Mud Dauber Control in Port Charlotte, FL

Mud Dauber Control built for Port Charlotte homes

Port Charlotte's canal system stretches more than 165 miles through the community, and the constant water exposure along those canal banks keeps humidity elevated around eaves, soffits and garage door frames where mud daubers prefer to build. Unlike paper wasps, mud daubers work alone, pressing wet mud into tubular cells tucked against exterior walls and inside vented openings. Florida's black and yellow mud dauber and the organ-pipe mud dauber are both documented across the state, and in Port Charlotte the wet season running June through September gives them a long stretch of reliably moist building material. With fewer than two freezing nights a year, nest-building activity can carry through much of the calendar. An ongoing home program addresses mud daubers alongside the other wasps and pests that take advantage of Port Charlotte's mild, humid conditions.