Mud Dauber Control in Summerville, SC

Mud Dauber Control built for Summerville homes

Summerville was established on elevated, pine-covered ground above the Ashley River lowlands, and that same above-grade terrain gives mud daubers exactly the sheltered eaves, soffits and garage ceilings they seek when building their distinctive clay tubes. Sceliphron caementarium, the black-and-yellow mud dauber common across South Carolina, gathers moist soil to pack chambers around paralyzed spiders, and Summerville's average of about 53 inches of rain annually keeps damp soil available through the warmest months. Nest building runs from spring into early fall, with activity at its highest during the wettest stretch from June through September. Temperatures fall to freezing on roughly 45 nights each year, which pushes any lingering activity indoors as winter sets in. A continuous program addresses new nests each season before the cycle restarts.