Mud Dauber Control in Land O Lakes, FL

Mud Dauber Control built for Land O Lakes homes

Land O Lakes sits where cypress and hardwood forest grades into slash pine and longleaf pine flatwoods along Cypress Creek, and that mix of shaded canopy and open sunny structure gives mud daubers exactly the nesting territory they prefer. These solitary wasps build clay tubes under eaves, in garages and along soffits, and the roughly 54 inches of annual rain, heaviest from June through September, keep soil soft and workable for females collecting mud through peak building months. Rapid housing growth that began in the 1990s added large numbers of structures with the overhangs and sheltered cavities mud daubers readily claim. Occasional winter freezes slow activity briefly but rarely end it. Because nesting restarts each warm season, a continuing home program is what keeps daubers from reclaiming the same spots every year.