, will be very active at this time of year.
As the weather cools, the queens go into hibernation to get ready for building a new nest the following spring and the worker wasps become very active.
However, a hot start to the summer caused a bigger increase in its population, prompting a steady sales growth in wasp control products over the past four weeks.
Duncan Mclean, buyer for garden nourish and control at Wyevale Garden Centres, said: "It is definitely a bumper year for insects, and homeowners can expect the "invasion" to continue for the next few weeks.
"It's very likely you will see plenty of wasps around, as they have become more active recently. People should be aware of them, although they are part of the balance of nature, as the temperature drops, wasps become more sluggish and aggressive.
"As for garden spiders, we have also spotted more numbers of these, not great news for the arachnophobes amongt us, but buoyant numbers of the eight-legged creatures are great for pest consumption in gardens across the country."