Elite Pest Management

Whether it's mice, flies or roaches, having pests in your home can be a real hassle. Having an exterminator come to eliminate them can be very expensive. That's why you need to learn how to eradicate pests by yourself. This article can teach you how.

Use steel wool to fill up mouse holes. Even if the pests manage to chew through it, the steel wool will end up killing them. Stuff any opening that is bigger than one half inch. These animals can squeeze through extremely small openings.

If you would like to figure out if you have termites, have a dog with training sniff for them, instead of just a human. Humans can only check about a 30% of your home's surface area for termite infestations. A dog with the right training is able to check about 100 percent of the house. These dogs can pick up the scent of methane gas which is caused by termites.

Make certain to check local ordinances and codes to find out which types of pest control are allowed in your area. You will get into trouble if you use a banned chemical, without mentioning the damages you will cause on your surroundings. This is not typical, but you need to find out what you can use and cannot use.

Struggling with ants? Mix some sugar and some borax together. Sugar acts as an attractant, then the borax will cause them to die when they get to it. Make a trap by blending equal parts borax and sugar in a quart-sized jar. Sprinkle this mixture along the baseboards of your home, as well as the foundation.

Because bedbugs hide in secluded areas, they are tough to eradicate. Before doing any extermination, make sure you close any open holes. This is so no bugs are just leaving the holes during the extermination process.

Mint helps you battle against a mice problem. Plant some mint around your home. This makes your home less than desirable to mice. If you have a rodent problem, try sprinkling mint leaves near where they're hiding. Fresh mint leaves work the best to deter mice since their smell is the strongest.

Check out your entire home periodically, even if you have not noticed any pests in your living area. Any part of the dwelling that is underground could be affected by subterranean termites. Pay particular attention to your crawl space or basement.

Outdoor lighting is wonderful for entertaining and to divert strangers from your home, but these lights can attract pests. Bugs and pests do not particularly care for the colors orange, pink and yellow, so using these colored bulbs can help deter certain pests.

Quickly remove fallen trees from your yard. All you have to do is chop up the tree and burn it. You can sell it, use it or even just give it to people. Don't just let the stump rot in your yard, though. Basically, stumps are simply lifeless pieces of wood that attract termites.

Keep mosquitoes away by getting rid of places where they like to stay. Get rid of standing water. Mosquitoes do not need large amounts of water to thrive. A mosquito could lay eggs in some dirty dishes or in a food can.

A collection of recyclables can attract pests. It is wise to store your recyclables outside your home. If you do not have room in your garage, make sure you rinse all the containers you want to recycle. If you can, keep the items you want to recycle in a sealed container to keep the pest away until you get rid of these items.

Put some steel wool in any holes so rodents cannot crawl through. Mice will see the steel wool blocking their hole and attempt to chew through it, and the steel particles will kill them. To take care of the problem in the long term, fill the hole with builder's putty and mix in some steel wool. It has the same effect as a steel wool ball.

Eliminate standing pools of water if you want to keep mosquitoes at bay. Mosquitoes lay eggs in water, and that water helps the larvae grow. Look in the garden, near your flowers, etc. for water pools.

As you can see by now, it's easy to get infested and hard to remedy the problem. You should have learned to make those pests stay away. If the problem is major, you may need a professional.

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