Maybe one you can add this year would be to make your home pest free.
- Home-seal your home.
- Clean up the weeds and stuff around the home.
- Check your attic before returning all that Christmas stuff.
- Hire a professional pest management company.
Light up those Scorpions!
What are some ways to stop those scorpions from getting into your home?
Home – Seal = IPM
Hunt for them at night, reduces population.
Reduce food and harborage areas.
Don’t store things against your home, keep a space which you can get to.
Always check firewood before you bring it into the home.
Use a Pest Management Professional – we know where they live and all their tricks.
“Kissing Bug” aka Triatoma, Assassin Bug, Cone-nose, Wheel Bug, or Ambush bug and sometimes called the Masked Bedbug Hunter “Arkansans spot the dangerous “kissing bug“. This bug is considered a predatory insect, it generally goes after other bugs and suck their fluids right out of their bodies. It gets that Kissing Bug name from the way they attack humans at night if they get into your home – they go to the area of our bodies that allow easier penetrations, like our mouth.
There are a variety of species (7000) and most look cool with their coloration but watch out for their piercing sucking rostrum. They live in the Southern States and Mexico. They transmit Chagas Disease with that painful bite wound where people accidentally scratch and introduce the organism into their bodies .
Best way to keep them out of your home:
- Make sure screens are in place.
- Don’t leave doors open.
- Use door sweeps or correct low thresholds.
- Home-seal and prevent them from sneaking in.
The secret to success for scorpion control is the determination and fortitude to persevere. Here in Arizona bark scorpions can pack a good little sting, so its important to endeavor to control. What are the keys:
- Pest Control – I suggest monthly.
- Black-lighting to track them down.
- Home seal your home.
Well first off bugs, spiders and other critters with probably the exception of cockroaches don’t come up drains. Most critters don’t care to get wet I think, so it is my opinion that they come in from the attic. That S or P trap is designed to have water in it, if water is in the trap this will stop sewer gases and roaches from coming up. If you have a shower or bathtub that you don’t use often just remember to fill it with water occasionally. I also have recommended the use of 1 tablespoon of mineral oil almost as a cap to reduce evaporation of water in those traps.
So my recommendation is home-sealing, caulk and seal anything that goes through the ceiling drywall or wall and this will alleviate anything trying to get in.
“Woman gets help moving out of apartment crawling with snails.” Ok to be honest the pictures aren’t that helpful but I’m pretty sure they aren’t snails. Snails as far as I know have little shells on them. I would think more of a some type of mold or plaster beetle larva or maybe slugs of some kind.
Ok so as always we go back to the basic premise of pest control, identification is the first step. This helps to decide the course of action leading to sanitation, physical removal and application of control measures.
My first recommendation is you have to stop the water or moisture from getting in, then I would suggest home-sealing to keep the bugs from getting in.
I love those shows on TV about crime, I always try to solve it before the end. Probably why I enjoy Pest Management – “the attention is in the detail”, right?
How did those termites gain access into the ceiling?
There is a mouse in the house and how did it get in?
There are moths flying in the pantry, did we bring them home?
Did we pick up our fruit or did we encourage rodents into our yard?
So become a detective and stop those pests from getting into your home, home-sealing is a must plus it will help save money on heating/cooling. Put the puzzle together and solve the buggy issues.
Photo by PPMA
Nothing is probably worse than seeing a mouse inside your house, everything goes through your mind. How do I capture it, what do I do with it, can I do it myself and its goes on and on? The best thing to do, is to never have one get into your home. So what can you do:
- Repair all holes and cracks in your home.
- Don’t take in boxes which might have room enough for a mouse.
- Repair screens.
- Repair door seals and thresholds.
- Repair garage door seals.
- Don’t leave doors open.
- Don’t leave pet food out.
If they are already in the home, glue boards do work but be careful if you have pets or children. Never, never use baits inside a home. Never, never use baits inside a home, yes I said that twice.
Alert: New Mexico Health Department confirms fatality in NorthWest New Mexico.
Hantavirus is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva. People can contract the disease when they breathe in aerosolized virus.
Tips:
- Seal the home or cabin.
- Trap or use outside rodent bait/trap stations to reduce numbers, I also suggest TickBoxes.
- Reduce food sources, don’t leave out dog/cat food.
- Don’t allow clutter to get the best of your home.
- Trim trees and bushes.
- When cleaning cabins or homes, use a dust mask and follow the CDC guidelines on cleaning.
- Rodents cause other issues, be safe and follow CDC guidelines.
