If it feels as though spider webs suddenly appear everywhere around your home as summer winds down, you are not imagining it. Spider activity does not necessarily explode overnight, but larger outdoor webs and wandering spiders become much easier to notice in late...
As temperatures begin to fall in Hampton Roads, mice and rats start looking for reliable places to find food, water and shelter. Your home can provide all three. Rodents remain active throughout the year, but homeowners often begin noticing them indoors during the...
Mosquitoes: Bold, Bitey, & Bothersome!Amanda Styer Did you know that only female mosquitoes bite? They need a blood meal to make more mosquitoes! While we may find mosquitoes bold, bitey, and bothersome, they do serve a purpose. Mosquitoes are great pollinators...
Argentine Ants By: Amanda S Argentine Ants originally came from Argentina but now are found around the world. They breed rapidly and live in large colonies. Unlike other ant colonies, they have multiple queens who reproduce frequently to keep colony numbers up....
Cockroaches: Prehistoric Pests of the Here and Now By: Amanda S I don’t know about you, but when I encounter cockroaches, my skin crawls…literally. Cockroaches have been around since prehistoric times, and it doesn’t appear that they will be going anywhere any...
Wasps: Don’t Bee Confused! By: Amanda S Who hasn’t encountered a wasp? Maybe at a picnic? Maybe taking out the trash? They have been around since the Jurassic, and I think it would be safe to assume that they may have annoyed even the feistiest of dinosaurs...
Things you can do to assist with the success of Ant control around your home.
Ants are typically looking for three things: food, water and shelter.
* Keeping the kitchen clean from dirty dishes and sugary items laying around can be of a help.
* Keep pet food and water dishes clean and remove any spilled food.
* Dripping faucets or a leak in the home provides moisture that ants look for.
* Keep entry points sealed up around doors, windows and pipes.
* Keeping logs and leaves away from your home can help with outside ants coming indoors searching for food.
How To - Ant control:
* You can do ant control yourself. Box stores sell the items but the poisons they use, typically kills the ants before they can get back to the nest and affect the queen and thus the ant colony.
* Another idea is to try repellants such as coffee grounds, peppermint oils and lemon where ants tends to enter.
* White vinegar mixed 1-1 with water can be known to kill and repel ants.
* Good Ant control takes repetitive service and keeping up with a scheduled routine of application.
* Ants are just simply hard to keep away. The best way is to call a pest control professional but you can try these suggestions:
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Some Helpful Advice on How to Handle Cockroaches
Things you can do to assist with the success of Cockroach control around your home.
Cockroaches are typically looking for three things: food, water and shelter.
* Keeping the kitchen clean from dirty dishes and items laying around can be of a help.
* Keep pet food and water dishes clean and remove any spilled food.
* Dripping faucets or a leak in the home provides moisture that cockroaches look for.
* Keep entry points sealed up around doors, windows and pipes.
* Cockroaches can live up to a month without food and a week without water.
How To - Cockroach control:
* You can do cockroach control yourself. Box stores sell the items but the poisons they use don't tackle the source issue and you will more than likely keep seeing them over time.
* Despite what you think, they will live in a clean and tidy home which isn't enough to deter these pests
* Good Cockroach control takes repetitive service, species identification and keeping up with a scheduled routine of application.
* Cockroaches are just simply hard to keep away without the right prevention. The best way is to call a pest control professional but you can try these suggestions:
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Some Helpful Advice on How to Handle Spiders
Things you can do to assist with the success of Spider control around your home.
Spiders are looking for a meal.
* Keep the bug population low around your home.
* Keep your house free of clutter.
* Dripping faucets or a leak in the home provides moisture that cockroaches look for.
* Make sure windows are closed or use a screen.
* Secure any openings that spiders may be able to make their way through.
How To - Spider control:
* You can try utilizing peppermint oil as a repellent.
* Spiders are looking for food so hire a pest company to handle the source of the issue.
* Also a pest professional will handle any spider webs as well as the spiders identification.
