With summer soon to be approaching, it’s likely you will notice increased pest activity. Why is it that most pests like the summer season best?
As the temperatures soar, insects and rodents begin to creep out of their winter hidings in search of food, and your homes make a cosy place for them to find all they are looking for. Food leftovers to dark warm corners of your home make a perfect dwelling for them to thrive and breed. Especially for the cold-blooded pests, Indian summer makes a favourable climate for reproduction, due to which you can expect large invasion and multiplication of pests, which makes controlling them a nightmare. Some of these pests include spiders, bed bugs, mosquitoes, flies, moths, and rodents. So why not be pests ready before the situation goes out of control.
Some of the ideal ways to prevent summer invasion of pests are:
- Keep the house clean and dry, especially free of standing water to ensure mosquitoes do not have a favourable breeding environment. Keep stored water containers covered all the time.
- Keep wired/screened windows closed between the dawn and dusk, which is the ideal time for insects and bugs to enter your house.
- Ensure all the food leftovers and wet trash is cleared every night before the lights are turned off. Rodents are drawn to your home with the smell of food, therefore keeping your kitchen and dining areas free of any food spills and crumbs can go a long way in preventing such pest infestation.
- No matter how tight your windows are closed and that you shut the door behind you, every time you enter the house, one of the easiest way for pests such as cockroaches and millipedes to enter your kitchen and bathrooms are through drain holes. Make sure drain holes are always covered and drain pipes are clear of debris and standing water.
- Regularly treat your home with safe and inexpensive remedies such as the use of cloves,neem spray, vinegar, baking soda, etc. can help eliminate pests at the very initial phase, thus lowering the chances of reproduction.
- In addition to taking the above precautions, you can also use over the counter pest products like sprays, gels, traps, etc to get rid of any pests at the very first existence.
These are some of the ways you can prevent pests this summer, in spite of your care and vigilance if you still spot a pest in your home, chances are there are already many more of them which are out of your sight. In such a case, it is best to take the help of a qualified and experienced pest control agency to make your home pest proof this summer.