It's that time of year when wasps start to become more and more prevalent.
However, this year, we are seeing more than usual.
"Well, this year in particular, they have been pretty bad," said Jayson Kornahrens, Owner of Sierra Pest Control.
Sierra Pest Control typically gets anywhere between two to five calls to deal with wasp nests around this time, but this year they've had about 30.
The wasps like to nest near fences and on homes so they can stay cool while being close to resources.
There's really only one option to get rid of them.
"The only real way to actually take care of a wasp problem is to take the nests out, and you got to find where the nest is," Kornahrens said. "The problem with that is there could easily be hundreds to thousands of nests just here within a square mile radius of a house."
They take care of nests by spraying them down with wasp killer and water, then throwing them away.
One problem that can occur is that wasps also like to hang out around lawns, and there's nothing you can do to get them out of there.
One Reno resident has lived in the same home for 40 years.
She says she has never had this problem until now.
"It's affecting how I'm taking care of my lawn," said Kathy Louis. "I couldn't go out in my backyard the other day for fear of getting stung. My dog has already gotten stung. It's bad."
The pest control company says the wasps early in the summer are not nearly as dangerous as they get later into the summer.
"They become pretty dangerous pretty much around late August," Kornahrens said. "Around that point their food supplies are kind of dwindled, the drones are going to be dying off so they're going to be a little bit more bold and aggressive."
With the uptick we're seeing right now, it could mean we see more and more pop up as we head into the later summer months.
