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Midsummer is wasp season: when the black and yellow roasters eat fruit cakes, meat and lemonade, in most cases people become aggressive, not insects.
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- Wasps can not only sting but also bite. With their sharp, precise mouth tools, they usually only shred their food.
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Only two of the eight domestic wasp species fly on fruit, juice, beer and meat. The Nabu Nature Conservation Association draws attention to this. They are the German wasp and the common wasp. But even these species, like the dreaded hornets, are by no means malicious and basically aggressive. On the contrary, wasps only sting when they feel threatened by humans, for example by frantic waving, beating or blowing.
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Insect venom allergies are increasing in Germany, affecting about five percent of the population. In the worst case, allergy sufferers must fear a life-threatening anaphylactic shock when wasps come to the grill party. But there is an effective therapy against insect venom allergy: specific immunotherapy (SIT) – hyposensitization with the wasp or bee venom. Although it does not completely cure the allergy, it alleviates the symptoms significantly in the long term. Immunotherapy is also suitable for allergy sufferers who show "only" excessive skin reactions after an insect bite, no shock symptoms. For safety reasons, allergy patients should nevertheless have an emergency kit coordinated with their doctor, which contains, for example, epinephrine.
Seven tips Wasp stitches too avoid
Run not barefoot across the meadow. Especially in late summer and early autumn, wasps rest here, which kills them when they kick and kills them.
Only with drinking straw drink from bottles and cover open bowls and cakes to avoid accidentally getting a wasp in your mouth.
After eating quickly Clearing leftovers wipe the child's mouth so as not to attract wasps.
To keep wasps away from the dining table, the Nabu recommends distracting feeding outdoors. The best way to do this is five to ten meters from the dining table overripe grapes lay out. In wasp traps with liquid, the animals die an agonizing death, jams and honey make them more aggressive.
Wasps like colorful clothing and floral patterns, and they fly up floral perfumes and deodorants. Avoid this if possible.
Hectic movements and Anxiety sweat let wasps stab more. So try to stay calm until the attack is over.
Don't blow on the wasps to drive them away. The carbon dioxide in the air we breathe is an alarm signal for the hymenoptera.
Incidentally, there are only eleven types of "real wasps" in Europe, while the overarching group of waist wasps comprises 10,000 different representatives. They also include all species of ants and bees with which the wasps are very closely related. Not to be confused with the wasps are the harmless, black and yellow striped hoverflies, which take advantage of the wasp's color as a deception (mimicry).
Some of the wasps plagued swear by household remedies from the kitchen and everyday life to keep the insects away from the summer party. These include copper coins, tomato and basil plants, cloves and incense.
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