When the weather heats up families across the UK pack up their picnic hampers, slap on their suncream and head out to enjoy the sunshine. But a day out at the seaside or a BBQ in the park can be ruined by just a handful of annoying buzzing gatecrashers…
Pest control experts Rentokil have received a 21% increase is wasp complaints so far this year, and with the weather expected to warm up again in the next few weeks, we could be in for a very wasp-filled summer.
There’s nothing that will put you off your icecream more than being hounded by insects, and for people with allergies to wasp stings that worry is even greater. So UKWaspWatch is asking for your help to track wasp sightings across the UK in the effort to get a better understanding of wasp activity and to pin down any wasp-riddled hotspots.
Using a special online map the sightings are rated between 1-10, or can even be posted from Twitter using the hashtag #ukwaspwatch using the postcode of the wasp location. In logging all your wasp sightings, you are not only helping track wasp locations, but for every post logged on the map 20p is donated to the Anaphylaxis Campaign, the UK charity that supports people with severe allergies.
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This is a good idea but the article is a little misleading as it leads people to believe that they are going to be given practical advice on how to avoid stings or repel wasps. It would have been good to include some info on this, as well as on how to help track their activity.