Some insects can be annoyยญing around the home or objecยญtionยญable, simยญply by their exisยญtence. They may invade the house itself if not conยญtrolled outdoors. In this artiยญcle, weโ€™ve got a look at five of the most comยญmon pests we encounter almost everyยญwhere, with some tips for safeยญly conยญtrolยญling them.

1- Ants

Ants are perยญsisยญtent pests. Conยญtยญaยญmยญiยญnaยญtion can be hard to conยญtrol because of the nature of the insect. Howยญevยญer, there are speยญcifยญic steps you can take to get an ant issue under conยญtrol. Startยญing with pickยญing the right ant killer and some simยญple preยญvenยญtaยญtive techยญniques, you can stamp out ants and keep them out of our homes all year round.

2- Mosquitoes

Common Household Pests Mosยญquiยญtoes are among the most severe insect pests attackยญing humans and impact the lives of great numยญbers of peoยญple worldwide.  One would think that a being carยญryยญing and spreadยญing disยญeases like the West Nile virus, Zika virus, and malarยญia should have been elimยญiยญnatยญed from the earth. As gratยญiยญfyยญing as that would be to some of us, mosยญquiยญtoes do have their own litยญtle posiยญtion in the whole ecosysยญtem, being the priยญmaยญry food source for some largยญer species.  When you see eviยญdence of mosยญquiยญtoes in your home, your first tenยญdenยญcy may be to reach for the most vigยญorยญous Mosยญquiยญto spray you can find. But before you do, please take a deep breath and think again! Pesยญtiยญcides will likeยญly kill whatยญevยญer unwantยญed investors are invadยญing your home, but they can also be harmยญful to you and your family. Kids are espeยญcialยญly susยญcepยญtiยญble to harm from pesยญtiยญcides because their bodยญies and immune sysยญtems are still develยญopยญing. Also, they are more likeยญly to be exposed to pesยญtiยญcides by crawlยญing on the floor and putting objects and their hands in their mouths.  We always recยญomยญmend going natยญurยญal first with some DIY repelยญlents with some meaยญsures around the house like elimยญiยญnatยญing standยญing water, cutยญting back tall grassy areas and wearยญing the right sort of clothยญing when youโ€™re outยญside to avoid bites. In addiยญtion, a natยญurยญal mosยญquiยญto trap is an excelยญlent device in the war against those tiny monยญsters. Donโ€™t expect a 100% sucยญcess rate all the time, but itโ€™s a valuยญable addiยญtion to your mosยญquiยญto conยญtrolยญling toolkit. Learn more about mosยญquiยญtoes, how to conยญtrol them, and how to proยญtect yourยญself from their bites by checkยญing Mosยญquiยญtoes Home at the Cenยญters for Disยญease Conยญtrol and Preยญvenยญtion CDC.

3- Rodents

In the minds of many of us, rats are worse than mice, but in the minds of othยญers, a rodent is a rodent! Rats can destroy a home. They can erode retainยญing walls and hillยญsides by drilling through them. They can chew cables carยญryยญing elecยญtricยญiยญty which can cause a fire. They chew through floor joists and walls and damยญage the insuยญlaยญtion in your unit. Mice have equalยญly destrucยญtive habits through nestยญing and feedยญing and are known, like rats, to spread disยญeases. Some are so tiny that they can slip through almost unperยญceivยญable crevices and cracks. Learn more about rodents, how to conยญtrol them, and how to proยญtect yourยญself from their bites by checkยญing Rodents at the Cenยญters for Disยญease Conยญtrol and Preยญvenยญtion CDC.

4- Cockroaches

Cockยญroachยญes are creepy-crawlies that can bring with them some sigยญnifยญiยญcant health threats such as asthยญma attacks and allergies. These insects can also spread many kinds of bacยญteยญria, as well as parยญaยญsitic worms. The fact is, these pests can make you realยญly sick, so the soonยญer you deterยญmine theyโ€™re in your office or home, the soonยญer you can conยญtend with the problem. Learn more about mosยญquiยญtoes, how to conยญtrol them, and how to proยญtect yourยญself from their bites by checkยญing Cockยญroachยญes โ€” WHO | World Health Organization.

5- Bed Bugs

Common Household Pests Bed bugs likeยญly get their name from their habit of takยญing hideยญaway in our beds and feedยญing on humans while they sleep. They feed only on blood and must have regยญuยญlar blood meals (around midยญnight and 5 Am) to develยญop and survive. We are not the bed bugsโ€™ only tarยญgets; they also will bomยญbard many warm-bloodยญed aniยญmals. Bed bugs have been conยญnectยญed with humans for more than 3,200 years. They are found in almost every place peoยญple tend to gathยญer, includยญing hotels, resยญiยญdences, schools, retail stores, offices, and even our pubยญlic transportation.  They are known as great โ€œhitch-hikยญers,โ€ allowยญing them to travยญel long disยญtances. They latch onto clothes, suitยญcasยญes, and linens and can end up wherยญevยญer these items are taken.  That is why the spread of bed bugs occurs so quickยญly. Furยญtherยญmore, itโ€™s often too hard to idenยญtiยญfy bed bug bites, and they can easยญiยญly be conยญfused with othยญer bites from a difยญferยญent pest, makยญing infesยญtaยญtions chalยญlengยญing to detect and allowยญing popยญuยญlaยญtions to grow unnoticed.  Learn more about bed bugs, how to conยญtrol them, and how to proยญtect yourยญself from their bites by checkยญing Bed Bugs โ€” CDC

Wrapping up 

Ridยญding your home of these annoyยญing creaยญtures will likeยญly mean killing some in the process. Thatโ€™s too bad we can underยญstand, but it is unavoidยญable in many cases. Whether you live in the counยญtry or the city, pests can always find a way into your home. Keepยญing a clean home is the numยญber one way to deter pests from makยญing a home of your house. If you do come across pests, there are safe ways to get rid of pests and othยญer insects in your place. Green methยญods of insect conยญtrol are already in exisยญtence, and new eco-friendยญly methยญods are springยญing up every day to get rid of them withยญout harmยญing your loved ones.

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