How To Keep Bugs Out Of Your House This Summer

There is no doubt that the summer is a great time to enjoy the outdoors, but it can also be when pests enter your home to breed. Many pests can invade your house quickly, such as cockroaches, ants, spiders, and mice, and cause serious damage to your house. To prevent this from happening, make sure that you check around your entry points (doors, windows, and decks) regularly. To ensure the safety of your home, here are some tips you should follow. It is important to remember that if these tips are not enough, you can contact Lookout Pest Control, formerly Any Pest Inc., to help get rid of the pests quickly. Here are a few tips on how to keep bugs out of your home this summer.

Keep Bugs Out With These Helpful Tips:

Keep Doors and Windows Closed (Or Use Screens) 

It is important to keep your doors and windows closed during the daytime to keep bugs out of your home. This may not always be possible in some regions that experience very hot summers; however, it is a good way to reduce their numbers and make it easier for you to handle them when they get inside. Moreover, you should also consider installing screens on all your windows – especially if they are located near trees or bushes, where insects tend to gather in large numbers.

Keep Bugs Out By Sealing All Cracks and Crevices

The most popular place for bugs to hide and breed is a crack or crevice where they can hide and reproduce. It does not matter how large the opening is; if they can crawl through it, they will find it. There are many openings in walls and floors, such as windows, doors, vents, and pipes. To prevent insects from breeding in these areas during the summer, you should seal them with caulk or another sealant.

Desiccant Dust In Dark Areas

In basements and closets, desiccant dust prevents mold and mildew from forming on walls and ceilings by absorbing moisture from the air surrounding them. For residential pest control, a dehumidifier can also be used if there isn’t enough ventilation for desiccant dust to work effectively.

Cover Drains When Not In Use

If you have a pool or hot tub in your backyard, ensure the drain is covered when it’s not in use Be sure to cover the drain in your pool or hot overnight! This will keep mosquitoes from laying eggs that hatch later in spring and summer into biting worms!

Keep Lawn Groomed and Remove Bushes and Shrubs

I would suggest trimming back any bushes or shrubs that surround your home so that no leaves or branches hang over windows or doors that could provide shelter to bugs in the future. As well as keeping lawns mowed, make sure they aren’t overgrown so that bugs can hide underneath them when it grows tall.

Remove Standing Water

No doubt standing water invites mosquitoes and other pests into your home, where they lay their eggs. Remove any standing water around your house and replace it with gravel or sand to make the area look attractive and prevent it from harboring any harmful insects. Furthermore, you should empty flower pots and gutters of all water every few days during rainy weather to prevent mosquitoes from laying their eggs there.

Keep Your Home Clean

As obvious as this might seem, everyone in your house must take part in maintaining a clean living space. Food crumbs should be kept off the floor and countertop (especially if you have pets who shed), dishes should be washed immediately after use, and spills should be cleaned as soon as they occur. As long as there is no clutter in your home, then those pesky critters will have a harder time finding a place to hide out in your home.

Call The Professionals & Keep Bugs Out

It’s most effective to prevent bugs from getting into your home in the first place. Sealing up cracks and crevices, clearing out lawn debris, and keeping your home clean are all steps to create an inhospitable environment for pests and benefit humans. This may seem like a lot of information, but it might be a good idea for you to brush up on some pest control basics so that next summer, and any other summer after that, you will be able to keep bugs out of your house with ease. When it is too late, and they have already invaded your home, contact us at Lookout Pest Control.com. We have everything needed to safely remove bugs with environmentally friendly products and processes.